PAK policy is one of the important policies that has been adopted in housing market during the two recent decades. It mainly focuses on saving, development and downsizing. Now given that housing can be considered both as a capital and an expendable property and it has unique characteristics such...

Inferences about the determinants of land prices in urban areas are typically based on housing transactions, which combine payments for land and long-lived improvements. In contrast, we investigate directly the determinants of urban land prices within a metropolitan area – the San Francisco...

Before the 2009 crisis, the change in the economic environment in policies support housing sector and regulations implemented by the federal government in the years following, significantly changed the environment in which construction companies were operating housing, which directly affected...

This paper puts forward a general methodology to analyze the metropolitan economy. It is inspired by A.J. SCOTT?s works. It is based on the description of the inner urban structures of metropoles. Thus, the inner urban structure analysis is a means of describing the metropolitan economy. From...

The underlying hypothesis of our research is that of a permanence of the metropolization and segregation trends in populations and activities, especially through the emergence of peripheral polarities situated along main transport axes. The different works carried out in Costa-Rica, France and...

This discussion paper led to a publication in the <I>Journal of Regional Science</I> (2012). Vol. 52(5), pages 733-761.<P> Contemporary European urban planning policies aim to mix land uses in compact neighbourhoods. It is presumed that mixing land uses yields socio-economic benefits and therefore has a...</p></i>

Contemporary European urban planning policies aim to mix land uses in compact neighbourhoods. It is presumed that mixing land uses yields socio-economic benefits and therefore has a positive effect on housing values. In this paper, we investigate the impact of mixed land use on housing values...

Under the assumption of perfect competition, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that abandoned properties and long undeveloped neighborhoods remain that way because they are unprofitable. In contrast, this paper introduces a model in which firms systematically overlook neighborhoods with...

Valuation of subdivision land is not a one-size-fits-all endeavour. This article demonstrates the relationship between profit and yield and their application in land valuation. A subdivision development static method is suggested, and the impact of leverage, trending, and project duration on...