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Housing Bubbles, Herds and Frenzies: Evidence from British Housing Markets

1 In a world of uncertainty, imperfect information and irreversible decision-making, speculation and information acquisition will generate bubbles, herding and frenzies in housing demand. The instability generated will be further exacerbated by liquidity constraints and institutional change. In this paper, the influence of herds, frenzies and bubbles on housing demand is assessed in the context...

Housing Theory Symposium 2011: Program

Public Housing: The Experimental Housing Allowance Program

Evaluating the Satisfaction Rate of Low-Income Communities about Low-Cost Housing (Case Study: Abadeh Mehr Housing in Iran)

As cited in the constitution of the Islamic republic of Iran, it's one of the responsibilities of the government to provide appropriate housing for the people of Iran. The main aim of current study was to assess satisfaction rate of a Mehr housing residents in Fars province, southwest of Iran. Randomly selected heads of 100 households residents of Abadeh Mehr housing for at least 1 year were as...

Dynamic cycles of unsold new housing stocks, investment in housing, and housing supply-demand

Unsold new housing stocks may be closely related to housing market fluctuation, especially the difference between housing supply and demand, which is influenced by macroeconomic conditions. These factors simultaneously influence developers’ investment decisions and, thus, housing supply over time. However, previous research on the housing market has focused on explaining the statistical relatio...