This paper develops a dynamic model of neighborhood choice along with a computationally light multi-step estimator. The proposed empirical framework captures observed and unobserved preference heterogeneity across households and locations in a flexible way. The model is estimated using a newly...

Une progression rapide des prix des logements a été observée dans de nombreux pays depuis la fin des années quatre-vingt-dix. L’article propose une évaluation de la soutenabilité du marché immobilier dans six pays, à l’aide d’indicateurs harmonisés.

Ungefähr 40 Prozent des gesamten Endenergieverbrauchs in Deutschland entfallen auf den Gebäudesektor. Gleichzeitig gilt die Steigerung der Gebäudeenergieeffizienz als eine der kosteneffektivsten Optionen zur Einsparung von Treibhausgasen. Um dieses Potential auszuschöpfen, wurde der...

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Nach einem dramatischen Einbruch – insbesondere 2008 und 2009 – wird sich der europäische Wohnungsbau ab diesem Jahr wieder etwas beleben. Auf einen Anstieg von knapp 2% im Jahr 2011 dürften Zuwächse von etwa 2½% 2012 bzw. von rund 3% 2013 folgen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kamen die Experten...

Building valuation aims at stating a real estate value, which is the value of land and built premises. Hotel building valuation seems to have departed from the value statement for land and built premises and evolved to the mingling with hotel operating business. This evolution might require...

The presence of nearby public facilities has an impact on real-estate values; for this reason, the market may reasonably anticipate that public infrastructure projects will affect house prices. But undesirable and semi-desirable facility location choices may be contested by nearby residents, as...

This paper examines real property tax as a determinant of tenure choice. The analysis is conducted in two stages. First, parameter estimates for a reduced-form homeownership model are obtained through multivariate logistic regression on data drawn from the U.S. Survey of Income and Program...

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...