scheme. Originality/value – China has experienced rapid growth in gross domestic product (GDP) with a substantial increase in … house prices which have affected housing affordability for typical Beijing households. Since the housing reform in China …

Purpose – Beijing and Shanghai have been the leading housing markets in urban China. In the late half of the 2000s … whether there exist housing price bubbles in the two largest cities in China. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based …

industry use in Chinese city, which is driven by the unique social, economic and political settings in China featured by the … understanding and information about the transition‐led inner‐city brownfield development in China. Design … China. The paper identifies institutions, processes and practices that are related to the reclamation of inner …

entire picture and provide more reliable forecast based on either local or national data in China. Practical implications …

affordability is the vital challenge for China, especially for the northwestern region where the household income is lower than that … factors of purchasing standard housing in Lanzhou, which is the second largest city in Northwest China. Design …/value – The paper establishes an understanding of the level of housing affordability in Northwest China, and provides the basis …

China, the purpose of this paper is to revisit the empirical question of the determinants of mortgage prepayment probability … China to provide insights into borrowers' prepayment behavior in China under recent market conditions, focusing on the … the rapid growing mortgage market in China as well as those in other transitional economies. Research limitations …

Purpose – China's real estate market is rampantly expanding. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors … underpinning China's real estate price escalation from 1998 to 2009. Design/methodology/approach – Cointegration approach, vector …) does not catch up with national gain (GDP) in China, or “ Guojinmintui ” (national gain outpaces personal gain). Neither is …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the degree of housing affordability in China's 35 large and medium … from China's 35 large and medium cities from 1996 to 2007. Design/methodology/approach – This paper constructed the housing … affordability. Accordingly, developing more affordable houses is an alternative to mitigate the housing affordability issue in China …

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the determinants of default mortgage in China and the factors affecting the … investigate the determinants of default mortgage in China and the factors affecting the mortgage amount granted by Chinese banks …. Findings – Using a proprietary dataset from branches of the Construction Bank of China containing information on all mortgages …