Over the last decade, the OECD economies, the affluent Asian economies and the transition states have mostly experienced significant upswings in house prices. Upswings have ended with the emergence of the credit crunch since 2007. Dominant policy concerns related to housing have been...

During the 1990s, as social housing throughout Europe experienced budget cuts, the British response involved adopting a more European approach. A market for social housing finance has been successfully created. Major contrasts with Europe remain, particularly the dominance of municipal housing....