Analysis of cross-sectional or intertemporal variations in house values among localities requires reliable house value indices. However, prior studies applying the hedonic method to transaction data have reported price series that may be biased. Our paper investigates a possible cause of bias...

Analysis of cross-sectional or intertemporal variations in house values among localities requires reliable house value indices. However, prior studies applying the hedonic method to transaction data have reported price series that may be biased. Our paper investigates a possible cause of bias...

Analysis of variations in house values among localities requires reliable house value indices. Gatzlaff and Haurin (1994) indicate that traditional hedonic value index estimates, using only information from a sample of sold homes to estimate value movements for the entire housing stock, may be...

Analysis of variations in house values among localitiesrequires reliable house value indices. Gatzlaff and Haurin(1994) indicate that traditional hedonic house value indexestimates, using only information from a sample of soldhomes to estimate value movements for the entire housingstock, may be...

This paper investigates the relative maintenance levels of owner and renter-occupied housing by examining their short and long-run appreciation rates. A large data set that includes information on every parcel in Pinellas County, Florida is used to control for structural and locational...

This paper examines the variation in the rates of house price appreciation within an individual metropolitan market. A methodology is developed to examine the locational variation in house price changes in Dade County (Miami) Florida, from 1971 to 1992. House price appreciation appears to be...

This study employs the repeat-sales transaction-based methodology, pioneered in the housing literature, to estimate commercial property price indices for the state of Florida over the 1975-97 period. The study is designed to: (i) investigate the feasibility of applying this method to estimate...