EN
The housing market is among the most important shaping factors behind monetary policy. This study sets out to reveal the role of the housing market in monetary transmission with special attention to Hungary. The authors begin by reviewing experience in the developed countries, especially experience with the monetary union. Then comes an account of processes in Hungary in the last few years and a tentative outline of likely events in the period up to introduction of the euro. An attempt is made by econometric methods to identify the relation between macroeconomic changes and housing prices, and the effects of monetary policy on housing investment and consumption by households.