The impact of borrowing constraints on homeownership has been well established in the literature. Wealth is most likely … to restrict homeownership followed by credit and income. Using recent movers from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey … on the probability of homeownership during the housing market boom between 2003 and 2007. We show that whereas the pool …

at first-time homeownership using the French Housing Survey. We use a pseudo-panel approach that takes into account the … duration before -first-time homeownership, and take into account unobserved heterogeneity. Our results indicate that a spell in … public housing increases the hazard to homeownership, supporting the idea that, in France, the public housing policy provides …

increased 1940 median home values and homeownership rates, but not new home building. …

Homeownership rates have increased significantly in many OECD countries over recent decades. Using micro … homeownership rates remains unexplained by shifts in household characteristics, leaving a potential role for public policy in … explaining developments in homeownership rates. Panel estimates suggest that the relaxation of down-payment constraints on …