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Article: Mortgage Insurance: Past and Present - A Perspective from Germany
- Article from:
- Housing Finance International
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright International Union for Housing Finance Jun 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The home ownership rate in Germany is one of the lowest in Europe; countries such as Great Britain and the US have achieved significantly higher rates. Housing construction too has been impacted by government aid cuts; when the government allowance for owner/occupiers was abolished, a feverish search began for sustainable concepts that would make home ownership possible for wider sections of the population. As attempts are made to integrate housing promotion into the statesubsidized system of private old age provisioning, German financial services providers are beginning to secure residential mortgage loans by way of Mortgage Insurance. This insurance product enables lenders to offer ...