Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215665 
Authorgroup: 
Technical Team to the Pensions Working Group
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Pensions Strategy Group (Malta) Research Series
Publisher: 
Central Bank of Malta, Valletta
Abstract: 
This paper aims to answer two questions - (i) is property savings a viable alternative source of retirement income? and (ii) how can property be used to fund retirement income, if at all? A brief analysis of statistics regarding, amongst others, personal savings, household debts and property prices and ownership, seems to indicate that an element of savings have been targeted towards housing. In addition, while no data is available as to what percentage of household assets are in housing assets, it is likely that housing assets may represent a high percentage of household wealth given the trend of rising property prices in Malta over the recent years. (...)
Document Type: 
Research Report

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