Amendments to the Fair Lending Act have exempted an age restriction on ownership from fair housing prohibitions. This paper studies the economic impact of such ownership restriction on housing values. Using American Housing Survey data, we find that there is a significant premium attached to the...

In a paper construction branch forecasting model which allows to estimate the industry development problems is shown. Difference from anthers models, in given paper the main attention is turned to the building of the living area. Model stands from sub model (blocks): amount of apartments, real...

This paper investigates the relationship between the degree of real estate asset liquidity and liability structure of J-REITs. By employing data of ragionality and usage as new proxies of real estate asset liquidation value, we empirically derived the following implications. First, J-REITs with...

126,100 apartments covering a total of 10.4 million square meters floor space were constructed in Q1 2013, accounting for 106.5% against Q1 2012. Average actual cost of construction of 1 square meter in the housing total floor space increased 7.89% in Q1 2013 vs. Q1 2012 and amounted to Rb...

In the first five months of 2013, 270108 mortgage housing loans (MHL) for the amount of Rb 435,071bn were granted which is 12.41% and 24.86% higher than in 2012 as regards the number of the loans and their value in monetary terms, respectively. As of June 1, 2013, the outstanding debt on MHL...

According to the RF Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr), the land area in the ownership of RF individuals continues to decrease. As of 1 January 2012, it amounted to 119.6 million hectares (m ha) (7% of the total land surface) vs. 121.4 m ha (7.1%) in...

We explore the effects of mandatory third-party review of mortgage contracts on the terms, availability, and performance of mortgage credit. Our study is based on a legislative pilot carried out by the State of Illinois in a selected set of zip codes in 2006. Mortgage applicants with low FICO...

In Q2 2013, the monthly weighted average interest rate on ruble-denominated housing mortgage loans was no longer on the rise, after a more than year-long period of growth: the interest rate for June was 12.6% against its record high of 12.9% in March 2013. The volume of housing mortgage lending...

Nach den Umfrageergebnissen des ifo Instituts hat sich das Geschäftsklima bei den freischaffenden Architekten zu Beginn des ersten Quartals 2013 ein wenig verbessert. Dies basiert ausschließlich auf einer optimistischeren Einschätzung der kommenden sechs Monate, während die Lageurteile...