Investors need to have confidence in the maturity of the market in terms of transparency of returns and risks. Information on property returns is normally available for prime markets whereas urban regeneration locations to varying degrees are characterized by an opaque rather than a transparent...

Amidst ongoing economic austerity, the UK government faces a significant challenge to fund major infrastructure projects. In many areas, market based solutions are not possible due to the scale of infrastructure required, at a time when land values are declining and occupier rents and yields...

At an international level governments are increasingly seeking to ensure greater involvement of the private sector in the financing and delivery of regeneration and sustainable communities. Regeneration is currently at the forefront of the UK Governmentís priorities (Urban White Paper, 2003:...

This paper is based upon the analysis of a ten year data set of transactions in the residential market in Northern Ireland. The database comprises approximately 70,000 transactions detailing market price and characteristics for each property. The analysis presented will focus upon both temporal...

The financing of urban regeneration and levering of private-sector investment remains a major policy issue. This article, utilising the results of a behavioural survey, analyses the motivations of investors and their participation across a range of regeneration initiatives. The pattern of...

Initially, this paper reviews the relationship between the private housing sector and the macroeconomy. Attention focuses upon the divergent behaviour of the housing market at a regional level, using the case of Northern Ireland, relative to that for the national United Kingdom market....

Urban regeneration has been an integral focus of central government policy in the UK for more than three decades and has played a pivotal role in enhancing the competitiveness of the UK economy, repositioning cities and city regions as the mainstays of economic growth. Utilising IPD data, this...

The operation of the property market is constrained by an absence of information with barriers to data transparency arising from several sources. This paper reports upon research commissioned by the RICS into the concept of data sharing within the surveying profession with particular reference...

This paper is concerned with the role of private sector finance in urban regeneration. The theme is initially explored from a literature perspective examining recent initiatives and current policy directions. The central core of the analysis investigates investment behaviour and draws upon...

Attracting investment and finance into inner-city and other renewal areas poses particular difficulties and is frequently reliant on strong public-sector commitment through special incentives or other mechanisms to provide the conditions to lever private-sector activity. This paper initially...