Structural and temporal changes in the housing market and hedonic housing price indices: A case of the previously owned condominium market in the Tokyo metropolitan area

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-368

  Shimizu, Chihiro ^a   Takatsuji, Hideoki ^a   Ono, Hiroya ^a   Nishimura, Kiyohiko G ^b  

^a REITAKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANK OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Housing; Indexing; Japan; Macroeconomics; Prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170702     PISSN: 17538270     EISSN: 17538289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538271011080655     Document Type: Article

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