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Chapter 12. Housing, Finance, and the Macroeconomy

Davis, Morris A.; Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 753-811). 2015

In this chapter, we review and discuss the large body of research that has developed over the past 10-plus years that explores the interconnection of macroeconomics, finance, and housing. We focus on three major topics—housing and the business cycle, housing and portfolio choice, and housing...

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Deconstructing Canada's housing markets : finance, affordability urban sprawl

Cheung, Calista - 2014

government backing of the mortgage market. Nonetheless, the dominance of the crown corporation CMHC in the mortgage insurance … market concentrates a significant amount of risk in public finances. Improving competitive conditions in the mortgage …

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House prices and home ownership : a cohort analysis

Bottazzi, Renata; Crossley, Thomas F.; Wakefield, Matthew - 2012

, we document the association between house prices and homeownership at age thirty. We then use synthetic cohort methods to …

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Chapter 15. How Mortgage Finance Affects the Urban Landscape

Chan, Sewin; Haughwout, Andrew; Tracy, Joseph - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 987-1045). 2015

This chapter considers the structure of mortgage finance in the United States and its role in shaping patterns of … homeownership, the nature of the housing stock, and the organization of residential activity. We start by providing some background … on the design features of mortgage contracts that distinguish them from other loans and that have important implications …

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