Wednesday, May 28, 2014
“House prices rose significantly in recent years, fuelled by a robust expansion of income and credit growth and government subsidies. If prices were to fall, banks’ non-performing loans could increase. However, the risk is mitigated by low households’ loan-to-value ratios (about 55 percent), fixed borrowing rates, and a low exposure of banks to mortgage loans. High growth in credit to the private sector, including consumer loans, has been a concern in recent years (IMF Country Report 13/35), but has been abating,” says IMF’s annual economic report on Colombia.
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