International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis: Volume 5 Issue 2

An assessment of development funding for new housing post GFC in Queensland, Australia

Lyndall Bryant

The purpose of this paper is to identify changes in bank lending criteria due to the global financial crisis (GFC) and to explore the associated impacts on new housing supply in…

The role of real estate agents on housing prices and rents: the Iranian experience

Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni

In recent years, housing prices and rents have recorded impressive growth in Iran. Several observers believe that real estate agents have had a significant effect on this…

An assessment of the relative impact of factors influencing inaccuracy in valuation

Gabriel Kayode Babawale, Modupe Omirin

To address the phenomenon of inaccuracy in real estate valuation successfully, it is imperative to ascertain the sources and how valuers are influenced. The purpose of this paper…

What pushes up China's real estate price?

Jing Li, Yat‐Hung Chiang

China's real estate market is rampantly expanding. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors underpinning China's real estate price escalation from 1998 to 2009.

Using a Fourier polynomial expansion to generate a spatial predictor

Jean Dubé, Marius Thériault, François Des Rosiers

Spatial autocorrelation in regression residuals is a major issue for the modeller because it disturbs parameter estimates and invalidates the reliability of conclusions drawn from…

Slumlords in the Swedish welfare state: how is it possible?

Hans Lind, Gunnar Blomé

The purpose of this paper is to try to explain how long‐term mismanagement of a housing estate could arise in a country with a strong legal framework aimed at preventing such…

Introduction from the Editor

Richard G. Reed