Reported 8 months ago
On June 19, 2024, the central bank governor Yang Chin-lung urged young people applying for the new youth housing scheme to pay attention to their financial planning, warning that if interest rates continue to rise, they may struggle to repay their loans in the future, causing harm to themselves and the banks. Despite the central bank's sixth round of housing market credit controls, the real estate market continues to heat up. The article highlights concerns over a 'Taiwanese version of a subprime mortgage crisis' as the housing market frenzy sparked by the new government housing loan policy undercuts the central bank's efforts to cool down the market.
Source: YAHOO