This is a report, which updates the study on the housing finance sector in Afghanistan prepared for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in 2007 by a combined team of Shore Bank International Ltd. (SBI) and CHF International (CHF). To prepare the report the SBI team conducted field and desk research on the mortgage and non-mortgage housing finance sector of Afghanistan in June-July, 2013. The team interviewed public and private sector stakeholders based in Kabul and analyzed relevant housing finance policies and other documents.