The RICS European Housing Review 2005 is mainly concerned with primary residential markets, that is, people's first homes. Yet, many European households have more than one dwelling-a second home-which is not rented out in the privately rented sector. It may be in their own country, in another part of Europe or even elsewhere in the world, and it may be rented out occasionally, but is generally directly used by one family only. Occasionally, second homes are rented from someone else, but most are owned directly.
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