measured by property and mortgage market indicators. Comparing overall need and feasibility index values we find that market … conditions, the opposite applies for Germany and Ireland. Hungary and Italy lie in between. …

relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and … rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and … different degree of development of their respective mortgage markets. In Italy, alternative ways of financing, such as family …

This paper examines the state of reverse mortgage markets in selected countries around the world and considers the …

The article presents an outline of the principles for granting reverse mortgage loans by banks and other credit … is not to offer a detailed analysis and assessment of the solutions adopted in the new Reverse Mortgage Act, but rather … lifetime annuities, which can in practice distort and subvert the purposes for which the Reverse Mortgage Act was adopted …