The impact of flooding on the price of residential property: A transactional analysis of the UK market

Housing Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-356

  Lamond, Jessica ^a   Proverbs, David ^a   Hammond, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood events; Flood risk; Housing and environment; Housing market; Property valuation; Repeat sales

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; VALUATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951780771     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673031003711543     Document Type: Article

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