ABSTRACT

The subprime mortgages is shown as the reason of global financial crisis (GFC). Due to the short-term funds’ inflows to the emerging markets between the years of 2001-2007, domestic currencies overvalued against the foreign currencies. As a result of this temporary balance, interest rates decreased and this situation has created a hope for owning a house easily by taking mortgages. Unfortunetly, there has been short-term capital outflows in the emerging markets due to the GFC. These capital outflows has led to the depreciation of domestic currencies and increases of interest rates and inflation. In other words, GFC has led to the increases in the currency, interest-rate and credit risks in the developing countries. But GFC is not an obstacle for developing a new housing finance model for the developing countries. In this paper, a new housing finance model is developed for the housing sector, which may create a large value-added for Turkey. This new model tries to minimize the financial risks that emerge as a result of macro economic shocks. The new housing finance model, which is developed by considering the financial risks, try to merge three financial techniques (pension funds, mortgage, and forward contracts). As a result, it is hoped that this hybrid model will be partially remedy not only for the sheltering needs of people but also for the development of the developing countries such as Turkey.