International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis: Volume 3 Issue 4

Public services satisfaction and single‐family house prices in the USA

James E. Larsen, John P. Blair

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test whether residents' satisfaction with seven general purpose public services are capitalized in single‐family house prices. The…

Factors affecting affordable housing cost in Saudi Arabia

Sadi A. Assaf, Abdulaziz A. Bubshaitr, Fawaz Al‐Muwasheer

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the main factors that affect the construction cost of affordable housing in Saudi Arabia.

Residential market development in sub‐Saharan Africa

Wilfred K. Anim‐Odame, Tony Key, Simon Stevenson

There is a general consensus that residential submarkets exist, but the basis upon which these are specified remains the subject of debate. The purpose of this paper is to model…

Evaluating the real estate market by confidence index in China: a case study of Shenzhen

Qian Xu, Heng Li, Eddie C.M. Hui, Zhen Chen

The purpose of this paper is to present results from a pilot research into the Chinese real estate confidence index, called CRE index, with regard to three diverse aspects…

Structural and temporal changes in the housing market and hedonic housing price indices: A case of the previously owned condominium market in the Tokyo metropolitan area

Chihiro Shimizu, Hideoki Takatsuji, Hiroya Ono, Kiyohiko G. Nishimura

An economic indicator faces two requirements. It should be reported in a timely manner and should not be significantly altered afterward to avoid erroneous messages. At the same…

House price diffusions across three urban areas in Malaysia

Hon‐Chung Hui

Various empirical studies have demonstrated that house prices in different geographic regions have a tendency to co‐move. But these studies have focused on developed economies in…

Editorial

Richard G. Reed