There are cities in the world which have experienced substantial numbers of foreign buyers in the local housing markets … influences in the forming of housing bubbles, governments have resorted to short-term measures of stamp duty or raising the duty … measures may help contain the demand for housing, but short of being the first-best optimal housing policy for an open economy …

This text deals with the topic of housing shortage vs. residential vacancy – housing market intervention as a task of …, the overall importance and social responsibility the housing industry has and beyond that, regarding further issues such … control and the fact of population development. This paper will terminate with remarks on the latest challenges, the housing …

There are four major challenges for housing policy in the near and midterm future: First, rents in many German …, it must be feared that policy makers have underestimated indirect negative effects for both housing and labour markets …. Still, what is more important, is that the current discussion on housing policies is focused on the shortterm putative …

The regional differences in the housing markets are enormous and will continue to exacerbate in the future. The main … task for the housing policy is to take appropriate long term measures depending on the market structure. A central aspect … of future housing policy is the site development. Potential conflicts of interest with other social objectives must be …