“…Many studies in the 1960s (such as Albert, 1962;Guttentag, 1961;Maisel, 1963;Sparks, 1967) attempted to provide theoretical explanations for the post-war housing cycles in the United States. John's explanation departed from these studies, however, by taking account of 'the portfolio adjustments undertaken by the household sector in response to changes in different yield differentials' (Cornwall, 1972, p. 185) and emphasising the supply of funds and the process of disintermediation as a primary cause of housing cycles (Cornwall, 1972, pp.…”