The Australian housing market - understanding the causes and effects of rising prices

Policy Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-590

  Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Housing market; Housing policy; Housing prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957863869     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2010.497261     Document Type: Article

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