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 ...

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.

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 ...

This paper describes the housing system in Iceland and relates to results from a 1979 housing survey in the Reykjavik area. Because Icelandic housing policy leaves it largely to individual families to ...

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 ...

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STOCKHOLM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Iceland's government decided on Tuesday to inject billions of crowns into the country's troubled house loan finance fund, HFF, which racked up losses after the 2008 ...

Iceland’s government should restructure the state-backed mortgage provider Housing Finance Fund to protect the country against potential losses, the International Monetary Fund said. The HFF’s ...