This study examines the effect of housing wealth on household consumption when there are resale (including refinancing) constraints that prevent housing assets from being cashed out. Based on household-level expenditure data in Hong Kong, two resale constraints are found to have weakened the...

Higher land-use intensity can be achieved by subdividing the land or by subdividing the structure built on it. The former avoids co-ownership but is subject to topographical constraints, whereas the latter (e.g. apartment units) uses each unit of land more efficiently but entails management of...

For centuries, many governments in the Asia-Pacific region have owned all the land resources, and government land auctions were deployed as an essential channel to supply public land. While the government-led approach to land supply is often criticized for lacking sensitivity to changing market...

Article Classification: Research Paper (Construction or testing of a model or framework).Purpose: The repeat sales house price index has been widely used to measure house price movements on the assumption that the quality of properties does not change over time. This study aims to develop a...