Housing valuation of different towns using the hedonic model: A case of Faisalabad city, Pakistan

Habitat International

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 240-249

  Shabana, ^a   Ali, Ghaffar ^a   Bashir, Muhammad Khalid ^a   Ali, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Faisalabad; Hedonic price model; Housing valuation; Non market valuation; Semi log; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FAISALABAD; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

EID: 84941044577     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.036     Document Type: Article

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