Property Management: Volume 40 Issue 5

The paradox of informality and sustainable human settlement in Botswana

Aloysius Clemence Mosha, Loyd Sungirirai, Bajehofi Aliciah Dick, Partson Paradza

The purpose of this study is to inform policy and contribute to the existing literature on low-income housing.

Modern slavery statements and the UK's largest housebuilding companies: an exploratory research paper

Peter Jones, Daphne Comfort

Modern slavery has been identified as a problem in the construction industry, but the issue has received very limited attention in the academic literature. This exploratory paper…

Housing finance inaccessibility: evidence from the Nigerian Pensioners

Andrew Ebekozien, Clinton Aigbavboa, Marvelous Aigbedion, Iliye Faith Ogbaini, Emmanuel Omoniyi Awe

The Nigerian Government’s initiatives to provide housing loans to low-income pensioners (LIPs) have been futile. This paper aims to examine the root cause of housing loan…

Inhibitors to women's right to the occupation of land: a closer look at Ajebamidele Community in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Deborah Monisola Olawuni, Ayodele Samuel Adegoke, Olusegun Adebayo Ogunba, Job Taiwo Gbadegesin, Deborah Odunayo Balogun, Ibukunola Victoria Omogbehinwa

The Land Use Act of 1978 is a promoter of land occupation regardless of gender. However, the marginalisation of women in the occupation of land remains a serious concern. Hence…

Kuala Lumpur–from a tin-mining settlement to a neoliberal stronghold of Southeast Asia

Marek Kozlowski, Simon Huston, Yusnani Mohd Yusof

Kuala Lumpur (KL) emerged as the capital of the newly independent Federation of Malayan States in 1957 with a population of 316,000. Over the next 60 years, the city expanded into…

The regulatory environment of real estate professional services firms (PSFs) in Kenya

O.A. K'Akumu

This paper brings up the regulatory environment for valuation and estate agency practices in Kenya. Its main purpose is to assess the regulatory institutions to determine whether…

The role of emotional intelligence on the performance of real estate agents in Prishtina, Kosovo

Visar Hoxha, Emblema Zeqiraj

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of emotional intelligence (EI) on the performance of real estate agents in Prishtina, Kosovo. The study also investigated the…

An analysis of the determinants of office real estate price modelling in Nigeria: using a Delphi approach

AbdurRaheem A. Yakub, Kamalahasan Achu, Hishamuddin Mohd Ali, Rohaya Abdul Jalil

There are a plethora of putative influencing variables available in the literature for modelling real estate prices using AI. Their choice tends to differ from one researcher to…

Factors affect the housing prices in China: a systematic review of papers indexed in Chinese Science Citation Database

Na Li, Rita Yi Man Li, Jotikasthira Nuttapong

This paper aims to explore the factors that affect housing prices as per Chinese articles indexed in the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD). There were different foci…