International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis
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Drivers of Nigeria’s real house prices: long-run analysis and short-run dynamics
Paul Chinedu OkeyThe purpose of this paper is to assess the long-run and short-run drivers of real house prices in Nigeria from 1991Q1 to 2020Q4.
Determinants of apartment price volatility in Vietnam: a comparison between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
Nhung Thi Nguyen, Lan Hoang Mai Nguyen, Quyen Do, Linh Khanh LuuThis paper aims to explore factors influencing apartment price volatility in the two biggest cities in Vietnam, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Macro-economic indicators and housing price index in Spain: fresh evidence from FMOLS and DOLS
Ali Raza, Laiba Asif, Turgut Türsoy, Mehdi Seraj, Gül Erkol BayramThis study aims to determine how changes in macroeconomic indicators and the housing prices index (HPI) are related. These factors can cause short-term and long-term changes in…
Observation of relationship between housing value and the number of building permits in the United States using time series method
Xingrui Zhang, Eunhwa YangHousing market is predominantly driven by supply and demand, and the measurement of housing supply plays a crucial role in understanding market dynamics. One such measure is the…
Determinants of housing affordability in the USA
Javed Iqbal, Jeff Brdedthauer, Christopher S. DeckerThis study aims to identify the determinants of housing affordability in an effort to inform policy.
Modeling eco-friendly house purchasing intention: a combined study of PLS-SEM and fsQCA approaches
Razib Chandra Chanda, Ali Vafaei-Zadeh, Haniruzila Hanifah, Ramayah ThurasamyThe urgency to address climate change and its devastating consequences has never been more pressing. As societies become increasingly aware of the detrimental impact of…
Incremental population density improvement via missing middle housing under density-based and form-based zoning ordinances
Xingrui Zhang, Eunhwa Yang, Liming Huang, Yunpeng WangThe purpose of the study is to observe the feasibility of missing middle housing’s (MMH) realization under density-based zoning, form-based zoning and a combination of both while…
Deterministic and probabilistic analysis of Ukrainian residential property market evolution in turbulent 2019-2022 years
Valery Yakubovsky, Oleksiy Bychkov, Kateryna ZhukThis paper aims to examine the influence of Covid-19, current war and other factors on the dynamics of real estate prices in Ukraine from 2019Q2 to 2022Q4. More specifically, the…
Impacts of monetary policy on housing prices in five emerging economies during the Covid-19 pandemic
Trung Ba Nguyen, Chon Van LeThis paper aims to examine the dynamic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and government policy on real house price indices in five emerging economies, namely, Brazil, China…
Relationship between market share and rent level: understanding supply structure in the Japanese private rental housing market
Masatomo Suzuki, Chihiro ShimizuThis study aims to investigate the relationship between market share and rent levels to understand the supply structure in the Japanese private rental housing market.
Comparing simple and complex regression models in forecasting housing price: case study from Kenya
Fredrick Otieno Okuta, Titus Kivaa, Raphael Kieti, James Ouma OkakaThe housing market in Kenya continues to experience an excessive imbalance between supply and demand. This imbalance renders the housing market volatile, and stakeholders lose…
The effect of school quality on house prices in the global south: evidence from South Africa
Anthony Owusu-Ansah, Samuel Azasu, William Seremi ThantshaThis paper aims to investigate the effects of school quality (SQ) on residential property prices in Johannesburg, South Africa. Previous studies have empirically examined the…
Housing market shifts favouring transit-oriented development in emerging economies: the link between metro rails and housing price dynamics in Delhi
Vivek Agnihotri, Saikat Kumar PaulThis paper aims to understand the spatiotemporal influence of metro rail connectivity on housing prices in surrounding areas. The study assesses the average annual price shift for…
Impact of ethnic and cultural diversity on millennial living preferences and homeownership
Yi Wu, Alan Tidwell, Vivek SahThis study aims to examine living preference and tenure among millennials, with a particular focus on the impact of ethnic and cultural diversity on housing outcomes including…
A multi-level modeling approach for predicting real-estate dynamics
Vinayaka GudeThis research developed a model to understand and predict housing market dynamics and evaluate the significance of house permits data in the model’s forecasting capability.
Three decades of house purchase decisions: a scoping review and thematic classification
Janhavi Abhang, V.V. Ravi KumarThis study aims to develop a database of existing academic information in house purchase decision (HPD) using systematic literature review (SLR), to facilitate worldwide…
A dynamic analysis of the influence of foreign real estate investments on residential land prices in Mauritius
Narvada Gopy-Ramdhany, Boopen SeetanahMauritius’s residential real estate sector has undergone an increase in foreign investment over the past decades. This study aims to establish if the increasing level of foreign…
Australian housing markets, the COVID-19 pandemic and black swan events
Woon Weng Wong, Kwabena Mintah, Peng Yew Wong, Kingsley BaakoThis study aims to examine the impact of lending liquidity on house prices especially during black swan events such as the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–08 and COVID-19…
The long-run impact of remittances on house prices in Kenya
Fredrick Chege, Hassan F. Gholipour, Sharon YamGiven the coincidental and sustained rise in house prices and foreign capital flows in Kenya, this study aims to understand whether a long-run relationship exists between real…
Impact of decentralized long-term rental apartments on the value of community housing--taking Tianjin, China, as an example
Guangping Liu, Guo ZhangThis study aims to explore the impact of decentralized long-term rental apartments on the value of in-community housing from two perspectives of housing price and rent.
The US monetary conditions and Dubai’s real estate market: twist or tango?
Ahmed Shoukry Rashad, Mahmoud FarghallyThe monetary policy is an important driver of the real estate sector’s performance. The recent wave of monetary tightening in 2022 in response to the cost-of-living crisis has…
The impact of energy certificates on sales and rental prices: a comparative analysis
Alesia Gerassimenko, Laurens Defau, Lieven De MoorThe current literature on energy certificates shows that Energy Performance Certificate labels have an important effect on real estate prices. However, interestingly, the limited…
Population modeling and housing demand prediction for the Saudi 2030 Vision: a case study of Riyadh City
Mohammed A.M. Alhefnawi, Umar Lawal Dano, Abdulrahman M. Alshaikh, Gamal Abd Elghany, Abed A. Almusallam, Sivakumar ParamanThe Saudi 2030 Housing Program Vision aims to increase the population of Riyadh City, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to between 15 and 20 million people. This paper…
Have housing value indicators changed during COVID? Housing value prediction based on unemployment, construction spending, and housing consumer price index
Xingrui Zhang, Eunhwa YangHousing market research involves observing the relationships between housing value and its indicators. However, recent literature indicates that the disruption of the COVID-19…
Does urban tourism development impact urban housing prices?
Shufeng Cong, Lee Chin, Abdul Rahim Abdul SamadThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between tourism development and urban housing prices in Chinese cities. Specifically, the study aimed to explore…
Diversified urban housing markets and decentralized market regulation in China
Wenjing Li, Zhi LiuIn 2016, the Chinese central government decentralized the responsibilities of housing market regulation to the municipal level. This paper aims to assess whether the decentralized…
Housing affordability in the capital cities of three Northwestern China provinces
Mingchen Duan, Yi DuanPrevious studies on housing affordability in China were concentrated in China’s coastal and central regions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate housing affordability of…
How frequent and visible criminal violence affects housing prices: evidence from Mexico City (2007–2011)
Laura H. Atuesta, Monserrat CarrascoBetween 2006 and 2012, Mexico implemented a “frontal war against organized crime”. This strategy increased criminal violence and triggered negative consequences across the…
The effects of housing price on the mortgage debt in Malaysia: new evidence from FMOLS method
Hafizah Hammad Ahmad KhanThe main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of housing price on mortgage debt accumulation while considering the structural break effects associated with the…
The impact of immigration on urban housing prices in Indonesia
Farida Nurkhayati, Ardyanto FitradyRural–urban migration has led to an increase in the community’s need for housing in the migration area. The demand for housing is getting higher while the land availability does…
Extrapolative time-series modelling of house prices: a case study from Sydney, Australia
Shanaka Herath, Vince Mangioni, Song Shi, Xin Janet GeHouse price fluctuations send vital signals to many parts of the economy, and long-term predictions of house prices are of great interest to governments and property developers…
Young consumers' green marketing orientation: role of customer citizenship behaviour in determining real estate purchase intention in India
Jobin Jacob, Arun Antony Chully, Benny J. Godwin, Jossy P. GeorgeThe purpose of this paper is to assess green marketing as an influential factor in the purchase of real estate. In this study, the consumer citizenship behaviour of young…
The effect of proximity and spatial dependence on the house price index for Dar es Salaam
Frank NyandaThis study aims to examine the effect of proximity and spatial dependence on the house price index for the nascent market Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Despite the ongoing housing…
Low-income housing policy in Iran (1990–2020): lessons and modifications
Moslem Zarghamfard, Mohammadreza Rezaei, Hassan F. GholipourThe housing policies targeting low-income households have not been effective to address the housing needs of target groups in Iran over the past four decades. According to the…
Young adults’ experience of housing and real estate chatbots in India: effort expectancy moderated model
Blesson Varghese James, David Joseph, Nisha DanielThis study aims to recognize the role of information system (IS) model on young adults’ experience of housing and real estate chatbots. This model of IS takes into account the…
Housing in the greater Paris area as an inflation hedge?
Yasmine Essafi Zouari, Aya NasreddineOver a long period, even low inflation has an impact on portfolio value and households’ purchasing power. In such a context, inflation hedging should remain an important issue for…
Time-varying connectedness between global economic policy uncertainty and regional real estate markets: evidence from TVP-VAR extended joint connectedness approach
Haobo Zou, Mansoora Ahmed, Quratulain Tariq, Komal Akram KhanThe real estate markets may be significantly influenced by the uncertainty in global economic policy. This paper aims to evaluate the time-varying connectedness between global…
Mental and general health at the edges of owner occupation
N.T. Khuong Truong, Susan J. Smith, Gavin Wood, William A.V. Clark, William Lisowski, Rachel Ong ViforJThe purpose of this paper is to consider one test of a well-functioning housing system – its impact on wellbeing. Exploring one indicator of this, this study aims to track changes…
Brand anthropomorphism’s impact on real estate purchase decisions of young buyers in India and the underlying reliance on spatial memory
Andrea Rodrigues, Benny J. Godwin, Jossy P. GeorgeAssessing anthropomorphic tendency in relation to real estate purchase decisions and analysing the elements of friendliness, aggressiveness, pleasure and arousal as a link to the…
Quantile connectedness among real estate investment trusts during COVID-19: evidence from the extreme tails of distributions
Hongxia Tong, Asadullah Khaskheli, Amna MasoodGiven the evolving market integration, this study aims to explore the connectedness of 12 real estate investment trusts (REITs) during the COVID-19 period.
Measuring long-run housing affordability for Malaysian millennial households: a geospatial and income distribution analysis
Gary John Rangel, Jason Wei Jian Ng., Thangarajah Thiyagarajan Murugasu, Wai Ching PoonThe purpose of this study is to use a lifetime income measure to evaluate the long-run housing affordability for an understudied cohort of households in the literature – the…
Predictability of Belgian residential real estate rents using tree-based ML models and IML techniques
Ian Lenaers, Kris Boudt, Lieven De MoorThe purpose is twofold. First, this study aims to establish that black box tree-based machine learning (ML) models have better predictive performance than a standard linear…
The relationship between macroeconomic variables on residential property price: case study in Malaysia before and during COVID-19
Siti Hafsah Zulkarnain, Abdol Samad NawiThe purpose of this study is to analyse numerous aspects affecting residential property price in Malaysia against macroeconomics issues such as gross domestic product (GDP)…
Do real estate investment companies profit from house price growth? Evidence from Portugal
António Manuel Cunha, Ana Pinto Borges, Miguel FerreiraThis study aims to study the sensitivity of nonlisted real estate investment companies’ accounting earnings to house prices. This study evaluates whether house price changes…
Development of a housing quality (HQ) scale in the context of Pakistan
Ummer Farooque, Muhammad Usman Awan, Muhammad ShafiqThe purpose of this study is to develop a scale for measuring housing quality in the context of Pakistan.
Real estate investment decisions in COVID-19 crisis: the effect of perception and behavioral biases
Muhammad Ali, Leong Choi-Meng, Eugene Cheng-Xi Aw, Chin-Hong Puah, Abdulkadir BarutThis study aims to examine the interconnectedness between investors' perceptions of assets and their behavioral factors with investment decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic in…
Do expansionary and contractionary monetary policy have a symmetric impact on housing permits across the USA?
Mohsen Bahaman-Oskooee, Hesam Ghodsi, Muris Hadzic, Hardik MarfatiaThe purpose of this paper is to assess the possibility of asymmetric impact of monetary policy on housing permits issued in each state of the USA.
Dynamic effects of geopolitical risks and infectious diseases on real estate markets
Denis N. Yuni, Immaculata N. Enwo-Irem, Christian UromGeopolitical risks (GPR) and increase in equity market volatility due to health pandemics have great implications on assets prices around the world. Many empirical studies have…
Network analysis of comovements among newly-built residential house price indices of seventy Chinese cities
Xiaojie Xu, Yun ZhangUnderstandings of house prices and their interrelationships have undoubtedly drawn a great amount of attention from various market participants. This study aims to investigate the…
How much to invest for house purchase? The consumer purchase intention perspective of real estate investment decision
Shahriar Kabir, Zakia Binte Jamal, Bindu Proshad KairyThis study is based on the consumer purchase intention (CPI) in real estate. The purpose of this study is to investigate the link between CPI and preferred individual investment…
Development risk and unit size within the UK property market
Cassandra Caitlin MooreThis paper aims to explore the relationship between market pricing and design quality within the development industry. Currently, there is a lack of research that examines real…
News coverage vs sentiment: evaluating German residential real estate markets
Franziska Ploessl, Tobias JustTo investigate whether additional information of the permanent news flow, especially reporting intensity, can help to increase transparency in housing markets, this study aims to…
House price dynamics under lower leverage: the case of metropolitan cities in India
Sudhanshu Sekhar PaniThis paper aims to examine the dynamics of house prices in metropolitan cities in an emerging economy. The purpose of this study is to characterise the house price dynamics and…
The impact of the mortgage on the real estate market: a study case in Saudi Arabia
Samar Ajeeb, Wei Sieng LaiThis study attempts to find the response of the real estate market to economic changes by identifying cause-effect relationships between mortgage, residential investment, and…
Investigating the asymmetric relationship between housing prices and the stock market in Iran: quantile-on-quantile approach
Roozbeh Balounejad NouriThe purpose of this study, the nonlinear relationship between the real estate market and the stock market was investigated in Iran. For this intent, the monthly data from 2012:4…
Spatial analysis of housing prices in Tehran city
Seyedeh Mehrangar Hosseini, Behnaz Bahadori, Shahram CharkhanThe purpose of this study is to identify the situation of spatial inequality in the residential system of Tehran city in terms of housing prices in the year 2021 and to examine…
Determinants of millennials’ acceptance towards tawarruq home financing in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Faizah Panggi, Hanudin Amin, Imran Mehboob ShaikhThe purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the millennials’ intention to choose tawarruq home financing in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
Exploring multigenerational co-residence in the United States
Wei He, Shaomeng JiaThis paper aims to investigate the increasing trend of multigenerational co-living in the USA and to research the socioeconomic and cultural determinants of such decision.
Modeling the dynamic effects of macroeconomic factors on housing performance in Kenya
Fredrick Otieno Okuta, Titus Kivaa, Raphael Kieti, James Ouma OkakaThis paper studies the dynamic effects of selected macroeconomic factors on the performance of the housing market in Kenya using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Models. This…
Conducting techno-economic analyses of early-stage designs for net-zero water and energy affordable homes
Kurt WurthmannThis study aims to provide and illustrate the application of a framework for conducting techno-economic analyses (TEA) of early-stage designs for net-zero water and energy…
The effect of social capital on housing prices: panel data analysis by province in Turkey
Abdulmuttalip Pilatin, Ali Hepşen, Onur KayranThis study aims to reveal whether social capital has an effect on the housing price index in Turkey, which is a developing country. The research was carried out by using the data…
Does loadshedding affect the housing market in South Africa? Some empirical evidence
Amogelang Marope, Andrew PhiriThe purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of electricity power outages on the local housing market in South Africa.
Spatial variation of the determinants affecting urban land value in Thiruvananthapuram, India
B.V. Binoy, M.A. Naseer, P.P. Anil KumarLand value varies at a micro level depending on the location’s economic, geographical and political determinants. The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive…
An Islamic principle-based integrated solution for China’s housing affordability issues
Yaxin Ma, Fauziah Md Taib, Nusirat Ojuolape GoldThis study aims to merge the world’s proven ways of housing finance, including musharakah mutanaqisah, housing cooperatives and real estate crowdfunding, to present an alternative…
Elderly condominium attributes that enhance resident satisfaction and word of mouth: evidence from Thailand
Kanokwan Pimchan, Chonlatis DarawongThis study aims to examine the influence of condominium attributes on resident satisfaction and word of mouth from the perspectives of the elderly in Thailand.
The asymmetric effects of real variables on real housing prices: a nonlinear ARDL analysis for Turkey
Ahmet Gökçe AkpolatThis study aims to examine the impact of some real variables such as real effective exchange rates, real mortgage rates, real money supply, real construction cost index and…
The impact of oil price on housing prices: an empirical analysis of Pakistan
Rafiq Ahmed, Hubert Visas, Jabbar Ul-haqThis study aims to explore the impact of oil prices on housing prices using Pakistani annual data from 1973 to 2021.
Examining key macroeconomic determinants of serviced apartments price index: the case of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chin Tiong Cheng, Gabriel Hoh Teck LingIncreasing overhang of serviced apartments poses a serious concern to the national property market. This study aims to examine the impacts of macroeconomic determinants, namely…
Predictors of home insurance purchase: the homeowners’ knowledge, perceived benefits and perceived vulnerability towards disaster losses
Tanuj Mathur, Ujjwal Kanti PaulHome insurance is widely recognised as a tool for mitigating economic risk associated with natural disasters. This study aims to analyse the influence of homeowners’ home…
A bibliometric analysis of six decades of academic research on housing prices
Na Li, Rita Yi Man LiThis paper aims to provide a comprehensive bibliometric study of housing prices according to the articles collected by the Web of Science (WOS).
Oil prices and gold prices on housing market in China: novel findings from the bootstrap approach
Mumtaz Ali, Ahmed Samour, Foday Joof, Turgut TursoyThis study aims to assess how real income, oil prices and gold prices affect housing prices in China from 2010 to 2021.
An empirical investigation of home buying behavior in a high-context culture: a strategic marketing-oriented approach
Erdener Kaynak, Ali Kara, Azamat MaksüdünovThe housing/real estate sector is one of the most important sectors in any country. However, existing marketing literature on the home buying behavior and the decision-making…
The effects of visual technology on price discovery for residential listings and transactions
Seow Eng Ong, Woei Chyuan Wong, Davin Wang, Choon Peng LaiThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of visual technology on the price discovery process in listings of residential properties in Singapore from 2015 to 2018.
House price forecasting using the multi-level modelling method in Sydney
Xin Janet Ge, Vince Mangioni, Song Shi, Shanaka HerathThis paper aims to develop a house price forecasting model to investigate the impact of neighbourhood effect on property value.
Modelling coastal externalities effects on residential housing values
Adeyosoye Babatunde Ayoola, Adejoke Rashidat Oladapo, Babajide Ojo, Abiodun Kolawole OyetunjiThis paper aims to examine the impact of coastline on the rental value of residential property in proximity to the coastline, using the hedonic pricing model from two…
Flood hazards and housing prices: a spatial regression analysis for Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand
Sukampon Chongwilaikasaem, Tanit ChalermyanontGlobal warming exacerbates sea level rise and extreme weather events that cause severe flooding, resulting in lost productivity and property damage. To reduce the impact of…
An examination of the influence of urban violence on rental value of residential property in Kaduna metropolis
Adedayo Ayodeji Odebode, Shittu Oluwakayode Aro, Alirat Olayinka AgboolaThe paper aims to examine the influence of urban violence on residential property rental value in Kaduna metropolis. This is motivated by the spate of insurgency and the attendant…
House price information flows among some major Chinese cities: linear and nonlinear causality in time and frequency domains
Xiaojie Xu, Yun ZhangWith the rapid-growing house market in the past decade, the purpose of this paper is to study the important issue of house price information flows among 12 major cities in China…
Can housing investment hedge against inflation?
Binh Thi Thanh NguyenThis paper aims to test the hedging ability of housing investment against inflation in Japan and the USA during the period 2000–2020.
Are expensive decisions impulsive? Young adults’ impulsive housing and real estate buying behavior in India
Satleen Kaur Sehra, Benny J. Godwin, Jossy P. GeorgeThe purpose of the study is to determine website quality, materialism, psychological factors, hedonic value and social media as factors that influence the young adults’ impulsive…
Antecedents of customer mortgage shopping satisfaction: the mediating role of search intensity, evidence from the NSMO survey
Srinivasa Reddy N, Jayanthi ThaniganThe purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents of customer satisfaction during mortgage purchases. Mortgage demand in the USA has reached an all-time high because of an…
Identifying the barriers to housing finance in Ethiopia
Masresha Belete Asnakew, Minale Kassahun AmogneThe accessibility of housing for many purposes is more influenced by the functioning of housing market. As access to housing is an expensive and long-term exertion of household…
Demographics, dwelling type and residents’ satisfaction at Zabdah affordable housing project, Jordan
Ebtesam M. Khassawneh, Fahed A. KhasawnehThis paper aims to study the Zabdah housing project residents’ satisfaction on both dwelling and neighborhood levels. In addition, the determinants of residents’ satisfaction are…
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