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Iceland, like Ireland, is in a housing crisis - and it's pushing climate down the political agenda

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Reuters

S&P affirms Iceland's Housing Financing Fund at 'BB/B'

June 28 - Overview -- We assess Ibudalanasjodur (Housing Financing Fund, HFF) as having a "very important" role as Iceland's key residential mortgage lender and an "integral" link with the government.
Yahoo Finance

Iceland’s booming tourist industry and hot housing market is leaving locals out in the cold

Iceland's glorious mountains, hot springs, and glimpses of the Northern Lights have made it a bucket-list destination for tourists across the world. But like many Instagram-famous locations, it has ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Iceland’s Housing Fund to Benefit From Writedown, Moody’s Says

Iceland’s plan to help households buckling under inflation-linked mortgages should benefit the Housing Financing Fund, the island nation’s largest mortgage provider, according to Moody’s Investors ...
Politico Europe

Iceland to tax housing to pay for lava barriers over volcanic eruption fears

Iceland's parliament has approved a new tax on all housing for the next three years to fund the construction of lava barriers to protect infrastructure in the southwest of the country, an area which ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Iceland’s Housing Fund Says Looking at Issuing Callable Bonds

The Housing Finance Fund, Iceland’s state-owned mortgage lender, said it’s working on a plan to start issuing callable debt as it “clarified” a newspaper report it was seeking early repayments on its ...