Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United States [Hardcover]

Housing finance structures and Institutional and regulatory/fiscal aspects in housing have changed significantly in recent years. This book examines the development in housing markets in Europe and the US, and looks at ways to make housing more affordable and housing market developments more stable.List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United States Housing Markets in Europe and in the USA  What Are the Relevant Issues Today? Subprime Mortgage Market and Current Financial Crisis Determinants of Homeownership Rates: Housing Finance and the Role of the State The Rental Housing Market Housing Markets, Business Cycles and Economic Policies European Rental Markets: Regulation or Liberalization? The Spanish Case Fiscal Aspects of Housing in Europe Towards a New Housing System in Transitional Countries  The Case of Hungary ?House Price and Other Housing Market Data: A User's Perspective Residential Property Price Statistics for the Euro Area and the European Union Housing and Financial Wealth in Austria: What Can Survey Data Tell Us for the Analysis of Financial Stability IssuesPHILIP ARESTIS?is University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economics and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK; Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Utah, US; Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, New York, US; Visiting Professor, Leeds Business School, University of Leeds, Department of Finance and Management Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.
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PETER MOOSLECHNER is the Director of the Economic Analysis and Research Department of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna. He is teaching economics and economic policy at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and is a Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the ECB. His publications coverl“'