Purpose This paper links the literatures on the life-cycle hypothesis, homeownership, home
equity and pensions. Empirically, the focus is on the EU and USA. The paper aims to explore …

In this study, we examine the feasibility of reverse mortgages in Brazil from the perspectives
of both policyholders and insurers. Reverse mortgage is a financial product where the …

Ageing populations in the Western World over the last few decades have necessitated the
development of financial products to assist older people face the challenges of ageing. One …

Gentrification research often starts with the hypothesis that gentrification causes
displacement of a neighborhood's original residents, particularly low-income and vulnerable …

One of the measures of housing wealth inequality is the property's market value. In existing
analyses, this figure is often a subjective value determined by homeowners. Little is known …

Households often make errors when self-assessing their housing wealth. By using the
Chinese Households Finance Survey, we show that Chinese urban households …

Successive waves of house price appreciation have prompted homeowners to tap into
housing wealth, increasing mortgage debt to meet spending needs. This paper addresses …

Households often make errors in assessing homevalue. By merging representative Chinese
urban household survey data with web-scraped housing price data, we estimate a hedonic …

Urban scholars and practitioners have used changes in neighborhood-level home values to
serve as indicators of neighborhood change, including gentrification and disinvestment. A …

This paper examines the drivers of loan principals in the reverse mortgage and equity
release market in New Zealand using a hedonic price model (HPM) approach. Our analysis …