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Summary information

Study title

Trading Places: Australia Focus Groups on Housing as a Commodity

Creator

Smith, S, University of Durham
Colic-Peisker, V, RMIT University
Johnson, G, RMIT University

Study number / PID

851674 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-851674 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

The qualitative data include: housing market experiences; how people choose and use their mortgages(as leverage for housing investments and as a way of spending from housing wealth); and home owners and buyers' attitudes to housing wealth. The data collection comprises 8 transcripts from 8 focus groups with a total of 73 participants, recruited by post, flier, and word of mouth. The interviews were conducted in mid-late 2007 in Melbourne, Australia.

This data collection is the Australian component of a study aiming at enlarging understandings of the beliefs and behaviors around housing wealth and mortgage debt in the ‘home ownership’ societies of the more developed world. The data include: housing market experiences; how people choose and use their mortgages (as leverage for housing investments and as a way of spending from housing wealth); and home owners and buyers’ attitudes to housing wealth. This complements data already deposited from the UK component: the ESRC-funded study deposited as SN 5849 - 'Banking on housing; Spending the home'.

Topics

Housing and land use

Keywords

HOUSINGMORTGAGESHOUSE PRICESMARKET PRICES2015

Methodology

Data collection period

01/08/2007 - 30/11/2007

Country

Australia

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Group
Housing Unit

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Text

Data collection mode

This is a (one-time) cross-sectional study, with participants being mainly mortgaged home-buyers, but the study also includes renters and outright owners (some with investment properties). The data refer specifically to the Melbourne housing market, and more generally to trends in Australia. Focus groups with home owners, buyers and renters looking to own their own homes: (1) first-time buyers; (2) established home buyers;(3) established home buyers; (4) enters in the process of buying a home; (5) high income home occupiers; (6) buyers in mortgage stress; (7) home sellers; (8) outright owners. The time period covered by the data is the early 2000s, reflecting on a phase unprecedented house price appreciation. Participants were the result of non-random, purposive selection(volunteer sample).

Funding information

Grant number

RES-051-27-0126

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2015

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.

Related publications

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