In contrast international experience in high income economies shows that a healthy mortgage market will provide extensive external benefits to the national economy consisting of efficient real estate development, employment in construction industry, easier labor mobility, capital market development, more efficient resources allocation, and lower macroeconomic volatility
These issues all have to be studied and resolved in order for the housing finance to become a success story and dynamically impact the economy of developing economies such as that of Pakistan.
Statement of the Problem.
Pakistan is undergoing a turbulent time both politically and economically. The country is deeply embroiled in various economic problems consisting of: a massive foreign debt, trade deficit, minimal revenue, huge expenditures, and explosive population growth with limited civic facilities. Lack of resources has made it virtually impossible for the government to develop the country's real estate sector to its real potential and provide adequate housing to its population on reasonable terms. However, in a fiercely competitive world, Pakistan has to develop a strategy for a broad-based application of mortgage laws in order to make it possible not only for the people to have affordable housing but also to facilitate the speed of economic growth. It is only through the initiation of developing such an institutional system with a strong legal framework that the country can move forward and develop economically in a conducive environment. Although Pakistan has a regulatory framework in the real estate sector, a comprehensive policy of rigorous application of mortgage laws and providing incentives and guidelines to the financial sector is still a dire need for getting the country's sluggish economic growth on the move. Only with a firm commitment to this policy can the government promote mortgage financing in the real estate sector to help kick start the economic growth in Pakistan as has been done in many developed countries.