media documenting the housing crisis in Mexico, despite the profound differences in context, namely the role of the … through an examination of vacancy rates within cities in Mexico, and tests of four hypotheses about their determinants using … expansion of credit for new housing in Mexico has been most significant for the role it has played in hollowing out the central …

We evaluate the impact that the subsidies granted by Mexico’s National Housing Commission (CONAVI) had on house prices … purchased by low-income familiesthrough mortgages originated by the country’s leading mortgage financial institution (Infonavit … evidence is consistent with the presence of market power by developers in the low-income housing market in Mexico as wellas …

legislative and institutional reforms leading to the development of primary and secondary mortgage markets and reports the main … outlook for the Mexican RMBS market and draws some lessons from the recent U.S. subprime mortgage market problems …

legislative and institutional reforms leading to the development of primary and secondary mortgage markets and reports the main … outlook for the Mexican RMBS market and draws some lessons from the recent U.S. subprime mortgage market problems …

This chapter considers the structure of mortgage finance in the U.S., and its role in shaping patterns of homeownership … the design features of mortgage contracts that distinguish them from other loans, and that have important implications for … issues presented in the rest of the chapter. We then explain how mortgage finance interacts with public policy, particularly …