Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Growth Potential of Housing Finance Markets -- Summary of Key Challenges -- Objectives of the Report -- Scope of the Report -- Chapter 2: Housing Demand -- Chapter 3: Housing Supply -- Current State of Housing -- Development of Housing Stock -- Construction Quality and Enforcement of Construction Standards -- Housing Costs -- Housing Price Index -- Secondary Property Markets -- Chapter 4: Housing Finance Institutions and Instruments -- Traditional Mortgage Lending -- State-Owned Specialized Housing Banks -- Private Specialized Mortgage Lenders -- Islamic Housing Finance -- Large-Scale Project Finance -- Informal Housing Finance -- Homeowners' Insurance -- Risk Management -- Secondary Market for Mortgage Finance -- Prudential Regulation and Oversight -- A Word on the Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 5: Low-Income Housing Finance -- The Power of Microfinance -- Affordability of Housing -- Low-Cost Market Solutions -- Chapter 6: Regulatory Framework for Housing and Housing Finance -- Land Administration -- Foreclosure -- Credit Information -- Chapter 7: Policy Options to Improve the Framework for Housing and Housing Finance -- Efficient Land Administration -- Housing and Housing Finance Information and Transparency -- Long-Term Funding Availability through Mortgage Refinancing -- Expanded Housing Finance to Low-Income Groups through Product Innovation -- Appendix A Afghanistan -- Overview -- Housing Demand -- Housing Supply -- Housing Finance -- Low-Income and Microfinance Housing -- Regulatory Framework and Mortgage Market Infrastructure -- Policy Options for Improving the Framework for Housing Finance -- Appendix B Bangladesh -- Overview -- Housing Demand -- Housing Supply -- Housing Finance.

Low-Income and Microfinance Housing -- Regulatory Framework and Mortgage Market Infrastructure -- Policy Options for Improving the Framework for Housing Finance -- Appendix C India -- Overview -- Housing Demand -- Housing Supply -- Housing Finance -- Low-Income and Microfinance Housing -- Regulatory Framework and Mortgage Market Infrastructure -- Policy Options for Improving the Framework for Housing Finance -- Appendix D Pakistan -- Overview -- Housing Demand -- Housing Supply -- Housing Finance -- Low-Income and Microfinance Housing -- Regulatory Framework and Mortgage Market Infrastructure -- Policy Options for Improving the Framework for Housing Finance -- Conclusion -- Appendix E Sri Lanka -- Overview -- Housing Demand -- Housing Supply -- Housing Finance -- Low-Income and Microfinance Housing -- Regulatory Framework and Mortgage Market Infrastructure -- Policy Framework and Suggestions for Future Development -- Index -- Back cover.