'We all live in a Robbie Fowler house': The geographies of the buy to let market in the UK

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-460

  Leyshon, Andrew ^a   French, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buy to let; Financialisation; Housing market; Urban geography

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FINANCE; HOUSING MARKET; INCOME; INVESTMENT; MORTGAGE LENDING; PRIVATE SECTOR; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650637746     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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