Housing Equity Withdrawal in Australia: Prevalence, Patterns and Motivations in Mid-to-late Life

In an era of population ageing, the primary home is increasingly viewed as a personal resource that can perform a pension role in retirement. This article assesses the extent to which Australians aged 45 years and over withdraw housing equity through in situ mortgage equity withdrawal (MEW), downsiz...

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Main Authors: Ong, Rachel, Wood, G., Austen, Siobhan, Jefferson, Therese, Haffner, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18842