job search with liquid wealth accumulation and consumption of housing that can be rented, bought on credit, or sold. In … using NLSY data from 1978 until 2005. We find that more relaxed housing lending conditions, particularly lower downpayment …

Economic hardship is strongly reflected by the housing market. It is the concern of much research, but its analysis is … modification request. Other relevant searches for "short sale", "REO" (as in Real Estate Owned) or "FHA" (as in Federal Housing … Administration) are used to provide a comprehensive view of the housing market. Using data from the great recession and benchmarking …

higher levels of unemployment although home-owners tend to be unemployed less. The choice of housing tenure affects moving … mobility and unemployment, and discusses effects of government intervention in the housing market. In addition, it is shown …

, including how housing prices should be measured. Previous researchers typically have used some combination of rental payments … and homeowner housing values, but housing values are forward-looking and may not reflect current user costs. This paper … examines differences in quality of life estimates for U.S. metropolitan areas using, alternatively, rents and housing values …

investigations reveal that the gap in housing outcomes is much more pronounced for the probability of home ownership than for home … value or home equity. Once households have entered the housing market, differences across gender, race and family type are …

In this paper, we present a directed search model of the housing market. The pricing mechanism we analyze reflects the …. Our model offers a new way to look at the housing market from a search-theoretic perspective. In addition, we contribute …

by owner-occupied housing whereas unsecured debt can be discharged according to bankruptcy regulations. We show that the …