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This paper examines the impact of mortgage interest tax deductions on the demand for mortgage debt in the UK. The tax advantage (since withdrawn in the UK) was introduced as a means of making home ownership more attractive to less wealthy borrowers who could only finance a small proportion of...

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Flood risks are forecast to rise significantly across many parts of Europe, USA, and Asia. As the climate warms, sea levels will continue to rise and the water holding capacity of the atmosphere will increase exponentially. At the same time, the cost of building flood barriers will increase...

This paper aims to develop a practical way of correcting for sample selection bias in UK regional house price indices. Such indices are invariably based on transactions data (such as Land Registry data on house sales). Unfortunately, properties that transact in any given period are unlikely to...

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The housing submarkets literature has continued to grow but somewhat unevenly. It is typically atheoretical, concentrating on innovations in empirical methods for boundary identification and hedonic regression refinement. This paper aims to provide the first step towards the development of a...