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dc.titleIdeas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 4 : May-August, 2004: Housing Finance in Latin America: Time to Build a Better Market
dc.contributor.authorInter-American Development Bank
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2012-05-14T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2005-07-12T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe average value of a residential dwelling owned by a typical Latin American family is worth close to six years of that family's total income. However, les than one-fourth of all housing in Latin America is financed through formal mechanisms, and housing mortgage credit accounts for only a small fraction of total credit. Why hasn't the housing mortgage industry developed properly in Latin America? This issue of IDEA takes a closer look at the problems in the housing finance market, reviews the efforts that have been made in the past, and offers some policy suggestions for the future.
dc.format.extent16
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008230
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Ideas-for-Development-in-the-Americas-(IDEA)-Volume-4--May-August-2004-Housing-Finance-in-Latin-America-Time-to-Build-a-Better-Market.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Ideas-para-el-Desarrollo-en-las-Américas-(IDEA)-Volumen-4-Mayo-Agosto-2004-Los-cimientos-del-crédito-para-la-vivienda.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFinancial Service
dc.subjectJustice Administration
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberMagazines, Journals & Newsletters
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