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House price affordability, the global financial crisis and the (ir)relevance of mortgage rates

Graham Squires, Don Webber Orcid Logo

Regional Studies, Regional Science, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 405 - 420

Swansea University Author: Don Webber Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/21681376.2019.1643777

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Although house prices and wages are both influenced by distinct factors that shape their own evolutions, they are also intrinsically connected through house price affordability. Standard theory suggests that macroeconomic policies centred around adjustments in the mortgage rate are of prime importan...

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ISSN: 2168-1376
Published: Taylor and Francis 2019
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