The sociology and geography of mortgage markets: Reflections on the financial crisis

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-290

  Aalbers, Manuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creditcrunch; Deregulation; Financial crisis; Financialization; Globalization; Home ownership; Mortgage market; Predatory lending; Securitization; Subprime lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650486278     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00875.x     Document Type: Editorial

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