Iceland may have recovered from a debilitating financial crisis, but now it faces a new problem: an increasing number of empty luxury apartments and a need for affordable housing. A booming housing ...

This paper describes the housing system in Iceland and relates to results from a 1979 housing survey in the Reykjavik area. Because Icelandic housing policy leaves it largely to individual families to ...

June 28 - Overview -- We assess Ibudalanasjodur (Housing Financing Fund, HFF) as having a "very important" role as Iceland's key residential mortgage lender and an "integral" link with the government.

Iceland's glorious mountains, hot springs, and glimpses of the Northern Lights have made it a bucket-list destination for tourists across the world. But like many Instagram-famous locations, it has ...

The Housing Finance Fund, Iceland’s state-owned mortgage lender, said it’s working on a plan to start issuing callable debt as it “clarified” a newspaper report it was seeking early repayments on its ...

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