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Mortgage lending restriction irritates banks

This content was published on Feb 13, 2013 As of September 30, banks must boost their capital buffers against domestic mortgage loans by another one per cent. This would mean around SFr3 billion ($3.3 billion) extra capital being tied down in the banking system. The government issued the order on the recommendation of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) as property prices in major…