Purpose – The purpose is to review what is known about property bubbles and their causes. Design/methodology/approach – The method has been to review the literature on bubbles in the property and other asset markets to examine their likely causes and whether there are specific aspects of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review what is known about obsolescence and its causes, and provide a critique of how it is reflected in valuations. Design/methodology/approach – The method has been to review the literature on obsolescence to examine the main causes and whether...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review what is known about property cycles following the financial crisis of 2008. Design/methodology/approach – The method is to review the literature on property cycles published since the 1930s, to examine the extent to which endogenous causes...

Purpose - The article examines to what extent there are still transition factors influencing the property markets in the former Communist countries. When transition began over 20 years ago, there were clear differences from market economies as a direct consequence of their history in terms of...

Purpose – The article aims to examine why residential property price indices (RPPI) are important, particularly in the European Union (EU) with its highly integrated financial system and examines the problems in developing a pan-European price index that aggregates the indices of different...