Home ownership : getting in, getting from, getting out / / Peter Boelhouwer, John Doling, Marja Elsinga (eds.)

• Pubblicazione: Delft, : DUP Science, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.33; 333.330; 333.33094
• Soggetto topico: Home ownership - Europe; Housing - Europe
• Altri autori: BoelhouwerP. J DolingJ. F ElsingaMarja
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Contents; 1 Getting in, getting from, getting out. An introduction.; 2 The effect of government policies on home ownership rates; 3 Unravelling the conundrum; 4 Explaining home ownership rates in Danish municipalities; 5 Single-family detached Housing: a branch of paradise or a problem?; 6 Home ownership for young families through self-help housing. A traditional concept newly rediscovered; 7 Housing policy in an 'opportunity society'. Home ownership and the amplification of inequality.; 8 Meanings of property and home ownership consumption in divergent socioeconomic conditions ; 9 The construction of tenure. When the political becomes personal.10 Managing risks in the new housing regimes of the transition countries. The case of Hungary.; 11 UK home ownership to 2010 and beyond. Risks to lenders and borrowers.; 12 Systemic risk and home ownership in the UK; 13 Home ownership: managing a risky business?; 14 Getting in, getting from, getting out: conclusions; Contributors; Housing and Urban Policy Studies
• Sommario/riassunto: Home ownership sectors in most European countries have grown in size. Whatever assets European households have acquired in recent decades, real estate appears to form a significant element in wealth portfolios. Frequently, national governments have been active in promoting the shift in tenure balance. The general question pursued in this book is about the gains and losses accruing to individual households by virtue of their position as home owners. The focus, here, is on financial gains and losses. It also concerns the losses, in the form of repayment risk, related to difficulties that some ho
• Titolo autorizzato: Home ownership
• ISBN: 6610810486; 1-280-81048-3; 9786610810482; 1-4294-6762-2; 1-60750-186-4; 600-00-0448-6; 1-4337-0158-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828236903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Housing and urban policy studies ; ; 29.