In Guatemala there are substantial and growing imbalances in the housing market; at the same time, financial markets … failures responsible for the underdevelopment of the housing finance system. The working hypothesis is that there is a … on this framework, the paper proposes guidelines for the design and implementation of housing finance policy in Guatemala. …

In 2001, Mexico introduced a comprehensive federal housing policy package. The results have been quantitatively …

This paper surveys housing finance in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama. The development of a secondary mortgage … Panama has not grown due to high liquidity. In Costa Rica's subsidy policy, core institutions responsible for housing policy … housing deficit is concentrated. A solution based on public budgets is not sustainable, requiring an active role of the …

Despite recent efforts in Peru to boost financial inclusion, significant issues of exclusion persist, especially among … methodology: the Financial Access Survey (FAS) for comparative analysis (Peru versus other countries and regions), geographical …-distribution analysis, and the Access to Cash Index (ACI) methodology. Findings reveal that remote rural areas of Peru, particularly those …

In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the … main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy … agenda for housing policy reform. The demand for housing was calculated and tenure choice was analyzed. Structural …

This work analyzes housing finance in Trinidad and Tobago during the last 20 years. The period covered is influenced by … an economic bonanza led by the energy sector. Housing prices in this period skyrocketed, but the demand for mortgage …-shock equilibrium, as housing prices increased more rapidly than wages. Public housing finance also played a role, but in recent times …