Latest / Monetary Policy Explained with Fexingo: Central Banks, Money Supply, and Interest Rates
Why Central Banks Are Turning to Loan-to-Value Caps
When central banks want to cool a housing bubble without raising interest rates, they reach for a tool called the loan-to-value cap. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explain how LTV limits work by examining the case of New Zealand's Reserve Bank, which in 2021 imposed a 40 percent deposit requirement on investors buying in Auckland. They walk through why standard rate hikes can backfire in a housing boom, how LTV caps directly target the most leveraged buyers, and what happens when regulators start loosening those caps again — as New Zealand did in 2023 after prices fell 18 percent from…
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