Foreclosure proceedings are the primary cause of real-estate auction sales in the US. Given the added legal constraints and risk associated with foreclosure proceedings, it is an empirical question as to whether the resulting prices are a function of the usual underlying factors of physical...

In 1952, a new town called Tema was created in Ghana. The master plan for Tema made provision for 19 planned communities, each having roughly 1500—2000 homes. About 6355 housing units are government-owned rental housing. The rental housing stock is the subject of this study. This paper...

There exists a substantial variation in apartment rents between cities of the world. Several factors must contribute to inter-city variations in rents. This paper presents an empirical identification and measurement of some of the relevant factors explaining the variations in rents between a...