Property price indices in the Commonwealth: Construction methodologies and problems

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-54

  Kim Lum, Sau ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84993057926     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780410525135     Document Type: Review

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