TY - BOOK ID - 85502382 TI - Housing Finance and Real Estate Markets in Colombia PY - 2017 SN - 1484316568 1484316533 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Infrastructure KW - Macroeconomics KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - Real Estate KW - Industries: Financial Services KW - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy KW - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Housing Demand KW - Housing Supply and Markets KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis KW - Housing KW - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General KW - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution KW - Property & real estate KW - Finance KW - Monetary economics KW - Housing prices KW - Credit KW - Income KW - Prices KW - Financial institutions KW - National accounts KW - Money KW - Saving and investment KW - Colombia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85502382 AB - Colombian house prices have increased significantly between 2005 and 2016. This paper estimates the extent of misalignments in house prices relative to fundamentals and evaluates the overall risk to the economy from the housing sector. The results suggest a moderate house price misalignment relative to fundamentals which is, however, mitigated by housing finance characteristics. ER -