Policymakers and practitioners have specific research needs that can be at odds with the academic model. Housing market analysis is readily caught up in theoretical, econometric and other minutiae when what is often required is a clear explanation of market drivers, or the influence of new...

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...