Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United States

1. Introduction: Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United States
Philip Arestis, Peter Mooslechner, Karin Wagner

2. Housing Markets in Europe and in the USA: What Are the Relevant Issues Today?
Peter Mooslechner, Karin Wagner

3. Subprime Mortgage Market and Current Financial Crisis
Philip Arestis, Elias Karakitsos

4. Determinants of Homeownership Rates: Housing Finance and the Role of the State
Elisabeth Springler, Karin Wagner

5. The Rental Housing Market
Dieter Gstach

6. Housing Markets, Business Cycles and Economic Policies
Christophe André, Nathalie Girouard

7. European Rental Markets:Regulation or Liberalization? The Spanish Case
Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, Maria Teresa Sânchez-Martinez

8. Fiscal Aspects of Housing in Europe
Guido Wolswijk

9. Towards a New Housing System in Transitional Countries: The Case of Hungary
József Hegedüs

10. House Price and Other Housing Market Data: a User’s Perspective
Anthony Murphy

11. Residential Property Price Statistics for the Euro Area and the European Union
Martin Eiglsperger

12. Housing and Financial Wealth in Austria: What Can Survey Data Tell Us for the Analysis of Financial Stability Issues?
Pirmin Fessler, Peter Mooslechner, Martin Schürz, Karin Wagner

Nyckelord: Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, International Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, Urban Economics, Microeconomics, Real Estate Management