Housing markets
Swedish governor calls for comprehensive reforms to housing market
Higher house prices boost private debt, which now poses greatest financial risk, adds the governor
Finnish central bank needs more macro-prudential tools – deputy governor
Increased presence of international investors may increase housing market’s volatility – Nykänen
Canadian governor calls for innovation in mortgage market
Poloz says Canada should consider a private market for mortgage-backed securities
State-backed mortgages promote little homeownership – Fed paper
Guarantees can lead to inflated house prices, researchers warn
RBA warns about falling Australian house prices
Prices have declined since 2017, although unemployment and interest rates are at low levels
UK Labour Party floats idea of house price target for BoE
Report from opposition party suggests central bank could target 2% house price growth
Most US community banks could withstand housing slump – researcher
San Fran Fed researcher says less than 1% of banks would be “severely undercapitalised”
IMF recommends new tool to measure housing market risks
Model shows downside risks in Chinese housing market have grown recently, report finds
Irish central bank says draft NPL law could worsen bank crises
Measure would restrict funding options and make credit more expensive, ECB warns
Global slowdown continues to warrant stimulus – Poloz
Poloz confident of Canada’s ability to adjust and says slowdown is temporary
US bank holding companies have become less complex – NY Fed paper
Researcher examines organisational, business and geographical complexity in decade after 2007
IMF puts new macro-prudential database to work
Fund uses new data to test effectiveness of LTV ratios
Housing market still a risk to financial stability – RBA assistant governor
Michele Bullock addresses concerns over recent tightening in lending standards
Mortgage innovations fuelled pre-crisis housing boom – paper
Researchers look at 60 million US mortgages to examine non-traditional mortgage products
DNB says house valuations need reform
“Systematic overvaluation” of Dutch housing is limiting effectiveness of macro-pru policy – DNB
Housing prices fuelled by low interest rates in Australia – research
Increased migration has also boosted rents since the 2000s, RBA authors find
Irish central bank makes lenders pay €647 million over mortgage scandal
Regulator moves on to enforcement actions after securing compensation for 40,000 customers
Thai central bank warns of housing and debt risks
Central bank says macro-prudential policy should curb build-up of weaknesses
Pick-up in inflation to take ‘a little longer’ than expected – RBA’s Lowe
Inflation expected to reach 2.25% in 2020
IMF endorses Hong Kong’s tight macro-prudential measures
But risks to the outlook appear to be building, the fund says
‘Unsustainable’ debt needs more thought – BoE’s Broadbent
Sustainable debt levels can differ between economies, and may not be observable – deputy governor
Weak housing market and lower oil prices depress outlook for Canada – Poloz
Central bank holds interest rates as economy shows no sign of near-term strengthening
Number of risky housing loans issued in 2018 drops, says Danish central bank
Limits on loan-to-value and debt-to-income ratios have seen reduction on risky loans
Finnish regulators need more macro-pru, deputy governor says
Current toolkit is not sufficient to deal with rising levels of household indebtedness