Latin America : Vulnerabilities Under Construction? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2012/193
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Luis Cubeddu , Camilo Tovar Mora , and Evridiki Tsounta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475505429.001
ISBN: 9781475505429
Keywords: Mortgage, real estate, data gaps, mortgage credit, housing finance, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data), Financial Institutions and Services: General, Real Estate Services,
This paper documents developments in mortgage credit and the housing sector in Latin America over the past decade, and compares them with those of other emerging economies. In particular, it examines the real estat...