Global Housing Mortgage Market 2016-2020

Overview of the global housing mortgage market

The global residential loan value segment will grow at a moderate CAGR of nearly 4% by 2020. The global housing real estate market is gaining from an improving business environment, low inflation rates, and surging consumer confidence. Enhanced risk management, underwriting standards, and supervision will drive the prospects for growth in this market until the end of the forecast period. The implementation of enhanced internal risk management frameworks and underwriting standards of all housing mortgage loan originators and brokers will help in the enforcement of the prudential supervision.

A good underwriting standard is consistent across mortgage lenders and brokers and has become a hallmark of the housing mortgage origination business. Such an underwriting takes into account the value of the property, the borrower’s creditworthiness, verification of the submitted information, and sound and independent appraisals.

Housing mortgage market facts based on drivers