The Variegated Financialization of Housing

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 542-554

  Aalbers, Manuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

financial markets; financialization; home ownership; housing; mortgage markets; neoliberalism; private equity funds; property developers; rental housing; state and public sector

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; MORTGAGE LENDING; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RENTAL SECTOR; STATE;

EID: 85030314930     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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