INDEX: 1 European housing markets - an overview by Ake E. Andersson and Lars Pettersson and Ulf Stromquist 1 2 An analysis of the housing market in greater Brussels by Didier Baudewyns 27 3 Metropolitan housing markets- the case of Helsinki by Heikki A. Loikkanen and Henrik Lonnqvist 63 4 Housing markets and policies in the Munich metropolitan area by Peter Friedrich and Christian Piesch 85 5 Recovery and change : Glasgow's housing 1991-2001 by Duncan Maclennan 121 6 The housing market in Zurich's urban agglomeration by Angelo A. Rossi 145 7 The Amsterdam metropolitan housing market : how a prosperous metropolitan area co-exists with a central city dominated by social rental housing for the poor by Arno J. van der Vlist and Piet Rietveld 165 8 The Oslo metropolitan housing market by Viggo Nordvik 189 9 The Milan housing market by Roberto Camagni and Dina Martellato 213 10 Housing in Vienna by Hanns Abele and Andrea Holtl 241 11 Housing market and housing policy in Hamburg : evidence and prospects by Annekatrin Niebuhr 269 12 Housing market and housing policy in Copenhagen by Hans Skifter Andersen 297 13 The Stockholm housing market by Stellan Lundstrom and Mats Wilhemsson 323.