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Mortgage Payment as a Portion of Income: A Better Solution

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We propose a program that would further promote housing privatization in China. In addition to operating its current Housing Savings Fund program, the government could guarantee loans, with payments capped at affordable levels or spread out over workable payment periods. Such a program would balance efficiency with fairness by encouraging market forces, while addressing practical necessities (lenders?rights, corruption, labor mobility) so that privatization could relieve the burden on government and taxpayers. Net benefits would arise through the private market’s greater efficiency in managing housing resources.

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  • Anthony Yanxiang Gu & Joseph W. Trefzger, 2003. "Mortgage Payment as a Portion of Income: A Better Solution," International Real Estate Review, Global Social Science Institute, vol. 6(1), pages 121-135.
    • Handle: RePEc:ire:issued:v:06:n:01:2003:p:121-135
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