National Housing Finance Systems

A Comparative Study
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-13325-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 506 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1100 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Housing

Originally published in 1985, this book provided a broad review of the range of systems of housing finance used throughout the developed and developing world at the time. It surveys the development of housing finance and the ways in which individual countries, with different economic structures, have coped with the problems of housing finance in periods of severe inflation and fluctuating interest rates.

The book opens with two theoretical chapters covering housing finance in developed and developing economies. The framework developed in these chapters is subsequently used to analyse the systems of various countries.

Most of the remaining 28 chapters describe housing finance in specific countries. Each country study begins with a description of the housing market, and then analyses the housing finance market, and housing finance institutions. The book concentrates on industrialized countries although some chapters cover developing countries, including Brazil, Colombia, South Korea, the Philippines, and India. In addition to the detailed country studies, housing finance systems in other countries are described very briefly in a number of general chapters.

One chapter is concerned specifically with the attempts to integrate housing finance systems in the European Community, and two chapters describe the work of international bodies in the housing finance field. The book concludes with two chapters, one of which compares housing conditions and housing finance systems, and the second considers the study of housing finance.

A feature of this work is its use of up-to-date statistics and information. For most of the industrialized countries statistics are as at the end of 1983, and where this has not proved possible 1982 figures are used. It has not always been possible to use as up-to-date information for developing countries.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boleat, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Introduction. Acknowledgements. Technical Notes.  Part 1: Theoretical Issues 1. Housing Finance – An Overview 2. Housing Finance in Developing Countries  Part 2: English Speaking Countries 3. United Kingdom 4. USA 5. Canada 6. Australia 7. South Africa 8. New Zealand  Part 3: Europe 9. France 10. West Germany 11. Italy 12. Spain 13. Scandinavia 14. Other European Countries 15. The European Community  Part 4: Central and South America 16. Central and South America, the Inter-American Union and BIAPE 17. Brazil 18. Colombia 19. The Caribbean  Part 5: Asia 20. South Korea 21. The Philippines 22. India 23. Japan 24. Other Asian Countries  Part 6: The Middle East and Africa 25. The Middle East 26. Africa  Part 7: International Bodies 27. The International Union of Building Societies and Savings Associations 28. Other International Bodies  Part 8: International Overview 29. International Comparisons 30. The Study of Housing Finance. General Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Sir Mark Boleat has had a long and varied career covering public policy, business and consultancy work.  He has been Political Leader of the City of London, chief executive of major financial trade bodies, chair of commercial companies and charities and a consultant on housing finance in emerging markets, regulation and trade associations.  He is currently chair of LINK, which runs the UK’s cash dispenser network, and Senior Adviser to the Policy Centre Jersey.  He has written books on housing, housing finance, regulation and Jersey.