Due to the heterogeneous nature of real estate assets, housing market is characterized by a sequential search and seller's optimal strategies. This paper provides a side-by-side performance comparison of the two competing stopping rules (i.e., the reservation rule and the number rule) in the...

This study investigates price and time-on-market effects of estate sales of houses versus typical housing transactions using a sample of 180,921 sold properties. The hypothesis that estate sales sell at a discount and sell more quickly than typical houses is supported by the empirical results....

We empirically examine Taylor's (1999) theoretical prediction that longer time on the market is associated with a perception of lower quality. Our most robust result is from an ordered-logit model that provides evidence that an increase in marketing time is negatively related to property...