CAHF Working Paper Series

As African housing markets deepen, their interaction with macro-economic and regulatory frameworks, their role and reliance on secondary markets, and their impact on broader economic performance becomes increasingly important to understand. CAHF seeks to understand these interactions and their nuances and particularities across the continent.

This working paper series covers fundamental concepts in housing finance in Africa:

• Working paper 1: Lowering the high interest rate cost of housing finance in Africa
• Working paper 2: Taxation and affordable housing in Africa
• Working paper 3: The impact of Basel III and the latest changes in regulation on access to housing finance in Africa
• Working paper 4: Long term finance in Cote d’Ivoire: Analysis of the housing finance sector

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