Angesichts generell niedriger und weiter sinkender Inflationsraten sowie abermals enttäuschter Wachstumserwartungen kam im vergangenen Jahr in Europa eine Diskussion über sich abzeichnende Deflationsrisiken auf. In diesem Zusammenhang rückte auch der Wohnimmobilienbereich ins Blickfeld des...

Diffusion of low-energy houses is an important part of energy and climate policy in the European Union (EU) and in individual EU countries. Key barriers to the adoption of low-energy houses include additional construction costs and uncertainty surrounding actual energy and cost savings. In this...

The approval of residential development is a critical tool that cities have for extending access to affordable housing. We link access to housing with municipal actions that enable or restrict residential development. Using municipal-level data, we examine the municipal approval of residential...

Conventional wisdom held that housing prices couldn't fall. But the spectacular boom and bust of the housing market during the first decade of the twenty-first century and millions of foreclosed homeowners have made it clear that housing is no different from any other asset in its ability to...