An empirical analysis of Singapore households' upgrading mobility behaviour: From public homeownership to private homeownership

Habitat International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 511-525

  Tu, Yong ^a   Kwee, Lanny K ^a   Yuen, Belinda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Housing choice determinants; Housing mobility; Upgrading behaviour

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12744255417     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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