Bei einer wohnwirtschaftlichen Portfoliobewertung ist eine qualifizierte Wertermittlung auf Einzelobjektebene insbesondere in einer frühen Transaktionsphase aus Zeit- und Kostengründen nicht machbar. Stefan Haas entwickelt eine Bewertungsmethodik, welche standardisiert einen...

An indepth look at the origins and development of the current financial crisis, from an economist and Washington insider. Jarsulic explains how a wide array of financial institutions, including mortgage banks, commercial banks, and investment banks created a credit bubble that supported nonprime...

This open access book utilizes new data to thoroughly analyze the main factors currently shaping the African housing market. Some of these factors include the supply and demand for housing finance, land tenure security issues, construction cost conundrum, infrastructure provision, and low-cost...

The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines....

This book is a concise treatise of the alternative paradigms used in BRICS countries to tackle urban housing shortages. There are a number of alternative methods for meeting these shortages which BRICS countries have adopted. These alternatives may agree in terms of desired outcome, but when it...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides...

Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates. However, many of the region's inhabitants are still poorly housed. This book examines three key contributing issues: high housing prices relative to family income, lack of...

Teurer, teurer, wohnen in der Stadt -- Alles nur eine spekulative Blase? -- Viele neue Einwohner, kaum neue Wohnungen -- Weshalb so wenig gebaut wird -- Angebot und Nachfrage: 10 Maßnahmen, die den Markt in Schwung bringen -- Drei Irrwege der Wohnungspolitik -- Zurück aufs Land? --...

The housing market, like every market, is the product of thousands of interacting buyers and sellers driven by different interests. But unlike other markets, the housing market is able to profoundly transform the socioeconomic structure and the image of a city. Very often, changes in urban space...