Regulatory Alerts2021-12-02
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Recommendation on medium-term vulnerabilities in the residential real estate sector in Germany
The European Systemic Risk Board recommends that German authorities impose a legally binding or non-legally binding limit on the loan-to-value ratio to mitigate vulnerabilities in the residential real estate sector. It further advises activating capital-based measures, such as the countercyclical capital buffer or sectoral systemic risk buffer, to enhance the resilience of credit institutions. The recommendation requires amending the legal framework to include borrower-based measures like debt-to-income and debt service-to-income limits, with compliance reports due by 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2025.