International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis: Volume 4 Issue 1

Historic façade easements and single‐family home value: a case study of Savannah, Georgia (USA)

Kimberly Winson‐Geideman, Dawn Jourdan

Several pending court cases regarding the valuation of historic façade easements and the associated tax credit have generated interest in the valuation of such preservation tools…

Testing a forecast model to predict movement of older Americans into retirement housing

Karen M. Gibler, J. Sherwood Clements

Expectations of an aging population increases the need for accurate models and reliable forecasts of housing demand in the later stages of life. This paper aims to examine whether…

A long‐term analysis of housing affordability in Malta

Denis Camilleri

The paper aims at analyzing trends and principal causes of developments in‐house prices in Malta over the past 26 years, with a specific focus on the issue of affordability. This…

Neighborhood preferences of house buyers: the case of Klang Valley, Malaysia

Tan Teck‐Hong

The paper attempts to examine the impacts of neighborhood types, as defined by a gated‐guarded neighborhood with landscape compound and a freehold tenure neighborhood on…

An econometric panel data‐based approach for housing price forecasting in Iran

Esmaeil Hadavandi, Arash Ghanbari, S. Mohsen Mirjani, Salman Abbasian

The purpose of this paper is to estimate long‐run elasticities for housing prices in Tehran's (capital of Iran) 20 different zones relative to several explanatory variables…

Developing affordable housing design for low income in Sana'a, Yemen

Wa'el Alaghbari, Azizah Salim, Kamariah Dola, Abang Abdullah Abang Ali

Housing costs are very high in Yemen compared with Middle East countries, which caused a shortage of housing supply especially for low‐income groups. This paper aims to develop…

Introduction from the editor

Richard G. Reed

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh