Property agents, housing markets and housing services in transitional urban China

Housing Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 799-823

  Tang, Bo Sin ^a   Wong, Siu Wai ^b   Lui, Sing Cheong ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

^c Evergreen Real Estate Consultants   (China)

Author keywords

Housing transaction; Institutions; Transitional economy

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN HOUSING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33750975359     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590600917647     Document Type: Article

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