The microstructure of housing markets: Search, bargaining, and brokerage

L Han, WC Strange - Handbook of regional and urban economics, 2015 - Elsevier
This chapter surveys the literature on the microstructure of housing markets. It considers one-
sided search, random matching, and directed search models. It also examines the …

Usurping double-ending fraud in real estate transactions via blockchain technology

A Mashatan, V Lemieux, SHM Lee, P Szufel… - Journal of Database …, 2021 - igi-global.com
This paper discusses the problem of double-ending fraud in real estate transactions–a type
of transactional fraud wherein agents handling real estate transactions unfairly benefit (eg …

Market distortions with collusion of agents

Z Lin, Y Liu, J Xie - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigate housing market distortions with the collusion of agents. The agency problem
where agents sell clients' houses with price discounts while selling their own homes with …

Price signals and uncertainty in commercial real estate transactions

M Cypher, SMK Price, S Robinson… - The Journal of Real Estate …, 2018 - Springer
Using a sample of CCIM designees and candidates in an experimental setting, this study
examines the impact of broker signaling in commercial real estate transactions. It also …

Competing selling strategies in the housing market

P Cheng, Z Lin, Y Liu - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2021 - Springer
Due to the heterogeneous nature of real estate assets, housing market is characterized by a
sequential search and seller's optimal strategies. This paper provides a side-by-side …

Differential selling strategies between investors and consumers: evidence from the Chinese housing market

KK Deng, J Chen, Z Lin, X Yang - Journal of Real Estate Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated how real estate selling behaviors and transaction outcomes vary with
sellers' motivations. By exploring a unique dataset of residential sales in Beijing, China, we …

Why do buyers pay different prices for comparable products? A structural approach on the housing market

RB Siebert, MJ Seiler - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2022 - Springer
We focus on the housing market and examine why nonlocal home buyers pay 12% more for
houses than local home buyers. We established a database on the residential housing …

A theoretical development of agent specificity

SD Kim, AT Carswell - Housing and Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study is a short research note that sets the theoretical foundation of an agent's
contribution to a real estate sale transaction. We argue that an agent's contribution with …

Market Strength and Brokerage Choice in Residential Housing

X Deng, Z Li, MJ Seiler, H Sun - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and …, 2024 - Springer
This study develops a theoretical model examining the relation between housing market
strength and brokerage choice. Our model shows that although internal transactions (where …

The Value of Clean Air: Evidence from Chinese Housing Markets

L Zhou, J Fan, Z Lin - Journal of Real Estate Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper studies the value of clean air by analyzing the effect of China's clean air policy.
By exploiting the cross-city variation in the timing of policy implementation and using a panel …