Economics, Real Estate and the Supply of Land.

The book draws together the economic literature relating to the supply of land for development. The standard view appears to be that the owners of land have no interest other than to allow their land to be used for the activity which would yield the highest income. But in reality this is not so and...

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Main Author: Evans, Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
Series:Real Estate Issues.
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Table of Contents:
  • Economics, Real Estate and the Supply of Land; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Market for Land and Property; 2 Land Values, Rents and Demand; 3 Coping with Changes in Demand; 4 How Efficient is the Property Market?; 5 Market Inefficiency: Causes and Consequences; 6 The Supply of Land for a Particular Use: Speculation and Uncertainty; 7 The Supply of Land for a Particular Use: Occupier Performances and Residential Attachment; 8 The Ownership of Land and Change in its Use; 9 Land Ownership, Politics and Society; 10 Ownership and Control: Monopoly; 11 Ownership and Control: Minimum Rents.
  • 12 Information, Uncertainty and the Property Market13 Land Availability and Land Banking; 14 Contiguity: Site Assembly; 15 Contiguity: Compulsory Purchase and the Scale of Development; 16 Contiguity: Land Reallocation and the Price of Land; 17 The Taxation of Land and Development Gains; 18 Annual Taxation and the Nationalisation of Land; 19 Conclusion: Themes and Changes in Perception; References; Index.