The Sydney housing market peaked in 2003. The period 2001-2006 is, therefore, of particular interest since it captures a boom and bust in the housing market. We compute hedonic, repeat-sales and median price indexes for five regions in Sydney over this period. While the three approaches are in...

A recent LNG terminal building boom has, in turn, produced a natural gas pipeline building boom. Some property owners have expressed concern that a pipeline would reduce the values of nearby properties. This study uses the hedonic housing price approach to estimate the impacts of pipeline. The...

Urban violence in the form of ethnic and religious conflicts/crises and even open warfare have been on the increase in many African cities in the recent years. Observation from literature shows that the role of violent-ethno religious conflicts as a mobilizing agent is among the most important...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Program provides grants to assess and clean up brownfields — properties the "expansion, re-development, or re-use of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant." The...

Environmental performance certificates constitute one of the main tools to encourage tenants, landlords and any agent in the residential sector to account for energy consumption in property transactions. This paper builds upon prior research and expands the current state of literature by...

For homebuyers, it is important to understand what drives home value to make a competitive offer. By understanding the value of individual home attributes buyers can more accurately and quantitatively assess the value of multiple houses with different characteristics. Furthermore, homeowners who...