Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life
This project uncovers the uses, risks of and barriers to housing equity withdrawal (HEW) by older home owners aged 45 years and over via three alternative mechanisms: in situ mortgage equity withdrawal (MEW), downsizing and selling up. Its overall objective is to provide an evidence base for policie...
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| author | Ong, Rachel Jefferson, Therese Wood, G. Haffner, M. Austen, Siobhan |
| author_facet | Ong, Rachel Jefferson, Therese Wood, G. Haffner, M. Austen, Siobhan |
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| description | This project uncovers the uses, risks of and barriers to housing equity withdrawal (HEW) by older home owners aged 45 years and over via three alternative mechanisms: in situ mortgage equity withdrawal (MEW), downsizing and selling up. Its overall objective is to provide an evidence base for policies and programs aimed at maximising the availability and quality of information to support Australians in their decision-making over the use of housing wealth in later life. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-328762018-02-20T02:13:42Z Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life Ong, Rachel Jefferson, Therese Wood, G. Haffner, M. Austen, Siobhan housing homeownership ageing housing equity withdrawal This project uncovers the uses, risks of and barriers to housing equity withdrawal (HEW) by older home owners aged 45 years and over via three alternative mechanisms: in situ mortgage equity withdrawal (MEW), downsizing and selling up. Its overall objective is to provide an evidence base for policies and programs aimed at maximising the availability and quality of information to support Australians in their decision-making over the use of housing wealth in later life. 2013 Report http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32876 https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/217 Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute restricted |
| spellingShingle | housing homeownership ageing housing equity withdrawal Ong, Rachel Jefferson, Therese Wood, G. Haffner, M. Austen, Siobhan Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life |
| title | Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life |
| title_full | Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life |
| title_fullStr | Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life |
| title_short | Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life |
| title_sort | housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life |
| topic | housing homeownership ageing housing equity withdrawal |
| url | https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/217 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32876 |