The future of building societies in the Czech Republic

Building societies always show stable performance, but the situation can change because of new banking trends. This bachelor thesis deals with current problems of the building society sector in the Czech Republic and possibilities of future development. The analysis has shown that the current economic situation in the banking and financial markets has affected disadvantageously both the building society sector and the banking sector as a whole. Period of low mortgage rates together with reducing state aid have caused a decline in clients' interest in construction loans. One of the factors that greatly affects the future of the sector savings is the existence of state aid and its amount. Performed analysis of the historical development of building societies as a whole led to the conclusion that a gradual reduction in state aid resulted in the worsening of financial position of each building society, as evidenced by the decline in long-term indicators of return on equity, which, according to my predictions, by the end of 2020, will make up 7.8 %.