Commercial Property and Financial Stability - An International Perspective

Luci Ellis and Chris Naughtin
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Chris Naughtin: Reserve Bank of Australia

RBA Bulletin (Print copy discontinued), 2010, 25-30

Abstract: Commercial property and property development have historically posed a greater direct risk to financial institutions’ balance sheets than have housing and mortgage markets. A number of factors contribute to this: banks’ commercial property lending is concentrated in loans for construction and development, which tend to be risky; imbalances can build up further because construction lags are longer; and incentives to avoid default are weaker for borrowers in the commercial property sector than they are for home loan borrowers. Conditions in global commercial property markets have been especially challenging in the current cycle.

Keywords: banks; commercial property; financial stability; loan losses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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