main facts: first, the features of residential mortgage markets differ markedly across industrialized countries; second … house prices is significantly stronger in those countries with larger flexibility/development of mortgage markets; third …, the transmission to consumption is stronger only in those countries where mortgage equity release is common and mortgage …

mortgage-backed securities is more widespread …

Mortgages constitute the largest part of household debt. An essential choice when taking out a mortgage is between …-country study has analyzed what determines household demand for mortgage types, a task that this paper takes up using new data for … exercise to identify how the easing of monetary policy during the financial crisis affected mortgage holders. It shows that the …

term interest rates, local and global money and credit developments, and the incidence of mortgage market deregulation …