Israel : Selected Issues.

This Selected Issues paper reviews the housing market in Israel. Property prices in Israel are currently about 25 percent above their equilibrium value, owing largely to low mortgage interest rates and supply shortages. Nominal housing prices have risen by 80 percent since 2007. In response to the g...

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Awdur Corfforaethol: International Monetary Fund. European Dept
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Cyfres:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2014/048
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF
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520 3 |a This Selected Issues paper reviews the housing market in Israel. Property prices in Israel are currently about 25 percent above their equilibrium value, owing largely to low mortgage interest rates and supply shortages. Nominal housing prices have risen by 80 percent since 2007. In response to the global financial and euro area crises, the Bank of Israel engaged in two rounds of monetary easing. The monetary stimulus supported economic growth, but it also boosted demand in the mortgage and housing markets. The risk of a sharp correction in housing prices, while mitigated by the supply shortages, remains a concern and could have important macro-financial implications. To contain such risks, macroprudential policies should be further tightened. At the same time, concerted efforts should be made to alleviate supply-side constraints. 
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