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House Price Developments in Europe; A Comparison

Hilbers, Paul Louis Ceriel; Banerji, Angana; Shi, Haiyan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

House prices in Europe have shown diverging trends, and this paper seeks to explain these differences by analyzing three groups of countries: the "fast lane", the average performers, and the slow movers. Price movements in the first two groups are found to be driven mostly by income and trends...

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A critique of the CBO's sponsorship benefit analysis

Toevs, Alden L. - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - 2001

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Canadian Residential Mortgage Markets; Boring But Effective?

Kiff, John - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Klyuev (2008) concluded that the Canadian market for housing finance is highly advanced and sophisticated, but financing options were somewhat limited, particularly at terms longer than five years. This paper argues that the paucity of longer-term loans is caused by a five-year maturity cap on...

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Stresstesting Household Debt in Korea

Karasulu, Meral - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

prices by 10?30 percent could add another 4 ppt to distressed debt. Ongoing transition to amortizing mortgages in 2008 …

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GSEs, mortgage rates, and the long-run effects of mortgage securitization

Passmore, Wayne; Sparks, Roger; Ingpen, Jamie - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2001

illustrating that market structure, government sponsorship, and the characteristics of the mortgages securitized are all important … enhancements needed in the private sector. Using our simulation model, we demonstrate that when mortgages eligible for purchase by … the GSEs have characteristics similar to other mortgages, then implicit government backing generates differences in …

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Credit scoring and mortgage securitization: do they lower mortgage rates?

Heuson, Andrea; Passmore, Wayne; Sparks, Roger - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2000

originators. The securitizer sets the price at which it will purchase mortgages and the credit score standard that qualifies a …

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Slovak Republic; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

The staff report for the 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights the Slovak Republicâ€™s macroeconomic outlook and policy discussions. The National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) has been following a hybrid monetary framework focused on restraining inflation and on maintaining the exchange rate...

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Interest rates and consumer choice in the residential mortgage market: a summary

Vickery, James - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - 2007

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Going through the roof?

Johnston, Verle - In: FRBSF Economic Letter (1973)

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Fannie Mae Foundation's Jim Carr talks about wealth creation

Carr; James H. - In: e-Perspectives (2001) 5

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