Table of contents
Effective strategies for developing retirement village public – private partnership
Robert Osei-Kyei, Vivian Tam, Mingxue MaThe growth in ageing population globally has led to the increase in demand for retirement or aged care homes. Adopting public–private partnership (PPP) in the global retirement…
Economic policy uncertainty and house prices in Germany: evidence from GSADF and wavelet coherence techniques
Dervis Kirikkaleli, Korhan Gokmenoglu, Siamand HesamiThis study aims to answer the following questions which have not been investigated in the literature to the best knowledge: Is there any bubble in the German housing sector…
The capitalization of spatial healthcare accessibility into house prices in Taiwan: an application of spatial quantile regression
Ti-Ching PengPopulation ageing is fast becoming a major social concern across the globe. This ageing trend unavoidably fuels elders’ demand for healthcare services. As the main users of health…
Investigating the causes of increasing consumer demand for real estate housing in Bangladesh
Mazed Parvez, Sohel RanaThe purpose of this paper is to find out the causes of increasing population in the real estate area. The demographic in information of the respondents and the level of…
Key determinants of time on the market: an analysis of residential housing market in Sri Lanka
Nishani Champika Wickramaarachchi, Seetha Kusum Chandani, Malka ThiliniDeveloping residential units is crucial in the socio-economic development of a country. The investor faces not only uncertain transaction price (price risk), but also…
Foreign capital inflows and housing market in Pakistan
Rafiq Ahmed, Syed Tehseen Jawaid, Samina KhalilHousing prices have been increasing tremendously in Pakistan, there should be many reasons but the haphazard urbanization and rapidly growing population. To find out the causes of…
Hedonic housing prices and environmental quality in Lebanon
Walid Marrouch, Nagham SayourThis study aims to examine the impact of local air pollution on housing prices in Lebanon.
Applying data mining algorithms to real estate appraisals: a comparative study
Thiago Cesar de Oliveira, Lúcio de Medeiros, Daniel Henrique Marco DetzelReal estate appraisals are becoming an increasingly important means of backing up financial operations based on the values of these kinds of assets. However, in very large…
Close enough: housing price effects of urban parks, reserves and volcanic parks in Auckland, New Zealand
Lydia Cheung, Mario Andres FernandezThis study aims to test whether the size of and distance to the nearest green space has any effects on residential property transaction prices in Auckland, New Zealand.
Housing price volatility: uncertainty, an asymmetric econometric analysis – some European country experiences
Sudeshna GhoshThe purpose of this paper is to examine the asymmetric impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the volatility of the housing price index (RP) based on quarterly…
On the link between policy uncertainty and housing permits: asymmetric evidence from state-level data in the USA
Mohsen Bahaman-Oskooee, Hesam Ghodsi, Muris HadzicThe purpose of this study is to assess the symmetric and asymmetric impact of a measure of policy uncertainty on house permits issued in each state of the USA.
Dynamic co-movement and interdependency among real estate index in China: a multi-scale multiple correlation analysis
Rabeh Khalfaoui, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Faisal Alqahtani, Shawkat Hammoudeh, Suleman SarwarThis study aims to investigate the dynamic co-movement and interconnection among 69 security investment indices in China using the multi-time scale framework.
Rent or buy, what are the odds? Analysing the price-to-rent ratio for housing types within the Northern Ireland housing market
Daniel Lo, Michael James McCord, John McCord, Peadar Thomas Davis, Martin HaranThe price-to-rent ratio is often regarded as an important indicator for measuring housing market imbalance and inefficiency. A central question is the extent to which house prices…
The external impacts of historic landmarks and buildings on townhouse prices in Vietnam
Doan Nguyen, Thu Hong Thi NguyenThis paper aims to explore the external spillover effects of landmarks and buildings with historic preservation designation in Vietnam, a country marked with a unique property…
Bubble economics: how big a shock to China’s real estate sector will throw the country into recession, and why does it matter?
Bryane Michael, Simon ZhaoBy modelling China’s property price changes and their effect on GDP, this study aims to develop a more general model of the costs and benefits driving price bubbles.
Enhancing social and individual sustainability in urban co-living
Christin Mellner, Maria Niemi, Elin Pollanen, Walter OsikaUrbanisation is trending globally, leading to population densification and housing shortage and people living increasingly in isolation. This entails challenges to sustainable…
Ethics in real estate: agency practices in Istanbul
Ilkim Markoc, Fusun CizmeciThis paper aims to discuss unethical behaviors that small real estate agencies encounter in real estate brokerage practices, the factors that give rise to a trust issue and the…
Housing market heterogeneity and cluster formation: evidence from Poland
Mateusz TomalThis study aims to identify clusters amongst the county housing markets in Poland, taking into account the criteria of size and quality of the housing stock, as well as price…
ISSN:
1753-8270Online date, start – end:
2008Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Dr Richard Reed