We examine to what extent mortgage lending is characterized by strong relationships between banks and their borrowers. Our analysis is based on survey data covering all current bank relations for a sample of 1,481 Swiss households out of which 687 have a mortgage. We document that mortgage...

Nekilnojamojo turto vertinimas, siekiant jį įkeisti, yra svarbi vertintojo darbo dalis bendrojoje jo praktikoje. Nekilnojamasis turtas vertinamas jo apžiūros dieną, atsižvelgiant į tai, ar tokia vertė išliks ir bus reali. Šiame darbe nagrinėjami svarbūs tiek vertinimo metodo, tiek...

During the first decade of the 21st century, household FX loans spread in numerous countries in Central and Eastern Europe, where they caused serious macroeconomic and social problems with the spillover of the global financial crisis. Disregarding countries that joined the euro area, Hungary was...

We consider a Keynes-Goodwin model of effective demand and the distributive cycle where workers purchase goods and houses with a marginal propensity significantly larger than one. They therefore need credit, supplied from asset holders, and have to pay interest on their outstanding debt. In this...

The aim of this article is to present the changes taking place in housing markets in selected European countries and in the USA. The basic research period covers the years 1998-2009. However, wherever availability of data allowed so, we covered with our research also the years 1963-2010. The...

In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, a significant research effort has been made to better understand the links between household debt levels, financial stability risks, and the ongoing implications of the 'debt overhang' for economic growth. However, accurately measuring the household...