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whiteowl wrote:wukan wrote:I think NSE fate lies with CBK. There is a negative feedback loop in the real estate which leading to lower bid prices akin to what happened to NSE from around 2014. That damages a lot of balance sheets which were already damaged from the fall in equities. A downward correction in real estate will hurt a lot more of the wenyenchi balance sheets than equities did. I would expect more pressure on MPC to be more aggressive in the rate cuts or do localized QE. Similar sentiments expressed here https://www.standardmedi...-an-economy-in-distress
Quote:Research shows that house prices are indicators of changes in the economy. In other words, the change in house prices passes information about the pending state of the economy. The value of a house depends on the rent that the tenant pays to the landlord. In finance, we discount rent in house values, such that when rent increases, the value of the house must also increase because additional income is being generated and vice versa. This means that it is only in unsound economies that tenants are unable to pay rent thus opening a window for the decline in house prices.
Quote:Simply put, if a mortgage is for Sh10 million, but the house has declined in value to say Sh7 million, the logical thing to do is to default. The default will lead to more losses in asset values and low-quality financial institutions. This explains why debt is largely an option. The debate then is between the interest rate and collateral rates - the rate at which houses are financed with debt - which is the most important to the economy? QE is a zero sum game when you have dollar denominated loans. It spurs growth but will balloon the debt when the value of the shilling falls. This is the same reason the world bank has accused CBK of artificially propping up the value of the shilling but I don't trust those loan sharks one bit. Dollar denominated loans and a big chunk is commercial loans which come with tough conditions when you want to renegotiate. Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
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