Volume/Issue: 2015/128
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Julien Reynaud
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2015
ISBN: 9781513577784
This paper estimates Canada's housing stock to gauge the supply-side component of the
recent exuberance in the Canadian housing sector. The paper adds to the current related
literature by focusing on housing units...
Volume/Issue: 2009/235
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Evridiki Tsounta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2009
ISBN: 9781451873825
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...
Volume/Issue: 2002/17
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Frank Nothaft
, and
S. Erbas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2002
ISBN: 9781451843545
This paper argues that making affordable home mortgage loans available to a large cross section of the population will serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. Th...
Volume/Issue: 2020/265
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Tamim Bayoumi
, and
Yunhui Zhao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
December
2020
ISBN: 9781513561639
Housing is by far the most important asset in Chinese households' balance sheets. However, despite forceful and frequent government interventions, the rise in Chinese housing prices has not been contained as much a...
Volume/Issue: 2012/125
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Mick Silver
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
May
2012
ISBN: 9781475503548
A key element in the build-up to the global recession and subsequently was the movement in house price indexes (HPIs). These indexes are particularly prone to methodological and coverage differences which can under...
Volume/Issue: 2013/38
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Hideaki Hirata
,
Ayhan Kose
,
Christopher Otrok
, and
Marco Terrones
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
February
2013
ISBN: 9781475523621
We examine the properties of house price fluctuations across 18 advanced economies over the past 40 years. We ask two specific questions: First, how synchronized are housing cycles across these countries? Second, w...
Volume/Issue: 2011/277
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
R. Craig
, and
Changchun Hua
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2011
ISBN: 9781463925949
This paper uses an econometric model of residential property prices in Hong Kong SAR to assess the effectiveness of alternative policies in slowing the increase in property prices. The rapid rise in property prices...
Volume/Issue: 2010/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Vahram Stepanyan
,
Tigran Poghosyan
, and
Aidyn Bibolov
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2010
ISBN: 9781455200634
This paper analyses the recent boom-bust cycle in the housing markets of selected Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. The analysis is based on a newly constructed database on house prices in the FSU countries. Our...
Volume/Issue: 2020/20
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Julian Chow
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
31
January
2020
ISBN: 9781513526324
Guyana's residential real estate prices have been rising, particularly in the capital city Georgetown, following the discovery of oil in 2015. In line with the growing demand for housing, commercial banks' housing...
Volume/Issue: 2015/128
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Julien Reynaud
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
June
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513577784.001
ISBN: 9781513577784
This paper estimates Canada's housing stock to gauge the supply-side component of the
recent exuberance in the Canadian housing sector. The paper adds to the current related
literature by focusing on housing units...