Argentina’s mortgage market, for years almost non-existent due to spiraling triple-digit inflation and high borrowing costs, is starting to show signs of coming back to life under the pro-market reforms of libertarian President Javier Milei. Monthly new mortgages in Buenos Aires province, home to 40% of the country’s population, hit the highest level since 2018 at the start of the year, data from the local college of notaries show. Numbers were up nearly 500% in February year-on-year.
April 7, 2025
SOURCE: YAHOO FINANCE
Argentina’s zombie mortgage market is coming back to life