LTV and DTI Limits—Going Granular

July 15, 2015

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Luis Ignacio Jácome, and Srobona Mitra. LTV and DTI Limits—Going Granular, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed December 22, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

There is increasing interest in loan-to-value (LTV) and debt-service-to-income (DTI) limits as many countries face a new round of rising house prices. Yet, very little is known on how these regulatory instruments work in practice. This paper contributes to fill this gap by looking closely at their use and effectiveness in six economies—Brazil, Hong Kong SAR, Korea, Malaysia, Poland, and Romania. Insights include: rapid growth in high-LTV loans with long maturities or in the number of borrowers with multiple mortgages can be signs of build up in systemic risk; monitoring nonperforming loans by loan characteristics can help in calibrating changes in the LTV and DTI limits; as leakages are almost inevitable, countries strive to address them at an early stage; and, in most cases, LTVs and DTIs were effective in reducing loan-growth and improving debt-servicing performances of borrowers, but not always in curbing house price growth.

Subject: Credit, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Housing prices, Loans, Macroprudential policy instruments, Money, Mortgages, Prices

Keywords: Auto loan, Borrower, Credit, Credit growth, Debt-service-to income ratios, DTI limit, DTI measure, DTI ratio, Financial stability, Global, House price growth, Housing loan, Housing prices, Loan, Loan tenor, Loans, Loan-to-value, Loan-to-value ratios, LTV-DTI policy, Macroprudential policy, Macroprudential policy instruments, Mortgages, WP

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41
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Working Paper No. 2015/154
Stock No:

WPIEA2015154
ISBN:

9781513551449
ISSN:

1018-5941

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