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Handbook on Residential Property Prices (RPPIs)

Statistical Office of the European Communities - 2013

For most citizens, buying a residential property (dwelling) is the most important transaction during their lifetime. Residential properties represent the most significant component of households’ expenses and, at the same time, their most valuable assets. The Residential Property Prices...

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Global monetary conditions versus country-specific factors in the determination of emerging market debt spreads

Dailami, Mansoor - 2005

"The authors offer evidence that U.S. interest rate policy has an important influence in the determination of credit spreads on emerging market bonds over U.S. benchmark treasuries and therefore on their cost of capital. Their analysis improves on the existing literature and understanding by...

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Homeownership, community interactions, and segregation

Hoff, Karla Ruth - 2004

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Integrating housing wealth into the social safety net : the elderly in Moscow

Buckley, Robert M. - 2003

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The sub prime crisis : implications for emerging markets

Gwinner, W. Britt - 2008

"This paper discusses some of the key characteristics of the U.S. subprime mortgage boom and bust, contrasts them with … characteristics of emerging mortgage markets, and makes recommendations for emerging market policy makers. The crisis has raised … questions in the minds of many as to the wisdom of extending mortgage lending to low and moderate income households. It is …

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Mortgage securities in emerging markets

Lea, Michael J. - 2004

facilitate the development of mortgage-related securities. Despite such a strong appeal, there are significant barriers to the … development of mortgage securities in emerging markets. Their success is dependent on many factors, starting with a strong legal … and regulatory framework and liberalized financial sector, and including a developed primary mortgage market. The …

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Comparing mortgage credit risk policies : an options-based approach

Buckley, Robert M. (contributor) - 2003

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Mortgaging the future : the World Bank and IMF in the Philipines ; Foundation for Nationalist Studies

Jose, Vivencio R. (contributor) - 1983 - 2. print

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Housing Finance in Afghanistan : Challenges and Opportunities

World Bank - 2012

This study examines the constraints on the housing sector in Afghanistan. It evaluates government policy on housing, looks at the state of housing finance, and examines legal and regulatory barriers with a bearing on the housing market. The report provides policy recommendations aimed at helping...

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Welfare impacts of rural electrification : a case study from Bangladesh

Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2009

"Lack of access to electricity is one of the major impediments to growth and development of the rural economies in developing countries. That is why access to modern energy, in particular to electricity, has been one of the priority themes of the World Bank and other development organizations....

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