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A Fistful of Dollars; Lobbying and the Financial Crisis

Igan, Deniz; Tressel, Thierry; Mishra, Prachi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Using detailed information on lobbying and mortgage lending activities, we find that lenders lobbying more on issues related to mortgage lending (i) had higher loan-to-income ratios, (ii) securitized more intensively, and (iii) had faster growing portfolios. Ex-post, delinquency rates are higher...

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Belgium; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper for Belgium evaluates whether price increases in Belgium are excessive. It assesses the household and bank balance sheets and their vulnerability to a slowdown in housing prices, and identifies differences in real estate markets between Belgium and other countries. The...

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The Use of Mortgage Covered Bonds

Avesani, Renzo G.; Ribakova, Elina; Pascual, Antonio Garcia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

The rapid mortgage credit growth experienced in recent years in mature and emerging countries has raised some stability concerns. Many European credit institutions in mature markets have reacted by increasing securitization, particularly via mortgage covered bonds. From the issuer's perspective,...

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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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Credit Booms and Lending Standards; Evidence From the Subprime Mortgage Market

Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Laeven, Luc; Igan, Deniz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying...

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Show Me the Money; Access to Finance for Small Borrowers in Canada

Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper examines access to business finance by Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to housing … finance by Canadian households (particularly non-prime borrowers) against the background of a fairly concentrated and … SMEs. The paper also finds the market for housing finance to be highly advanced and sophisticated. However, non …

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Is the Canadian Housing Market Overvalued? A+L4242 Post-Crisis Assessment

Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Canadian house prices have increased significantly between 2003 and early 2008, with a marked downward trend since mid-2008, especially in the resource-rich western provinces. This paper estimates the evolution of equilibrium real home prices during this period in key provinces and finds that,...

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Exposure to Real Estate Losses; Evidence from the US Banks

Pinheiro, Marcelo; Igan, Deniz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

We implement a three-step procedure to assess the extent of exposure to real estate in commercial banks. First, we demonstrate interest rates and income to be the major determinants of delinquency. Then, we adopt a stress testing approach to calculate the impact of any adverse changes in these...

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MBS ratings and the mortgage credit boom

Ashcraft, Adam; Goldsmith-Pinkham, Paul; Vickery, James - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2010

underperformance (high mortgage defaults and losses and large rating downgrades) among deals with observably higher risk mortgages …

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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 …

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