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...

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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...

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...

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...

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. In order to attract more private finance, the public sector, in its more strategic role, seeks to create...

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...