The purpose of this chapter is to survey recent research on housing markets and policy in what used to be called the … like Mozambique and Laos. It is therefore quite interesting that the bulk of the research surveyed finds that housing … available for housing and other goods and services certainly do vary dramatically from place to place. And the stakes of how …

This paper analyzes the main determinants of tenure choice in Brazil in formal and informal housing markets. Logit and … good predictors for formal ownership. Education enhances the probability of being in the formal housing markets, either as …

Housing is key for well-being and for spatial and social mobility. In India, the housing market is characterised by … excess demand for affordable dwellings, a small rental market and an oversupply of high-end housing, especially in urban …

With the ageing of the European population, the housing choices of the elderly will have consequences on the whole … housing market. In this paper we use data from the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe …

The paper provides a review of the literature that links housing, housing finance, and economic development. The … housing sector may support poverty reduction and inclusive growth in two general ways. First, housing construction contributes … housing raises the standard of living of occupants. At the same time, housing purchases are costly for individuals …

price and affordability of owner-occupied housing, and the regional composition of the housing stock can be identified as … locations. The results of this study offer some interesting implications for housing policy. …

The housing market is both large and complex. This paper develops a simple model that captures the essential features … of the supply and demand for housing, and which is used to evaluate the impact of a range of policy interventions …. Increases in the stock of housing would reduce rents and house prices. A reduction in tax concessions for landlords would raise …

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 …