TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This paper aims to determine if proximity to cell phone towers influences house prices with a focus on isolating the impact of tower aesthetics on nearby property values.Design/methodology/approach– Sales transaction data from the Auckland Region during 2005‐2007 were analysed using a series of hedonic models testing various proximity specifications across two populations of cell towers: residential‐only and global (all towers).Findings– The study could not establish a relationship between cell towers and house prices with the exception of armed monopole towers located in residential areas due to such towers' acute visual disamenity.Practical implications– The study's findings can be directly applied to residential valuation practice and can assist government regulators and telecommunication companies in siting new cell towers.Originality/value– This research provides three distinct methodological improvements: unconventional geocoding that improves spatial accuracy, separate analysis of towers in residential areas that enhances internal validity and inclusion of tower mast data to isolate the impact of tower aesthetics.
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SN  - 1753-8270
DO  - 10.1108/17538271111153022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17538271111153022
AU  - Filippova Olga
AU  - Rehm Michael
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - The impact of proximity to cell phone towers on residential property values
T2  - International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 244
EP  - 267
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -