Purpose – Homeownership is considered both economically and socially beneficial for homeowners. However, in the collective living arrangement, reaching a consensus with regard to the residential environment is difficult. The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that can reduce the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of affordable home ownership in the light of the recent global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on recent research conducted by the authors and others which included analysis of secondary data and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess new and often innovative models that aim to fund and deliver affordable housing in Scotland within a context of fiscal crisis. These models and their setting have implications for other countries with limited funds to support their housing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present new evidence on the reasons for and consequences of residualisation of the social rented sector in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a new analysis of data from the 2001 Census at a small spatial scale (lower level super...

Purpose – Kish Island is one of the most attractive tourism destinations in Iran and it is becoming an increasingly popular destination for tourism investment. Many people have recently migrated to the island. Thus, one of the housing policies for the island is to maximize the efficiency of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the record on housing affordability in Australia over the period 1985 to 2010, conceptually link this with the purported demand and supply drivers given in the literature, and comment on government policy responses. The paper also provides a...

Purpose This paper aims to improve the housing affordability by measuring the housing affordability in a resource-rich economy and studying the impact of implementing new policies. Design/methodology/approach This paper seeks to test the impact of new policies introduced to the Kuwaiti housing...

Purpose Acknowledging that housing forms a large part of households’ and country’s long-term wealth, the South African Government has implemented various housing-related policies towards that end. Among these, the government has extended transfer duty exemption to house buyers – both...

Purpose This study aims to focus on two-way interaction between monetary policy and house prices in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach This study uses panel structural vector autoregressive model. Findings The results show that real house prices decrease in response to a...

Purpose The paper considers if house price movements in the United Kingdom (UK) can be linked to the political cycle as governments realise homeowners represent a large portion of the voter base and their voting decisions could be influenced by the magnitude and direction of house price changes....