Secure housing is core to the Sustainable Development Goals and a fundamental human
right. However, potential conflicts between housing and sustainability objectives remain …

For many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen.
Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing economists–and stimulated …

The rise of economic inequality in the UK over the past four decades raises serious
questions about the state of political equality in Britain. In this article, we analyse changes in …

Little is known about voters' demands in response to rising house prices. We argue that
voters' house-price perceptions and housing policy preferences depend on countries' …

In most countries–particularly in supply constrained superstar cities–house prices have risen
much more strongly than rents over the last two decades. We provide an explanation that …

Lack of affordable housing is a growing and often primary policy concern in cities throughout
the world. The main underlying cause for the “affordability crisis,” which has been mounting …

Predicting credit defaults is crucial for financial institutions to assess risk and make informed
lending decisions. One of the most recent strategies banks and financial institutions have …

Young adults increasingly rely on precarious and costly rental housing, particularly in major
cities and liberalized housing markets. Amsterdam has a more regulated housing system …

We exploit a UK government-sponsored product and provide evidence on shared equity
mortgages. The analysis shows how the interaction of house price growth and leverage …

This paper assesses to which degree housing purchase subsidies are capitalized into
property prices. Using a large-scale micro-dataset on German house prices, I exploit the …