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Dutch Central Bank Eases Mortgage Capital Rules for Domestic Lenders

De Nederlandsche Bank will not extend the minimum risk-weighting floor for Dutch mortgages, freeing billions of euros in bank capital and potentially affecting lending capacity in the country’s tight housing market.
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