International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis: Volume 13 Issue 2

Editorial

Richard Reed

The effectiveness of the housing needs and demand

David Manase, Valentah Siamuzwe

Literature reveals that local authorities in Scotland are required under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 to undertake housing need and demand assessment. Local authorities are…

Foreclosure discounts for German housing markets

Tobias Just, Michael Heinrich, Mark Andreas Maurin, Thomas Schreck

This paper aims to investigate the foreclosure discount for the German residential market in the years from 2008 to 2011.

Identifying the preference of buyers of single-family homes in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Ameen Bin Mohanna, Ali Alqahtany

The purpose of this study is to identify the preferred characteristics of buyers of single-family homes in Saudi Arabia with an emphasis on the city of Dammam.

Identifying critical enablers for homeownership in Hong Kong

Wadu Mesthrige Jayantha, Olugbenga Timo Oladinrin

The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive assessment of the influential factors that must be considered in an effort to enhance homeownership.

Evaluation of vernacular and new housing indoor comfort conditions in cold climate – a field survey in eastern Turkey

Fatma Kürüm Varolgüneş

The purpose of this study is to compare vernacular and new houses in terms of indoor occupant satisfaction and thermal and visual comfort in a region with cold climatic…

Banks’ lending to public and private sectors and house prices: does bank ownership matter?

Hassan F. Gholipour, Elias Oikarinen, Reza Tajaddini

The purpose of this study is to examine the interaction between banks’ lending to public and private sectors and house prices using data from the Iranian banking system including…

Housing satisfaction in a traditional neighborhood of Izmit, Turkey

Nevnihal Erdogan, Pınar Kisa Ovali, Özgur Kayapinar

The purpose of this paper was to investigate housing satisfaction in a traditional neighborhood of Izmit, Turkey. According to this purpose, it was investigated whether the…

The effect of negative information on the volatility of real estate residential prices in Abuja, Nigeria

Musa Alkali, Ibrahim Sipan, Muhammad Najib Razali

The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of negative information on the volatility of real estate residential prices in Abuja, Nigeria.

Shared amenities’ impacts on condominium resale values

Kayo Tajima

This study aims to analyze whether and how condominium shared utilities and facilities (e.g. community spaces), of which buyers assume a share of the ownership upon acquisition of…

Home prices and fundamentals: solving the mystery for the G-7 by accounting for nonlinearities

William Miles

The purpose of this study is to determine whether house prices and income share a stable, stationary relationship in the G-7 countries. This stable relationship has been clearly…

Post-conflict housing reconstruction in the Gaza Strip: A case study of agency-driven housing in Sheikh Hamad city

Ghassan Elkahlout

The purpose of this paper is to study the feasibility of using the agency-driven housing approach in a post-conflict context. This paper aims to identify the challenges in…

Modeling of residential property rents in Somalia using two-stage modeling: Hedonic regression and artificial neural network

Mohamed Ibrahim Nor, Tajul Ariffin Masron, Sharif Yusuf Gedi

Real estate is one of the fundamental growth engines for developing economies as it contributes urbanization and infrastructure development. In recent years, Somalia has witnessed…

Bibliometric analysis of hedonic price model using CiteSpace

Wadu Mesthrige Jayantha, Olugbenga Timo Oladinrin

Hedonic price modeling (HPM) plays an important role in identifying factors affecting the price of goods or services. Many researchers have extensively used this modeling approach…