238 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study presents recent findings on home-ownership in the 1990s. It examines economic and social issues central to the housing market and provides an analysis of "winners" and "losers": those who gained financially and those who became victims of negative equity. Covering the postwar period the authors trace developments in the housing market in relation to class, race, gender and income with... Read more
Chapter 1 Home Ownership in Britain; Chapter 2 From Boom to Slump and Back Again; Chapter 3 Who Gets to Own?; Chapter 4 Winners and Losers; Chapter 5 Who Gets What?; Chapter 6 Housing Inheritance and Equity Extraction from Home Ownership; Chapter 7 Housing Careers and Housing Investment Strategies; Chapter 8 Home Ownership, Housing Wealth and the British Economy; Chapter 9 The Future of the Home Ownership Market in Britain;
Biography
Chris Hammett is Professor of Human Geography at King's College London. Prior to that he was Professor of Urban Geography at the Open University.
