..., results indicate emerging affordability pressures and shifting urban demand patterns. Research limitations/implications Measurement of remote work and instrument validity remain constraints; cross-country heterogeneity advises caution in generalising magnitudes. Future microdata and quasi-experimental...

... affordability and stability, catering to diverse demographic needs. Umar Lawal Dano can be contacted at: uldano@iau.edu.sa Hussain et al. (2019) studied the impact of slums on residential values in Islamabad, finding that slums negatively affect nearby property rental values...

...AbdulLateef Olanrewaju; Kai Sin Chai; Shalini Sanmargaraja; Zafarullah Nizamani; Soo Cheen Khor Purpose Housing sufficiency is a critical indicator of national development and growth. However, in most countries, housing affordability remains a significant challenge, leading to a mismatch between...

... of accommodating the social objective of providing shelter. This result is unsettling because access to adequate housing is a human right. The transformation of housing from the concept of a shelter to a tradable, money-making asset could be a major contributor to the declining housing affordability in the country...

... emerging markets. Solutions to Africa’s growing demand for affordable housing continue to be scarce, ranging from mortgage financing to outright government provision or subsidies. Consequently, slums house approximately one billion people, or one-third of the world’s urban population (UN-Habitat, 2005...

... was carried out to find the relationship between housing finance institutional contexts and finance contexts to low-income earners in the study area using SPSS Version 23 software. Findings The findings shows that the low-income earners were more concerned with the accessibility and affordability...

... articles and reports issued by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on the housing market to extract the true picture of the housing glut issue; the relative impact (effectiveness) of housing affordability, housing prices and economic growth in influencing housing glut, and how it can be overcome so that appropriate...

...DeGraft Owusu-Manu; David John Edwards; Erika Anneli Pärn; Richard Ohene Asiedu; Alex Aboagye In total, 11 variables that influence mortgage affordability were categorised within five principal components, namely, economic factors, financial factors, property characteristics, developmental...

...Maher Asal This paper aims to assess the long-run drivers and short-term dynamics of real house prices in Sweden for 1986Q1 to 2016Q4. More specifically, the author examines the extent to which real house prices are determined by affordability, demographics and asset price factors...

...Alina Delgado; Frank De Troyer The purpose of this paper is to describe the principles of a conceptual model to help developers and housing users achieve their expectations regarding quality, affordability and reasonable profits. Based on the identification of housing user’s preferences...

...Angelika Kallakmaa‐Kapsta; Ene Kolbre Purpose The purpose of this study was – first, to find out how to evaluate affordability of housing in the Estonian market and, second, to assess the regulatory framework decisions' impact on the housing market in Estonia. Design/methodology/approach...

...Paloma Taltavull; Joanna Poon; Dean Garratt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an analytical summary of UK housing policies. It aims to evaluate UK government's housing policies, before and after the publication of the Barker Review, to tackle affordability issues in the owner...

... Banks Development finance Housing supply Global financial crisis Lending criteria Affordability Before the global financial crisis (GFC) many providers of finance in Australia had growth mandates and actively pursued residential property development finance deals as a way of gaining higher...

...Paloma Taltavull; Colin Jones; Craig Watkins; David Watkins Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address both the measurement of affordability and variations in affordability between local housing market areas (HMAs). Design/methodology/approach The practical data issues that arise from...