The Irish housing market is very buoyant. The housing boom is driven by strong economic growth, dynamic demographics and low interest rates. However, large tax advantages and relatively lenient credit policies by banks have also played their part, and prices may have become overvalued. To the...

The crash of the U.S. housing market triggered the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s. Beginning in late 2009, multifamily construction rebounded strongly. Beginning in mid-2011, single-family construction began to rebound as well. But during the first half of 2013, growth of both types of...

Nach der Vereinigung der beiden deutschen Teilstaaten ergaben sich für die jeweiligen Baumärkte sehr rasch enge Interdependenzen, so daß integrierte oder simultane Betrachtungen oft unumgänglich sind. Trotzdem werden noch auf Jahre hinaus nach West- und Ostdeutschland getrennte Analysen und...

Bis zum Jahr 2002 werden in Deutschland voraussichtlich nur noch etwa 300 000 Wohnungen fertiggestellt. Damit wird die häufig genannte Zielgröße von 400 000 WE weit unterschritten. Im europäischen Vergleich erreicht Deutschland bei der Wohnungsbauintensität damit nur noch...

This text deals with the topic of housing shortage vs. residential vacancy – housing market intervention as a task of politics? At the beginning there will be some basic assertions on the relation of market vs. state, especially bearing in mind, the overall importance and social responsibility...

There are four major challenges for housing policy in the near and midterm future: First, rents in many German conurbations have been rising significantly faster than incomes over the last five years. Though it can rightly be argued, that the suggested policies of the new German federal...

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....