Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods

Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods

Recent research suggests that in some West German regions, single-family housing (SFH) neighbourhoods are prone to decay due to changed socio-economic and demographic trends. The question of whether similar demographic trends and implications for the SFH stock can be described for other West Europea...

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Auteurs principaux: Berndgen-Kaiser, Andrea, Fox-Kämper, Runrid, Wiechert, Markus
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שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: Journal of Urban Research 2026
נושאים:
ownership
single-family housing
housing stock
demographic change
socio-economic development
housing preferences
גישה מקוונת:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:articulo_3021 https://doi.org/10.4000/articulo.3021 urn:doi:10.4000/articulo.3021 en https://journals.openedition.org/articulo/3021 2026-06-14T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a3vh https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods Journal of Urban Research UrbanHub info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1661-4941 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/articulo Berndgen-Kaiser, Andrea Fox-Kämper, Runrid Wiechert, Markus ownership single-family housing housing stock demographic change socio-economic development housing preferences Recent research suggests that in some West German regions, single-family housing (SFH) neighbourhoods are prone to decay due to changed socio-economic and demographic trends. The question of whether similar demographic trends and implications for the SFH stock can be described for other West European countries such as Belgium, France, Netherlands and United Kingdom is the focus of the study. To explore that question, the research team compared figures (mainly Eurostat data) from these EU countries to data from Germany to highlight commonalities and country-specific differences. As the data analyses point out, except for Germany, the population in the four studied countries is growing slightly, but economic conditions are declining. A closer look at country-specific housing preferences shows very different percentages of detached and semi-detached houses in the entire housing stock as well as very different percentages of home ownership. In the studied countries, an emerging mismatch between supply and demand in older single-family housing estates is not currently observable, but demographic and economic factors foretell a growing mismatch, especially for the next decades. Municipalities should observe the future development of older single-family housing neighbourhoods and consider preventive measures at an early stage to avoid undesirable developments.
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topic ownership
single-family housing
housing stock
demographic change
socio-economic development
housing preferences
spellingShingle ownership
single-family housing
housing stock
demographic change
socio-economic development
housing preferences
Berndgen-Kaiser, Andrea
Fox-Kämper, Runrid
Wiechert, Markus
Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods
description Recent research suggests that in some West German regions, single-family housing (SFH) neighbourhoods are prone to decay due to changed socio-economic and demographic trends. The question of whether similar demographic trends and implications for the SFH stock can be described for other West European countries such as Belgium, France, Netherlands and United Kingdom is the focus of the study. To explore that question, the research team compared figures (mainly Eurostat data) from these EU countries to data from Germany to highlight commonalities and country-specific differences. As the data analyses point out, except for Germany, the population in the four studied countries is growing slightly, but economic conditions are declining. A closer look at country-specific housing preferences shows very different percentages of detached and semi-detached houses in the entire housing stock as well as very different percentages of home ownership. In the studied countries, an emerging mismatch between supply and demand in older single-family housing estates is not currently observable, but demographic and economic factors foretell a growing mismatch, especially for the next decades. Municipalities should observe the future development of older single-family housing neighbourhoods and consider preventive measures at an early stage to avoid undesirable developments.
author Berndgen-Kaiser, Andrea
Fox-Kämper, Runrid
Wiechert, Markus
author_facet Berndgen-Kaiser, Andrea
Fox-Kämper, Runrid
Wiechert, Markus
author_sort Berndgen-Kaiser, Andrea
title Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods
title_short Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods
title_full Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods
title_fullStr Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods
title_full_unstemmed Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods
title_sort post-war single-family houses in europe under pressure? a demographic and economic framework for the future market of elder single-family housing neighbourhoods
publisher Journal of Urban Research
publishDate 2026
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