Landscaping attributes and property buyers' profiles: Their joint effect on house prices

Housing Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 945-964

  des Rosiers, François ^a   Thériault, Marius ^a   Kestens, Yan ^b   Villeneuve, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hedonic modelling; House prices; Landscaping

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING MARKET; LANDSCAPE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRICE DYNAMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 35348842627     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030701608183     Document Type: Article

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