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

• Autore: King Peter <1960-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.0414; 333.338
• Soggetto topico: Housing; Home ownership; Housing policy; Housing - Finance
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Housing boom and bust
• ISBN: 1-135-17319-2; 1-135-17320-6; 1-282-57595-3; 9786612575952; 0-203-86176-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458972903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II