International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis: Volume 15 Issue 2

Editorial

Richard Reed

Insurance losses caused by residential housing flood events

Billie Ann Brotman

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether flood-damaged residences located in the USA are remaining unrepaired because of the lack of flood insurance coverage…

Does immigration affect residential real estate prices? Evidence from Australia

Narvada Gopy-Ramdhany, Boopen Seetanah

This study aims to investigate the effect of immigration on housing prices in Australia both at the national and regional levels.

Towards a well-informed rental housing policy in Ghana: differentiating between critics and non-critics of the rent advance system

Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, Lewis Abedi Asante, Emmanuel Kofi Gavu

In Ghana, the practice of landlords demanding that renters pay rent advance (RA) of between six months and five years is well noted. Surprisingly, renters appear divided into the…

Housing policy research in India: a scoping review and thematic analysis

Manav Khaire, Nagaraj Muniappa

In India – the largest democracy and second most populated country globally – the housing research domain is relatively under-researched and under-theorized. To support and…

The role of the banking sector in financing the real estate and contracting sector in the Palestinian territories

Mohammad Kamal Abuamsha

The study aims to identify the reality of the role of the banking sector in financing the Palestinian real estate and construction sector. The study demonstrated the importance of…

A housing price index with the improvement-value adjusted repeated sales (IVARS) method

Chung Yim Edward Yiu, Ka Shing Cheung

The repeat sales house price index (HPI) has been widely used to measure house price movements on the assumption that the quality of properties does not change over time. This…

Land value impacts of Airbnb listings on single-family homes in Austin, Texas, USA

Junfeng Jiao, Kent Hansen, Amin Azimian

This study aims to explore the impacts of Airbnb listings on land values in the Austin, Texas, USA area, particularly on single-family homes. The goal of the analysis is to shed…

Analysis of factors affecting the realization of right to adequate housing in Iran: developing an interpretive-structural model

Moslem Zarghamfard, Abolfazl Meshkini

Access to adequate housing represents a right entitled to any individual, as has been acknowledged by all states around the world. In Iran, despite the declaration of this right…

Information transparency and pricing strategy in the Scottish housing market

Daniel Lo, Nan Liu, Michael James McCord, Martin Haran

Information transparency is crucially important in price setting in real estate, particularly when information asymmetry is concerned. This paper aims to examine how a change in…

Comparing predictive performance of general regression neural network (GRNN) and hedonic regression model for factors affecting housing prices in “Pune-India”

Abhijat Arun Abhyankar, Harish Kumar Singla

The purpose of this study is to compare the predictive performance of the hedonic multivariate regression model with the probabilistic neural network (PNN)-based general…

Determinants of housing inflation in Turkey: a conditional frequency domain causality

Mustafa Kırca, Şerif Canbay

This study aims to investigate whether changes in consumer interest rate, exchange rate and housing supply have permanent effects on housing inflation in Turkey.