The growth of house prices in Australian capital cities: What do economic fundamentals explain?

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-238

  Otto, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; HOUSING MARKET; MORTGAGE LENDING; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SYDNEY;

EID: 34848833330     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2007.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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