This empirical paper examines the question of whether movements in housing sales predict subsequent movement in house prices - or the converse. The former (positive) relationship is well hypothesized by several frictional search models of housing market transactions or quot;churnquot;. The...

This paper examines the strong positive correlation that exists between the volume of housing sales and housing prices. We first examine gross housing flows in the US and divide sales into two categories: transactions that involve a change or choice of tenure, as opposed to owner-to-owner churn....

In recent years, it has become a usual practice for buyers of public housing in Singapore resale market to fork out additional cash upfront to sellers to sweeten the deal. This additional cash premium, also known as cash-over-valuation, ranges from 10-20% of the valuation of the property. The...

The literature on green buildings has blossomed since the study by Eicholtz et al (2009). Researchers have attempted to search for green premiums using property data in different countries. While the studies focus on testing the significance of the green premiums (or discount in some cases), few...

This paper empirically tests the sentiment and ¡§noise¡¨ effects in Singapore REITs (S-REIT) over the periods from January 2005 to December 2010.Our empirical results show that trading volume is significantly and negatively correlated with price to net asset value (P/NAV) premiums in the...

This paper provides a rigorous study on the change in Central Provident Fund (CPF) policy in Singapore on 1 September 2002, on household mobility in general and on the affordability and accessibility of potential home-buyers in particular. The change brought about increased accessibility but...