Challenges facing housing affordability in Beijing in the twenty-first century

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-287

  Mengjie, Liu ^a   Reed, Richard ^b   wu, Hao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Government policy; Housing; Property finance; Real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099117     PISSN: 17538270     EISSN: 17538289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538270810895114     Document Type: Article

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