Buying vs. Renting a Home in View of Young Adults in Poland

Marek Bryx, Janusz Sobieraj, Dominik Metelski and Izabela Rudzka
Additional contact information
Marek Bryx: Innovative City Department, Warsaw School of Economics, 02-554 Warszawa, Poland
Janusz Sobieraj: Department of Building Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-637 Warsaw, Poland
Dominik Metelski: Department of International and Spanish Economics, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Izabela Rudzka: Institute of Enterprise and Investment Finance, Warsaw School of Economics, 02-554 Warszawa, Poland

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-31

Abstract: The deteriorating housing situation of young adults in many countries has become a subject of global interest. Researchers point to a number of factors that influence young adults’ decisions to own or rent a home. This paper examines the relationship between young adults’ inclination to own their own home and a range of different socio-economic factors. The study is of a quantitative-qualitative nature and was based on the results of a computer-assisted web interview (CAWI) questionnaire. The survey was conducted among young Poles aged 18–45 ( n = 983). To analyse the results of the questionnaires, a logistic regression was used in which 24 different dichotomous and categorical variables were considered. Taking into account a number of individual characteristics (e.g., gender, education, hometown population size, etc.), the results show, for example, that single individuals and those with a higher level of tolerance for mortgage interest rates are more likely to own a home than to rent. This result highlights the desirability of easier access to mortgage credit. At the other end of the spectrum are those living with parents and those with dependents. The results imply that they are less interested in buying a home. Interestingly, declarations of a lack of funds for an own contribution when buying a new house/dwelling, or reluctance to expose oneself to financial difficulties throughout one’s life, do not discourage young adults from striving for their own dwelling, which further demonstrates the need to create appropriate mechanisms/instruments to facilitate the purchase of a dwelling for young adults.

Keywords: renting vs. home ownership; housing preferences of young adults in Poland; logistic regression analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1183/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1183/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:11:p:1183-:d:671491

Access Statistics for this article

Land is currently edited by Ms. Carol Ma

More articles in Land from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().