The impact of energy performance on single-family home selling prices in Sweden

Journal of European Real Estate Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-261

  Högberg, Lovisa ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy performance; Hedonic analysis; Property value; Swedish housing market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886052228     PISSN: 17539269     EISSN: 17539277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JERER-09-2012-0024     Document Type: Article

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