International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis: Volume 16 Issue 1

Editorial: Introduction from the Editor – IJHMA Vol. 16 No. 1

Richard Reed

Early impact of Covid-19 on private sector employees finance homeownership in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Raed Khamis Alharbi

For almost two years, the economic shocks and financial uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic have affected all sectors. The private sector employees may be the worst hit…

Long-run drivers and integration in interprovincial Canadian housing price relations

Vijay Kumar Vishwakarma

This paper aims to examine the integration of housing markets in Canada by examining housing price data (1999–2016) of six metropolitan areas in different provinces, namely…

Gulf property damage, housing price trends and US bankruptcy filings

Billie Ann Brotman, Brett Katzman

This paper aims to examine potential causes of bankruptcy as they relate to hurricane damage. Investigate whether hurricanes result in personal bankruptcy filings due to real…

Factors influencing customers’ selection of Islamic home financing: a systematic review

Norhazlina Ibrahim, Safeza Mohd Sapian

This study, using systematic literature review (SLR) aims to highlight and summarise current studies on the factors influencing customers’ Islamic home financing (IHF) selection…

Determinants of house prices in Malaysia

Camara Alpha Kabine

This paper aims to empirically examine the relationship between macroeconomic factors and housing prices in Malaysia from 1991 to 2016.

Working from home and long-term housing wealth inequality in large cities of advanced economies

Reza Tajaddini, Hassan F. Gholipour, Amir Arjomandi

The purpose of this study is to explain the potential long-term impacts of working from home on housing wealth inequality in large cities of advanced economies.

Discovering the fundamentals of Turkish housing market: a price convergence framework

İsmail Cem Özgüler, Z. Göknur Büyükkara, C. Coskun Küçüközmen

The purpose of this study is to determine the Turkish housing price and rent dynamics among seven big cities with a unique monthly data set over 2003–2019. The secondary purpose…

Foreign capital inflow and housing prices in a developing country: an advanced econometric enquiry

Rafiq Ahmed, Syed Tehseen Jawaid

The study is intended to find out the relationship between housing prices and the inflow of foreign capital in Pakistan. There is a shortage of housing units due to rising…

Safe-haven investments against stock returns in Pakistan: a role of real estate, gold, oil and US dollar

Zulfiqar Ali Imran, Muhammad Ahad

This study aims to compare the safe-haven properties of different asset markets such as gold, dollar, oil and disaggregated real estate sector (house, plot and residential…

Never married individuals and homeownership in urban China

Shan Lei

Drawing on the literature regarding gender, marital status and homeownership, this paper aims to examine the role of gender and marital status played in homeownership in urban…

United Kingdom general elections and the impact on house prices

Bismark Aha, David Higgins, Timothy Lee

The paper considers if house price movements in the United Kingdom (UK) can be linked to the political cycle as governments realise homeowners represent a large portion of the…

Panel smooth transition regression approach to analyzing tourism development – housing price nexus in G7 countries

Li Yang, Asadullah Khaskheli, Syed Ali Raza, Nida Shah

The purpose of this study is twofold: first is to examine the nonlinear relationship between tourism development and housing prices, and secondly, the role of economic growth in…