We describe the successes and challenges faced by federal and local government agencies in the United States as they have attempted in recent years to connect public and environmental health, housing, community development, and building design with environmental, housing, and building laws, codes, and policies. These policies can either contribute to or adversely affect human physical and menta...

THE DYNAMICS OF HOUSING PRICES: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE∗ by Peter Englund Yannis M. Ioannides Department of Economics Department of Economics University of Uppsala VPI&SU S–751 20 Uppsala Sweden Blacksburg, VA 24061-0316 Telephone: 46-18-181105 Telephone: 1-703-231-7981 Email: Email: yannis@vtvm1 This paper provides an international perspective on the dynamics of housing prices in alternat...

Thomas Egebo is an Administrator in Economic Prospects Division, Pete Richardson is the Head of the Econometric Unit and lan Lienert, previously an Administrator in Growth Studies Division, is now an Economist in the African Department of the International Monetary Fund. Special thanks go to John Martin and the referees for comments on earlier drafts and also to David Reifschneider, now at the ...

Abstract We exploit a U.K. government-sponsored product and provide evidence on shared equity mortgages. The analysis shows how the interaction of house price growth leverage regulation promotes adoption. Following an increase in limit, households use additional financing to buy more expensive properties rather than reduce leverage. Equity used as complement debt is likely less beneficial for f...

It is not long time that residential complexes have been built in Tehran. Although during thistime, always influenced by some factors, configuration of the residential complexes has undergone fluctuations, rateof which has been very fast especially in recent decades considering the fundamental changes that have emerged in the housing debate. turning housing into an investment commodity. Residen...

In recent years, tenure security has been one of the main objectives of improvement projects in ‎urban poor settlements. Despite lots of international studies initiated in this field, it has received ‎little attention in Iran. The main aim of this paper is to assess the influence of tenure security on ‎the level of household investment in housing. Survey method is considered as the methodology ...