Abstract
Abstract Among the numerous studies of vacancy chains in housing markets there has been a predominant tendency to study chains initiated by new construction. This paper deals primarily with vacancy chains which are initiated by migration from Oslo. Estimates show that migration chains comprise half of the total supply of housing. The data show that different forms of tenure and types of housing do not determine in any considerable way the mean length of the new construction chains. In the chains initiated by out‐migration, on the other hand, the owner occupied dwellings give rise to longer chains than do other forms of tenure. The housing markets activated through the latter chains were dominated by dwellings with no or rather small unsubsidised private loans. These markets supply housing to young people, and to migrants to the city. Due to various changes in policy available markets to these groups are decreasing. The authors discuss three implications of this study. Firstly, the method and interviewing ...
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