house price appreciation in mortgage markets. We find instruments targeting the cost of bank capital most effective in … slowing down mortgage credit growth, and that the impact is transmitted mainly through price margins, the same banking channel …

We present an analysis of the sensitivity of household mortgage probabilities of default (PDs) and loss given default … counterfactual analysis of the responsiveness of mortgage PDs, LGDs, and bank capitalization conditional on adverse scenarios related …

financial sector stability) to the fast rise of securitization and the way it has arguably complicated both the conduct of … innovation, specifically through securitization, has altered the nature of some macro-financial linkages, often with considerable … policy implications. We find that securitization activity in the United States (mature market) and South Afr …

financial sector stability) to the fast rise of securitization and the way it has arguably complicated both the conduct of … innovation, specifically through securitization, has altered the nature of some macro-financial linkages, often with considerable … policy implications. We find that securitization activity in the United States (mature market) and South Africa (emerging …

This paper argues that making affordable home mortgage loans available to a large cross section of the population will … and mortgage markets in selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and … growth of alleviating housing shortages by improving access to mortgage financing. …

After a number of warning signs, the U.S. "subprime mortgage crisis" became a headline issue in February 2007 …. Notwithstanding the bankruptcy of numerous mortgage companies, historically high delinquencies and foreclosures, and a significant …