... ), where property data presents a challenge. This study, therefore, aims to examine the macroeconomic environment of house prices in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the macroeconomic nuances in the Ghanaian housing market, the authors applied the autoregressive distributed lag ( ARDL...

...Prince Boakye Frimpong; John Bosco Dramani; Frank Adusah-Poku Purpose This study aims to investigate how the quality of housing affects the survival of children under five years, using data from the 2021 Ghana Population and Housing Census. Design/methodology/approach The authors used...

... impression of housing, access to schools, commuting costs to work and terrain of the neighbourhood. Research limitations/implications This study is confined to the Wa municipality in the Upper West region of Ghana, as such may not fully represent the preferences of renters in choosing residential...

...Richmond Juvenile Ehwi; Lewis Abedi Asante; Emmanuel Kofi Gavu Purpose In Ghana, the practice of landlords demanding that renters pay rent advance (RA) of between six months and five years is well noted. Surprisingly, renters appear divided into the benefits and drawbacks of the rent advance...

...Emmanuel Kofi Gavu; Anthony Owusu-Ansah This research is one of the first attempts to empirically identify and test for submarkets existence in Ghana’s residential rental housing market. Housing Ghana Residential It can be appreciated that a well-functioning housing market...

... aims to document the major underlying forces prohibiting housing development in urban Ghana. Previous studies in Ghana have not empirically examined these constraints, but an empirical examination of these factors would help to formulate proper policies to address the housing shortage problems in Ghana...

... factors and geographical factors. The results provide insightful guidance to policymakers and practitioners on how to mitigate affordability issues within Ghana’s fledgling mortgage market. Failure to address the mortgage price affordability conundrum will place enormous pressure upon social...

...Anthony Owusu-Ansah; William Mark Adolwine; Eric Yeboah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test whether temporal aggregation matters when constructing hedonic house price indices for developing markets using Ghana as a case study. Design/methodology/approach Monthly, quarterly, semi...

...Kenneth Appiah Donkor-Hyiaman; Kenneth Nii Okai Ghartey This study aims to examine why Ghana has English legal origins (hypothesised as a legal framework that promotes financial development) but has not developed a well-functioning mortgage finance market. The authors adopt...

... benefits to demonstrate the potential of pension schemes as savings mobilization mechanisms for long-term pension-backed housing financing in Ghana. Findings – Policy wise, the paper provides some evidence to support proposals for the development of pension-backed housing finance systems in Ghana...

...Anthony Owusu-Ansah; Raymond Talinbe Abdulai Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the accuracy of the explicit time variable (ETV) and the strictly cross-sectional (SCS) hedonic models when constructing house price indices in developing markets using Ghana as a case study. Design...

...Wilfred K. Anim‐Odame; Tony Key; Simon Stevenson Purpose There is a general consensus that residential submarkets exist, but the basis upon which these are specified remains the subject of debate. The purpose of this paper is to model data on different residential locations in Ghana to show how...

...Richard Reed; Wilfred K. Anim‐Odame; Tony Key; Simon Stevenson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide technically robust indicators of housing market performance from the records held by the Ghana Land Valuation Board, through the construction of the first ever residential price and rent...