A spatial analysis of EPCs in The Belfast Metropolitan Area housing market

Journal of Property Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 25-61

  McCord, Michael ^a   Lo, Daniel ^a   Davis, Peadar Thomas ^a   Hemphill, Lesley ^a   McCord, John ^a   Haran, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

energy performance; GWR; house prices; spatial econometrics; spatial lag model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; HOUSING MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BELFAST [BELFAST (DST)]; BELFAST [NORTHERN IRELAND]; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85075930814     PISSN: 09599916     EISSN: 14664453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09599916.2019.1697345     Document Type: Article

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