Research Catalog

Title

Adjusting Housing Policies in Slovakia in Light of Euro Adoption [electronic resource] / Felix Hüfner

Author

Hüfner, Felix.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2009.

Details

Description

29 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

House prices have risen strongly in past years, helped by rising incomes and declining interest rates. At the same time, construction of new dwellings has remained fairly muted and has only recently shown signs of picking up. A characteristic feature of the Slovak housing market, and a consequence of the privatization programme initiated in the early 1990s, is the virtual absence of a private rental market. As euro membership will most likely go along with easier financial conditions and also entails limited availability of national policy tools, current housing policies will have to be adjusted. The challenges are to avoid overheating of the housing market in the medium term, in part by making supply more reactive to demand, and to phase out the hurdles that are currently impeding the private rental market, which would facilitate labour mobility. This Working Paper relates to the 2009 OECD Economic Survey of the Slovak Republic.

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.682

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.682.

Subject

• Economics
• Slovak Republic

LCCN

10.1787/226173687724

OCLC

oecd-lib-004245

Author

Hüfner, Felix.

Title

Adjusting Housing Policies in Slovakia in Light of Euro Adoption [electronic resource] / Felix Hüfner

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2009.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.682

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.682.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/226173687724

Indexed Term

Economics

Slovak Republic

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/226173687724 doi