Risk transfer of presale properties and the construction of a forward property price index

Pacific Rim Property Research Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-212

  Leung, Barbara ^a   Hui, Eddie ^a   Seabrooke, Bill ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forward property market; Presale property; Risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052149933     PISSN: 14445921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14445921.2007.11104230     Document Type: Article

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