This document surveys the Uruguayan housing market, first describing the main housing programs and policies, then … comparing their design with households’ characteristics and needs. The document additionally measures Uruguay’s housing deficit …, using the basis deficit as well as quantitative and qualitative deficits, and provides a definition of housing informality …

Despite a recent expansion in housing finance, Brazil still faces a severe housing shortage, especially among lower …-income people, and it is important to examine the development, limitations and prospects of the country`s housing finance market … contractual obligations or is merely an effect of the higher level of housing loans imposed by the government on financial …

In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the … main drivers of Argentina’s housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy … agenda for housing policy reform. The demand for housing was calculated and tenure choice was analyzed. Structural …

Given the numerous and widely acknowledged benefits of a well-functioning housing market, it is vital to understand the … efficiency. This paper tests the extent of competition in the housing market in Santiago, Chile using a two-step methodology. In … the first step, using a hedonic price model, the Santiago housing market is divided into sub-markets, which are analyzed …

Historically, formal housing development in Colombia has shown limitations in both its dimension and composition due to … factors such as location, price, type of dwelling, etc. This supply has met the demands for housing aimed at the medium … poor, take on their own housing management, more as a rejection of the attributes of formal supply than because of their …

owned and/or occupied substandard housing, sometimes without title. The lack of a mortgage market after 2001 explains the …