This study aims at testing whether, and to what extent, chain affiliation within regional and super-regional shopping centers affects store rent levels. In this paper, based on the hedonic methodology, international, national, provincial as well as local chains are considered together with...

Although the hedonic framework can be said to vary substantially from the traditional sales comparison approach used in real estate appraisal in that the former rests on much stronger conceptual grounds than the latter while benefitting from large transaction samples that enable statistical...

This paper looks at the impact of the commuter rail transit (CRT) system that serves the Montreal North Shore area, Quebec, Canada, on the market value of single-family houses located nearby four stations along the Montreal/Saint-JÈrÙme route. The research rests upon a combination of...

This study aims at testing whether, and to what extent, the overall quality in the supply of an urban bus service translates into higher house values for properties located along the lines. Located 150 miles east of Montreal, Quebec City, with a population of roughly 560 000 (750 000 for the...

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With the hedonic modelling approach, real estate values are traditionally explained using property specific descriptors and locational attributes. Until yet, few attention has been given to the impact of the buyerís or the sellerís profile or motivations. However, it appears that the...

This paper is an attempt to bridge the gap between, on the one hand, the mobility behaviour of households and their perception of accessibility to urban amenities and, on the other hand, house price dynamics as captured through the hedonic modelling of the Quebec City residential market. Part...

Since the mid 1970s, the impact of nearby schools on property values has been a major theme in the North-American literature, with most studies focusing on the influence of school quality. To a lesser extent, the impact proximity to school exerts on house prices has also been investigated...

The current piece of research is an attempt to isolate spatial from a-spatial components of housing attributes, using kriging techniques. While hedonic models have long proved their usefulness as an analytical device, previous research has shown that substantial portion of price variability...

The expansion of large shopping centres and, more recently, of íbig boxî outlets and ípower centresî in North-American and West European urban areas is a major feature of the retail trade sector development. While several internal and external factors affecting retail facilities design and...