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Markets and institutions in real estate and construction

By: Language: English Publication details: Oxford Blackwells 2006Description: 271p. 24cmISBN:
  • 1405110996
  • 9781405110990
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 332.6324 $2 22
Contents:
An introduction to the analysis of markets and institutions in real estate and construction -- House price cycles: evidence from recent European experience -- Improving housing markets -- Restructuring housing provision in Central and Eastern Europe -- International comparisons of estate agency/ real estate brokerage services -- Spatial reach in commercial and residential real estate brokerage -- financial services, mortgage markets and real estate brokerage: an international survey -- International differences in the housebuilding industry -- The influence of size economies and planning regulations on the housebuilding industry -- Construction and real estate professions and practices -- The distinctiveness of large construction firms -- Multi-agent governance in property-led urban regeneration
Summary: Discusses how markets in real estate and construction work, the roles firms and institutions play, and the reasons for the variant practices in the industry. Discusses why industries are organised in the way they are, and relates these characteristics to long term behaviour.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Book London Books 332.6324 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30073501

An introduction to the analysis of markets and institutions in real estate and construction -- House price cycles: evidence from recent European experience -- Improving housing markets -- Restructuring housing provision in Central and Eastern Europe -- International comparisons of estate agency/ real estate brokerage services -- Spatial reach in commercial and residential real estate brokerage -- financial services, mortgage markets and real estate brokerage: an international survey -- International differences in the housebuilding industry -- The influence of size economies and planning regulations on the housebuilding industry -- Construction and real estate professions and practices -- The distinctiveness of large construction firms -- Multi-agent governance in property-led urban regeneration

Discusses how markets in real estate and construction work, the roles firms and institutions play, and the reasons for the variant practices in the industry. Discusses why industries are organised in the way they are, and relates these characteristics to long term behaviour.