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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Home buyers"”.
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Home buyers' purchase decision framework for Klang Valley, Malaysia
… only focused on one aspect while studying house buyers' purchase-decision. So, to overcome the problems of property overhang and low satisfaction-level, this research aims to investigate the housingpurchase factors, homebuyers' demographic, purchase decision and satisfaction. The chosen research …
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Payback Information: It's Effect on Home Buyers Regarding Energy Efficiency
… affect consumer decision making with regards to home energy efficient upgrade packages. Three different home plans were obtained from a local builder and seven different energy efficient packages were created. Using Hot2000 the heating and cooling loads were calculated for each building, with …
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The role of real estate agents and digital media to first home buyers in the North Island of New Zealand
The first home buyers' journey in the North Island of New Zealand is a complex and multifaceted process influenced by various factors, including the role of real estate agents and digital media. This research explores the role of these two factors and their impact on the decision making process of …
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Residential property values and neighborhood retail : a comparison of pedestrian and automobile oriented retail clusters
This study tests the hypothesis that home buyers pay a premium to live within walking distance of pedestrian accessible retail. To answer this question two types of retail clusters are identified in the Boston metropolitan area-pedestrian oriented and automobile oriented--and comparisons are made …
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Becoming a first-time home owner: an analysis of household life history data
… the determinants of becoming a first-time home owner through an analysis of event history data. The data, originally in the form of family and residential histories since household formation, were transformed into a yearly longitudinal form of record for each household's life and referred …
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Besting the tract home : a software-based bricolage approach to affordable custom housing
… as the overwhelmingly dominant paradigm of home building and ownership in America because it's such an efficient and therefore cost-effective system. Custom-designed housing has provable benefits over a one size-fits-all approach, but has remained unreachable for the vast majority of home …
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Housing assistance and the creation of household wealth
… begin to build household wealth through homeownership. Its core beneficiaries are households in Boston and Cambridge earning between 60% and 80% of the area median income. It also proposes an extended program to help households earning between 80% and 135% AMI purchase a home, since they …
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A sub-systems approach to small lot single-family housing
… model. In-order to achieve this goal most home buyers will have to accept a transformed version of this model in the form of small lot housin~. The housing industry on the other hand, must be very creative and innovative to incorporate the housing trends and preferences into designs that …
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Perforated encroachment: a critical re-imagining of subdivision neighbourhoods in the desert landscape of Apache Junction, Arizona
… but how we live. Today’s renters and home buyers primarily choose between living within the city or in the suburbs. Both options have not been congruent with our economic, social, and environmental needs for some time. Suburban sprawl, however, carries a more damaging effect due to the …
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Consumer attitudes to innovative housing design
… increases result directly from a shortage of homes. Buildingnew houses is the only significant way that we have of meeting increases in thedemand for homes. Both government reports and academic research identify theshortage of development land as the main cause of the shortage of …
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An analysis of the Cambridge condominium market after rent deregulation
… Cambridge as it provides attractive benefits of homeownership without the physical responsibilities of maintaining a detached single-family home. Furthermore, as it is often a less expensive form of homeownership than single-family housing, it enables moderate income, first-time home buyers to …
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A New Conceptual Automated Property Valuation Model for Residential Housing Market
… mortgage lenders, real-estates, policy-makers, home buyers and those involved in the housing industry. A tool which can predict prices is essential to the housing market. Residential properties in Victoria are re-valued manually every two years by the Department of Sustainability and …
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A technology-driven solution to disrupt the residential real estate industry of existing homes
In the past, home buyers and sellers of existing residential homes relied on real estate agents to buy and sell a home. Real estate agents are experts at fulfilling consumers' needs and often gatekeepers of vital information required to buy or sell a home. However, with more information publically …
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Residential Satisfaction and Behavioural Intentions - A Study of Private Housing in Hong Kong
… consideration for property investors and homebuyers. A pilot study with 66 residents is conducted to assess the initial questionnaire items. The final instrument is revised based on the pilot study results and the advice of eight experts from the industry. The main study consists of 403 …
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Essays in financial economics
… by lower-income areas and regions with higher home ownership concentration, for which an increase in the level of protection explains between 10% and 30% of the growth in their credit card debt. Using detailed individual data, we find no measurable increase in delinquency rates of households in …
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An empirical study of attitudes towards green urban development
… County over a decade, this study indicates that home buyers prefer to have smaller, more diffuse greenspace nearby, rather than a large, concentrated greenspace at a longer walking distance. High parcel density and diverse land use is consistently disvalued, and the premium on accessing public …