International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis: Volume 10 Issue 1

Editorial

Richard Reed

The sensitivity of house prices under varying monetary regimes: the Nordic scenario

Marcelo Cajias, Sebastian Ertl

This paper aims to examine whether there are differences between the long and short-term relationship of house prices and interest rates. The elasticity of house prices to…

Australian-Arabic community attitudes to a shared model of accommodation for the 65+ year age group

Stuart John Nettleton, Maie Sufan

This paper aims to provide insights into Arabic-Australian community attitudes regarding social innovation of a new shared model of accommodation for the 65+ age group to…

Small firm performance: an empirical analysis in Malaysian housing construction industry

Rosman Mahmood, Ahmad Suffian Mohd Zahari, Najihah Marha Yaacob, Sakinah Mat Zin

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the importance of innovation for the performance of small firms in the construction sector. Furthermore, this paper also examines the…

The impacts of historic districts on residential property land values in Australia

Clive M.J. Warren, Peter Elliott, Jason Staines

Focusing on the externality effects of historic districts, this paper aims to assess and compare the impact of historic district designation on the value of residential vacant…

Youth advocacy for efficient hostel management and affordable university students’ housing in Buea, Cameroon

Clarkson M. Wanie, Emmanuel E.E. Oben, Jeff Mbella Molombe, Ivo T. Tassah

Given the importance of hostels to students’ welfare and academic performance and recognition of the roles youths can play for affordable university housing, this study aims to…

Housing preferences for affordable social housing projects in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Alina Delgado, Frank De Troyer

The purpose of this paper is to describe the principles of a conceptual model to help developers and housing users achieve their expectations regarding quality, affordability and…

Hedonic indexes for public and private housing in Costa Rica: Prices, quality and government policy

Porfirio Guevara, Robert Hill, Michael Scholz

This study aims to show how hedonic methods can be used to compare the performance of the public and private sector housing markets in Costa Rica.

Legal origins and mortgage finance contradictions

Kenneth Appiah Donkor-Hyiaman, Kenneth Nii Okai Ghartey

This study aims to examine why Ghana has English legal origins (hypothesised as a legal framework that promotes financial development) but has not developed a well-functioning…