Does energy efficiency matter to home-buyers? An investigation of EPC ratings and transaction prices in England

Energy Economics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-156

  Fuerst, Franz ^a   McAllister, Patrick ^b   Nanda, Anupam ^c   Wyatt, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Hedonic model; House price; Repeat sales model

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COSTS; HOUSES; HOUSING; SALES;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HEDONIC MODEL; HEDONIC REGRESSION; HOUSE PRICES; PRICE EFFECT; REPEAT SALES; TRANSACTION PRICE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CERTIFICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; TRANSACTION COST;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84921784116     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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