US was prone to housing meltdown

The housing meltdown happened in the US, in part, because of its tax, legal and regulatory systems, research published by the Bank for International Settlements finds.

"Compared with other countries, the US seems to have: built up a larger overhang of excess housing supply; experienced a greater easing in mortgage lending standards; and ended up with a household sector more vulnerable to falling housing prices," the research says. "Some of these outcomes seem to have been driven by tax, legal

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