Israel's housing market differs from other countries in that most of the urban population lives in owner-occupied apartments in multi-family buildings. This paper is concerned with the implications of this situation for housing preferences. The study is based on the prices of a sample of...

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Private rental housing in Israel comprises almost exclusively individual dwelling units located in multi-family condominiums and owned by petty amateur landlords. Using data from the 1998 Household Expenditure Survey and the 1995 Population Census, the paper examines the private rental sector by...

The paper describes a hybrid model which combines the goals-achievement matrix approach with goal programming. It allows for the explicit incorporation of the different objectives and values of the partners to the decisionmaking process and other affected parties in the determination of the...