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01 September 2011

Mortgage credit reform: Time to serve the real economy

Spanish Socialist, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, looks at how better to protect borrowers and put Europe's credit industry on a more solid foundation.

Mr Presedo suggested:

the regulation of mortgage markets;

borrowing practices should not harm savers and taxpayers;

increasing financial education of borrowers (what to know before/after signing mortgage contract);

facilitating the traceability of each mortgage;

identifying risky products - those also bear the potential costs of taking such risks;

regarding diversity of mortgage markets but removing barriers to internal markets;

more flexible contracts and payments (allowing the early repayment of a loan, possibility of switching lenders, possibility of converting foreign currency loans into domestic currency loan,...)

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