Introduction This study examines the relationship between a certain set of sustainability features and default risk in multifamily housing. The sustainability features studied affect both social and environmental concerns including affordability, walkability, auto dependence, exposure to pollution, and proximity to protected open space. All the features studied, except housing affordability, ar...

Abstract Abstract Background: Availability and affordability of medicines are crucial to achieving success in prevention programs, particularly in developing countries. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the availability and affordability of cardiovascular medicines for secondary prevention in Tehran province of Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Tehran pro...

This bulletin is based on research conducted by Professor Terry Burke and Ms Liss Ralston at the AHURI UNSWUWS Research Centre, and Professor Michael Stone from the University of Massachusetts, USA. The project considered the policy implications of using a different measure for housing affordability— using the residual income rather than the income ratio method. What does the residual income me...

This paper proposes a model in which house prices are determined by housing affordability in the short run, while being determined by acquisition costs in the long run. Housing affordability is, in turn, determined by nominal income and nominal mortgage payments. The model explains the recent housing market run-up by lower housing repayment, decreasing nominal interest rates, and a large inflow...