the role of housing characteristics and value perception on asking price. Design/methodology/approach – The hypothesis … utilises a valuation database of about 1,900,000 records for the Spanish housing market, each record contains information on … the price that owners expect to obtain on the sale of their property and housing and neighbourhood characteristics. There …

whether the model of late life course migration accurately portrays the motivations and housing choices local movers make … and housing choices of those who have made a second move since retiring to Spain are compared with those who have not … and supportive retiree housing in the near future in their retirement destination countries. Originality/value – This …

between local housing market areas (HMAs). Design/methodology/approach – The practical data issues that arise from measuring …

affordable housing in Scotland within a context of fiscal crisis. These models and their setting have implications for other … countries with limited funds to support their housing systems. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a policy analysis … uncertainties remain. The new environment will be difficult for housing associations but also in terms of wider knock‐on effects …

Purpose – In light of growing concerns on the scale of the housing affordability problem in Italy, and of the … government's response in the form of a new Housing Plan, the purpose of this paper is to ask whether such new policy is a … coherent and adequate strategy to address the alleged housing problems. In order to answer this core question, the paper first …

Purpose – The downturn in the residential housing market in Northern Ireland (NI) has been the most pronounced of any … coupled with a more prudent lending culture has ensured that housing affordability remains a primary policy concern. The … purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the interrelationships between mortgage liquidity and housing affordability in …

Census at a small spatial scale (lower level super output areas) to produce estimates of the proportion of social housing in … survey data and an exit survey of tenants leaving social housing which asked their reasons for moving. The survey included … more residualised, this is caused by the differing profiles of those moving into and out of social housing. Research …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the record on housing affordability in Australia over the period 1985 … government policy responses. The paper also provides a suggested framework for future research on housing affordability. Design … and other research into housing affordability. Findings – Housing affordability in Australia has worsened significantly in …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an analytical summary of UK housing policies. It aims to evaluate UK … government's housing policies, before and after the publication of the Barker Review, to tackle affordability issues in the owner …‐occupied sector. It examines the extent to which housing policy contributes to or alleviates the problem of the affordability of owner …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the degree of housing affordability in China's 35 large and medium … cities. Furthermore, this paper investigates the relationship between housing affordability and the house prices using data … from China's 35 large and medium cities from 1996 to 2007. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructed the housing …