The "unrevealed casualties" of the Irish mortgage crisis: Analysing the broader impacts of mortgage market financialisation

Geoforum

Volumn 69, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-66

  Waldron, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arrears; Financial crisis; Financialisation; Homeownership; Mortgage stress; Suburban households

Indexed keywords

DEBT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOMEOWNERSHIP; MORTGAGE LENDING; SUBURBAN AREA;

IRELAND;

EID: 84951817562     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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