This study employs the repeat-sales transaction-based methodology, pioneered in the housing literature, to estimate commercial property price indices for the state of Florida over the 1975-97 period. The study is designed to: (i) investigate the feasibility of applying this method to estimate...

This paper examines the influence that unexpected inflation has on the reported time pattern in housing returns. Two alternative models of expected inflation are used to study its effect: a rational expectations model and an adaptive expectations model. Findings indicate that both estimates of...

Analysis of variations in house values among localitiesrequires reliable house value indices. Gatzlaff and Haurin(1994) indicate that traditional hedonic house value indexestimates, using only information from a sample of soldhomes to estimate value movements for the entire housingstock, may be...