Contents:Preface1. Households, Homeownership and NeoliberalismRay Forrest2. Effects of the Recent Credit Cycle on Homeownership Rates Across Households: What We Know and What We ExpectDoug Duncan and Cesar Costantino3. The Credit Crunch in the UK: Understanding the Impact on Housing Markets, Policies and HouseholdsPeter Williams4. Housing in Iceland in the Aftermath of the Global Financial CrisisJón Rúnar Sveinsson5. Housing Wealth, Debt and Stress Before, During and After the Celtic TigerMichelle Norris and Nessa Winston6. Housing in the Netherlands Before and After the Global Financial CrisisRichard Ronald and Kees Dol7. Housing Policy and the Economic Crisis - The Case of HungaryJózsef Hegedüs8.

The Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Housing and Mortgage Markets in Australia: A View from the Vulnerable Mike Berry, Tony Dalton and Anitra Nelson9. Rebuilding Housing Polices in Response to the Current Crisis. Is Homeownership the Solution?David Thorns10. The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on Households: The Case of Urban VietnamHoang Huu Phe11. Housing Policy Issues in South Korea Since the Global Economic Crisis: Aspects of a Construction-Industry-Dependent SocietySoo-hyun Kim12. Towards a Post-Homeowner Society? Homeownership and Economic Insecurity in JapanYosuke Hirayama13. Business Nearly as Usual: The Global Financial Crisis and its Impacts on Households in Hong KongNgai-Ming Yip14. The Impact of the Financial Crisis on China's Housing MarketJianping Ye and Chao Sun15.

Concluding Discussion - Where to Now?Ray ForrestAppendix: Selected Key IndicatorsIndex.