Growth with stability in affordable housing markets in Thailand. It covers policy framework, residential mortgages in the Thai economy, financial infrastructure and institutions in Thailand, housing finance reg...
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Monitoring house price inflation and the build-up of household debt is important for the conduct of Thailand’s monetary policy. Although the Bank of Thailand (BOT) does not directly take into account the level ...
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National Housing Authority, a state enterprise under Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, was established on February 12, 1973 in compliance with the National Executive Decree No. 316. It currentl...
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Thailand’s Pro-poor Housing Finance. It addresses the issues of socio-economic & housing conditions, poverty line, percentage & no. of the poor, housing delivery system, stakeholders in housing, s...
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Affordable homeownership is a policy that is often accorded a great deal of policy attention by governments of many countries. In this paper, we examine the market implications of setting a housing price-to-inc...
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A UN-Habitat report about affordable land and housing in Asia. This report highlights that access to affordable land is a principal barrier to increasing supply of affordable housing in Asia. Economic growth is...
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The housing industry plays a crucial role in the socio-economic development of any young developing nation such as Malaysia. The health of the housing industry has a significant bearing on the economic growth o...
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Owning a home for shelter and comfort is central to most families’ ultimate plans and is also considered a definition of personal success. During periods of rapid economic growth, many have the notion tha...
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Bank Negara Malaysia has always been at the forefront of the country’s noble pursuit in providing dynamic and cutting-edge support to the Islamic finance industry. In tandem with the burgeoning interest in Isla...
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Roughly 50% of the Hong Kong population live in public rental flats or subsidized housing. Hence, the remaining 50% are potential buyers of private residential property for personal use. Public and subsidized h...
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The public housing in Hong Kong has gone through a number of transitional stages during the past fifty years. In the 1950 to 1960, public housing was only provided as Emergency Housing/shelter, to resettle the ...
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The Government ensures that all those who cannot afford private rental accommodation have access to subsidized housing. Rents are set at affordable levels. During the year, new legislation was passed to provid...
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A graphic presentation of statics of Hong Kong Housing Authority 2011 based on population, land domestic households, average domestic household size, stock of permanent residential flats and production of per...
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The housing sector in Bangkok has been described as a model for other fast-growing Asian cities, because of the shift by the private sector into low-cost housing, initially row houses, later apartments. This ar...
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Download Document Document Type: General Publish Date: 2008 Primary Author: Un Habitat Edited By: Suneela Farooqi Published By: UN – Habitat The report examines a whole range of major instrum...
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This report is based on housing and urban upgrading in Yantai, China, which discusses the major housing problems and challenges faced by China. It describes the achievements made by China to provide housing for...
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The presentation deals with the challenges to urban planners in solving the slums & urban congestion, particularly in the Muslim world. It states that the Muslim world represents 1 of 4 humans on the plan...
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China’s cities lack conventional slums and informal squatter areas associated with most developing cities, a substantial achievement. Although considerable substandard housing does exist (typically decaying wal...
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Evidence to date since the inception of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Afghanistan points to a friction at a fundamental level between traditional value sets on money lending and borrowing and the business...
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A house is much more than merely a roof, symbolizes family, stability and wealth, and various other qualities derived from it. Housing is also the single largest investment for most families and the driver of d...
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An affordable Housing and Housing Finance, from the perspective of the Muslim world. IDB workshop was held in Jeddah Saudi Arabia, dated September 15, 2012.