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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792463303321

Autore

King Peter <1960-2023, >

Titolo

Housing boom and bust : owner occupation, government regulation and the credit crunch / / Peter King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-17319-2

1-135-17320-6

1-282-57595-3

9786612575952

0-203-86176-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Disciplina

332.0414

333.338

Soggetti

Housing

Home ownership

Housing policy

Housing - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Housing is not finance; Chapter 2 Really private finance; Chapter 3 Lots of bad decisions; Chapter 4 A political problem; Chapter 5 On the virtue of benign neglect; Conclusions: A plea for sanity; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Housing bubbles burst, creating economic misery for millions. Over the past thirty years, the culture of property ownership has become so ingrained that policy makers, bankers and households have taken for granted that housing is a good investment and forgotten about the bust. Explaining how the current crisis in housing markets has arisen, this topical and sharp analysis considers the causes of house price bubbles and the reason for the collapse in markets worldwide. Written for students, it explains the economic cycle of housing, ways in which future booms and busts can be mitigated and how