Purpose – This paper aims to report the results of a study conducted to determine whether investors systematically pay less for single‐family houses than do buyer/residents. Design/methodology/approach – Data from 3,443 single‐family house transactions were subjected to regression...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically test whether residents' satisfaction with seven general purpose public services are capitalized in single‐family house prices. The public services investigated are: fire protection, paramedic services, police protection, trash removal,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if lender experience in disposing of repossessed single‐family houses in the local market is significantly related to the probability a property will sell. In addition, other factors that are significantly related to the market duration of...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that neighborhoods characterized by satisfying social relationships among residents have higher housing prices than areas where people are less satisfied with their neighbors. Design/methodology/approach – A semi‐logarithm...