Adjusting housing policies in light of euro adoption

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Source: OECD Economic Surveys, Volume 2009, Number 2, February 2009 , pp. 106-131(26)

Publisher: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Abstract:

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.

Document Type: Review article

Publication date: 2009-02-01