relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and … inequality in the four countries correspond to their mortgage take up rates and its distribution across income, reflecting the … different degree of development of their respective mortgage markets. In Italy, alternative ways of financing, such as family …

relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and … inequality in the four countries correspond to their mortgage take up rates and its distribution across income, reflecting the … different degree of development of their respective mortgage markets. In Italy, alternative ways of financing, such as family …

determinants of access to mortgage finance. It also examines whether mortgage holders were more likely to suffer financial distress … compared with non-mortgage holders in the period before the global financial crisis. The analysis does not find any systematic … evidence that mortgage holders are financially more vulnerable than renters or outright owners; in fact, the incidence of …