| Description |
210 p.: ill, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The microstructures of housing markets / Susan J. Smith and Moira Munro -- Microeconomic perspective on the structure and operation of local housing markets / Craig Watkins -- Understanding neighbourhood housing markets: regional context, disequilibrium, sub-markets and supply / Glen Bramley, Chris Leishman and David Watkins -- "Doing deals on the house" in a "post-welfare" society: evidence of micro-market practices from Britain and the USA / Helen Jarvis -- Between investment, asset and use: the meanings of ownership in Japan / Richard Ronald -- Knowing the market? Understanding and performing York's housing / Alison Wallace -- Influences and emotions: exploring family decision-making processes when buying a house / Deborah Levy, Laurence Murphy and Christina K.C. Lee -- The effect of consumers' expectations in a booming housing market: space-time patterns in the Netherlands, 1999-2000 / Jan Rouwendal and Simonetta Longhi -- Rhetoric in the language of real estate marketing / Gwilym Pryce and Sarah Oates -- Calculated affection? Charting the complex economy of home purchase / Moira Munro and Susan J. Smith. |
| Subject |
Housing -- Finance
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Home ownership
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House buying
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House selling
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| Added Author |
Smith, Susan
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Munro, Moira
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| ISBN |
9780415478069 |
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0415478065 |
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