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- Title
NOTES ON THE MARGIN: AN OVERVIEW OF NMA'S MORTGAGE MARKET STUDY.
- Authors
Overvest, Bastiaan; Tezeft, Gulbahar
- Abstract
This article presents the findings of a sector study conducted by the Netherlands Competition Authority on the Dutch mortgage market. Following the outbreak of the financial crisis, the average margins in the Dutch mortgage market increased sharply and reached historically high levels. In 2011, the margins fell back to pre-financial crisis levels. The historically high margins were accompanied by significant increases in concentration due to a merger between two relatively large banks and the (partial) exit of several smaller (foreign) banks. In the study, we found no indication that the temporary high margins were driven by collusive conduct. The price leadership bans of the European Commission can also not explain the margin developments around 2009, because these developments precede their introduction. There is, however, some evidence that the bans have led to higher prices in the Dutch mortgage market.
- Subjects
MORTGAGES; MORTGAGE bank laws; GLOBAL Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; EUROPEAN Commission; RETAIL banking; BANK consortia
- Publication
Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 2014, Vol 10, Issue 4, p779
- ISSN
1744-6414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/joclec/nhu029