An empirical study of the effects of land supply and lease conditions on the housing market: A case of Hong Kong

Property Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-154

  Chi man Hui, Eddie ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Housing; Land; Property marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077462     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470410532402     Document Type: Article

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