identified research gaps, the following report addresses four research questions: 1. How do housing demands change over the life … subjectively perceived spatial categories 'city/urban' and 'country/rural' in housing biographies and residential location … events and occasions change housing needs. Housing and residential location decisions are strongly influenced by normative …

same time, the housing market has faced increasing pressure on prices and rents due to building activity that in recent … concerning the demand side of housing has been lacking. Based on the IW Construction Demand Model, this study attempts to close … this gap by estimating the additional housing demand until 2020 depending on certain scenarios as to patterns of migration …

With prices surging in major cities since 2010, the debate about a potential speculative bubble in the German housing … market has been gaining momentum. Overall, however, the German housing market is sound. Neither an excess of construction …, nor an excess of mortgage lending have been observed, and thus the risk of a sudden burst in housing prices seems low. In …

This report analyses the main developments in housing finance in the euro area in the decade, covering the period from … housing finance in the euro area with those in the United Kingdom and the United States. At the end, the report briefly …

living payments and housing. …