ABSTRACT
The bane of housing delivery and the development of a virile mortgage system in Nigeria has always been that of accessing land and low-cost finance. Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs) were established to facilitate housing delivery in Nigeria through the institution of a private-sector arrangement to supplant the public sector which had proved ineffective over the years in that respect. This study examines the determinants of financial performance of listed primary mortgage banks in Nigeria.
The study employed the use of explanatory research design and secondary data contained in the annual reports and accounts of listed PMBs for a period of ten (10) years (2004 to 2013) was used for the study. The result of the pooled Ordinary Least Square (OLS) multiple regression analysis revealed a negative significant effect of capital adequacy and bank size on the financial performance (return on equity) of listed PMBs in Nigeria.
It also shows that liquidity is insignificant to explain the financial performance of listed PMBs in Nigeria. It therefore recommends that to ensure maximum return of equity holding of listed primary mortgage banks in Nigeria, emphasis should be given to capital adequacy and bank size. This is because of the negative but significant effect they have on the financial performance of listed PMBs in Nigeria.
