The homeownership rate in Germany is one of the lowest among advanced economies. To better understand this fact, we … analyze the role of three specific policies which discourage homeownership in Germany: an extensive social housing sector with … broad eligibility criteria, high transfer taxes when buying real estate, and no tax deductions for mortgage interest …

We study the link between homeownership, mortgage debt, and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and … housing tenure where homeowners commit to mortgage payments. Our model predicts that, as long as mortgage rates exceed the … rate of interest on liquid wealth: (i) mortgage debt, by amplifying risk aversion, diminishes the likelihood that …

mortgage amount influence the share of liquid assets held in stocks. We apply different econometric methods to take selection … and endogeneity into account. In our preferred specifications both home equity and the household's amount of mortgage debt …

A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of … spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition to familiar demographic and socioeconomic variables, the regional … disparities in homeownership rates between eastern and western Germany as well as between rural, urbanized and agglomerated …

This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house … portfolios, observed in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for these countries. We then show that the … heterogeneity in household finances implies that responses of consumption to changes in the real interest rate and in house prices …

The recently published Household Finance and Consumption Survey has revealed large differences in wealth inequality … between the countries of the Euro area. We find a strong negative correlation between wealth inequality and homeownership … by homeownership status shows that the negative relationship is mostly driven by large between-group inequality across …

is often used as an argument for policies that foster homeownership. However, the causal link between homeownership and … Consumption Survey for the Euro area, we correct for endogeneity by using inheriting the household's main residence as an … wealth position of the household only through homeownership. For the sample of inheritors we find that the local average …