Housing preferences and attribute importance among low-income consumers in Saudi Arabia

Habitat International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Opoku, Robert A ^a   Abdul Muhmin, Alhassan G ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Housing attributes: House purchase factors; Housing preferences; Low income consumers; Real estate; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; ESTHETICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RENT SEEKING; URBAN HOUSING;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 73149087458     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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