Category: Mortgages & Financing
Mortgages & Financing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Consumer Lending in France
Consumer Lending in France Consumer lending is facing challenges in 2023, arising from the current socioeconomic environment. Indeed, as society began to recover from the impacts of the pandemic era, new factors came to play, from soaring global interest rates to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, whic ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Brazil
Consumer Lending in Brazil Brazilians are well-acquainted with dividing payments into instalments, a practice prevalent in both traditional retail credit (known as ""crediário"") and credit card payments. The compounding effects of inflation, a challenging job market, and reduced consumer purchasing ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Japan
Consumer Lending in Japan Consumer lending in Japan is growing in 2023 in line with demand for greater convenience and easy access to lending services, mainly due to more services being accessed online. New emerging players, such as LINE Pocket Money by LINE Credit Corporation and Merpay Smart Money ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Australia
Consumer Lending in Australia The major talking point of 2023 from a consumer lending point of view has been the increase in interest rates over the year as a result of the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) attempting to address high inflation rates. Due to higher interest rates, outstanding balance h ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in South Africa
Consumer Lending in South Africa The South African economy has continued to struggle in 2023, as reflected by 0.4% real GDP growth, the unemployment rate stagnating beyond 32%, and the South African rand depreciating further against major currencies. Economic growth has also been constrained by pers ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Spain
Consumer Lending in Spain The costs of households have continued to rise across the board in 2023 due to the change in tone of the monetary policy of the European Central Bank, which increased interest rates four times during 2022 and 2023, resulting in rising interest rates on mortgages and consume ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in Portugal
Consumer Lending in Portugal Consumer lending in Portugal is expanding in 2023 amid rising interest rates and decline in households’ disposable incomes. Demand for mortgages is slowing down with card lending posting the most dynamic growth. BNPL, although representing a small share of other personal ... Read More
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Consumer Credit in Spain
Consumer Credit in Spain Buy now pay later (BNPL) continues to grow in popularity, particularly among young adults, and there is a notable shift to BNPL loans. A significant number of financial services providers have launched their own BNPL programmes, including Banco Santander, CaixaBank and BBVA, ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in South Africa
Consumer Lending in South Africa Turley has one of the highest inflation rates in the world in 2022, with fears it could even reach triple-digits. Unlike most other countries, this soaring inflation had already been triggered prior to the energy crisis arising from the war in Ukraine. The lira’s dra ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in France
Consumer Lending in France 2022 is seeing ongoing recovery in consumer lending, which is mainly attributed to the now near absence of pandemic restrictions (for example, no more lockdowns), alongside an ongoing rebound in non-grocery purchases, primarily electronic and consumer appliances, home and ... Read More
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Consumer Lending in the Czech Republic
Consumer Lending in the Czech Republic There are positive dynamics in the consumer lending landscape despite the rapid interest rates increase. This is largely due to Czech people making the large-scale purchases that they postponed during the first two years of the pandemic when they were under gre ... Read More