Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154229 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1796
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Boom-bust cycles in real estate markets have been major factors in systemic financial crises and therefore need to be at the forefront of macroprudential policy. The geographically differentiated nature of real estate market fluctuations implies that these policies need to be granular across regions and countries. Before the financial crisis that started in 2007 property markets were overvalued in a range of European countries, but much like in other constituencies active policies addressing this were an exception. An increasing number of studies suggest that borrower-based regulatory policies, such as reductions in loan-to-value or debt-to-income limits, can be effective in leaning against real estate booms. But many of the new macroprudential policy authorities in Europe do not have clear powers to determine them. Moreover, the cross-border spillovers they may give rise to suggest the establishment of a well-defined macroprudential coordination mechanism for the single European market.
Subjects: 
bubbles
financial crises
financial regulation
financial stability indicators
macroprudential policy
real estate markets
systemic risk
JEL: 
G01
G28
R39
G17
E5
ISBN: 
978-92-899-1609-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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