... and inferential statistical tools. Findings The authors found a significant positive relationship (0.749) between construction costs and house rents trends; both variables maintained ascending trends. Construction costs and house rents inflation rates exhibited random fluctuations with the former having...

...Benjamin Gbolahan Ekemode Purpose This study reinvestigates the short-run and long-run inflation-hedging attributes of residential property assets in the Nigerian property market, based on variations in property types and location. Design/methodology/approach Data used for this study comprised...

...Ling Hin Li; Cha Lin Ge Purpose This paper sets out to examine the inflation‐hedging ability of housing properties in Shanghai. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines both the short‐term and long‐term hedging characteristics of Shanghai residential properties against three types...

... © MCB UP Limited 1998 --> Building maintenance Costs Inflation Maintenance cost inflation set to rise Keywords Building maintenance, Costs, Inflation The annual rate of maintenance cost inflation is forecast to rise above the level of general inflation over...