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Moody's: Authorities seek to curb risks in mature buy-to-let mortgage markets; promote development in nascent markets

London, 01 December 2016-- Moody's Investors Service says that the buy-to-let mortgage sector is expanding globally, prompting the regulators in the more mature markets to curb some of the associated risks, while those in more developing markets are further encouraging its growth. Furthermore, the sector-- where investors borrow to purchase residential properties that they let out-- represents a material or growing part of the overall mortgage and residential mortgage-backed...
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