This paper examines housing finance and housing price dynamics in selected emerging Middle Eastern economies over the past two decades. It finds that (i) mortgage markets have experienced rapid development, which has led to lower private per capita consumer spending volatility this decade; (ii) a...

Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's ""metropolis,"" New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. The horrors of the tenement were perfected in New York at the same time that...

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Related Literature -- 2.2 Historical Background -- 3 Empirical Strategy and Data -- 3.1 Empirical Strategy -- 3.2 Data -- 3.2.1 Geography --...