Japan regulator steps up scrutiny of 50-year home loans

Taiga Uranaka / Bloomberg

Aug 28

Home loans of as long as 50 years are becoming more common among younger borrowers with modest incomes in Japan.(Aug 28): Japan's financial regulator is increasing scrutiny of ultra-long mortgage ...

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The FSA is concerned about the repayment risks if interest rates rise or their incomes fall, the official said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. \nMortgages in Japan have traditionally been structured with repayment periods of as long as 35 years. But as home prices climb, a growing number of lenders including SBI Shinsei Bank Ltd and Rakuten Bank Ltd have begun offering loans with terms of four decades or half a century.\nThe regulator plans to intensify its monitoring and directly engage with banks if necessary, the FSA official said. The agency declined to comment.\nHomebuyers who take out a 50-year floating-rate mortgage rather than a conventional home loan face a longer period of exposure to the risk that borrowing costs will rise to levels they can't manage. The Bank of Japan is expected to keep raising interest rates, which would put pressure on borrowers who determined how much they can afford based on their initially low monthly repayments.\nAnother risk is the slower pace at which borrowers build equity in their homes. Because a large portion of the loan principal remains outstanding for longer, borrowers are more vulnerable to falling into negative equity if residential prices decline, leaving them unable to fully repay the mortgage even after selling the property.\nWith housing becoming increasingly expensive, the FSA is concerned that products such as 50-year mortgages and so-called pair loans, in which couples borrow jointly to purchase a home, may be allowing some households to take on debt beyond their repayment capacity, the FSA official said.\nUltra-long-term housing loans are relatively rare in other markets. 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Still, he doesn't anticipate the trend for such borrowing in Japan will lead to a wave of defaults.\n\"Even during the global financial crisis the delinquency rate was only around 0.3%, and it's now about 0.1%,\" Shiozawa said. \"Japanese borrowers generally have a very strong sense of obligation to repay their debts, including their mortgages.\"\nUploaded by Magessan Varatharaja","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":false,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"express","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}