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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Main Authors: Ong, Rachel, Jefferson, Therese, Wood, G., Haffner, M., Austen, Siobhan
Format: Report
Published: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute 2013
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Online Access:https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/217
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32876
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author Ong, Rachel
Jefferson, Therese
Wood, G.
Haffner, M.
Austen, Siobhan
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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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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