The down-payment constraint and UK housing market: Does the theory fit the facts?

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Benito, Andrew ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Down payment; House prices; Leverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645847227     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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