House prices
BoE's Cunliffe warns of 'sustained and powerful pressure' on UK house prices
Deputy governor for financial stability says it would be 'dangerous to ignore momentum in housing market' and cautions that new prudential measures have yet to be tested
BoE's Carney downplays UK housing risks
The governor, who is also head of the country's principal macro-prudential regulator, says higher prices and ‘mortgage availability' is due to housing market bouncing back from ‘low base'
Bank of England terminates mortgage support
Funding for Lending Scheme will cease subsidising mortgages in 2014; Mark Carney outlines tools the central bank could use to rein in the ‘growing momentum’ in UK housing market
Pianalto confident housing market on road to recovery
It was the housing market that ‘got us into this situation', Cleveland Fed president says - but nevertheless a recovery in the overall economy will translate through to a housing rebound
Bundesbank warns over surge in German property prices
House prices in the country's biggest cities are up more than a quarter since 2010, as investors search for yield amid record low interest rates; lack of supply also plays a role, says new study
Central Bank of Ireland research scrutinises credit and house price links
Researchers anatomise Ireland’s painful housing boom and bust, highlighting importance of the 'income fraction' channel in creating sharp movements in mortgage credit supply
UK ‘Help to Buy' brought forward as data show housing market hotting up
Data out today show some UK housing indicators are back at pre-crisis levels; financial policy committee minutes are due out tomorrow, as government doubles down on ‘Help to Buy' scheme
Scandinavians open macro-pru toolbox to cool overheated housing markets
Rising property prices, increasing household debt and towering banking sectors are pushing Norway, Sweden, and Denmark to consider unconventional measures to pre-empt a crash
Irish households exhibit ‘relatively large' wealth effect from housing
Housing wealth effect particularly strong for Irish households in negative equity, central bank researchers find
Israeli banking supervisor floats full risk weights for mortgages
Draft guidance presented to Bank of Israel advisory committee yesterday would also force banks to limit the use of variable interest rates and do away with long-term loans
RBNZ restricts low-deposit mortgage lending
Graeme Wheeler says banks will face ‘speed limit’ on their high loan-to-value mortgage lending from October 1; RBNZ hopes to avoid raising rates while currency remains over-valued
RBNZ plumps for ‘speed limit’ on lending restrictions
Reserve Bank of New Zealand says any restrictions on banks' high loan-to-value mortgage lending will take the form of a quota over time, as opposed to an outright ban
Singapore brings inflation back in range, but household debt worries persist
Monetary Authority of Singapore warns a return to normal global monetary conditions will carry risks; says 'some' households will be at risk when interest rates rise as US tapers quantitative easing
RBA minutes show rate cut decision made in spite of home loans growth
Australia's monetary policy decision-makers judged it was time to use ‘some of the scope' they have to loosen monetary policy, given the steady inflation outlook
Fischer defends Bank of Israel over house prices
Bank of Israel governor tells parliamentary committee the central bank's interest rate cannot serve the interests of the housing market alone
Jwala Rambarran says housing policy needs ‘fundamentally rethinking’
Trinidad and Tobago governor concerned by ‘acute national housing shortage’ that is growing as house prices soar; launches latest publication in educational series
Danish governor sees further bank ‘resolutions' on the horizon
Nils Bernstein commends mortgage lenders for addressing the sector's challenges without the need for further legislation
Singapore moves to prevent property price bubble
MAS introduces restrictions on loan tenures and lowers loan-to-value ratios in a bid to stem risk of price bubble in property market
RBA’s Stevens confident Australian growth will continue
Reserve Bank of Australia governor discusses factors behind Australian growth outperforming other advanced economies; argues country’s economic position likely to remain strong
SNB paper links low interest rates and housing bubbles
Swiss National Bank working paper finds strong relationship between low short-term rates and housing bubbles; argues house prices can be controlled by following ‘Taylor rule’
Fed’s Duke discusses housing market recovery
Elizabeth Duke says strength of housing market is closely linked to economic recovery; talks about policy issues that may shape the availability of credit for home purchases
IMF’s Shinohara sees three ‘brakes’ on global growth
IMF deputy managing director tells ADB annual meeting that fiscal consolidation, bank deleveraging and foreclosures in the US pose substantial risks to global growth
Central Bank of Ireland publishes research on house-price decline
Irish central bank research shows house-price falls in Ireland among worst in OECD; negative future expectations cited among reasons for continuing fall
Bernanke stresses financial stability role of central banks
Fed chairman says central banks must treat financial stability and monetary policy as equally important; discusses new regulatory regime as he delivers final student lecture in series