Housing Finance Systems: Market Failures and Government Failures

By Sock-Yong Phang

Book Overview

The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US and Europe. However, in many emerging countries, the housing crisis is about urban poverty, unplanned settlements, overcrowded slums and homelessness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349436771
• ISBN13: 9781349436774
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"