This editorial introduces a virtual special issue of Regional Studies, which surveys some the key trading zones between regional studies and real estate research. By drawing together estate-focused research previously published in journal, both clarifies past scope reflects on future potential dialogues fields, to date have broadly come four different forms: (1) variation, change dynamics throu...

The purpose of this investigation is to research the causal link between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and the housing returns (HR) in Germany. In the estimated vector autoregressive models, we test its stability and find the short-run relationship between HR and EPU is unstable. As a result, a time-varying approach (bootstrap rolling window causality test) is utilized to revisit the dynami...

In the real estate business, it is a common understanding that the value and the potential value of a property are fundamentally determined by its location. This emphasises the importance of spatial factor in decision making in real estate. A geographical information system (GIS) is undoubtedly useful in this aspect. This paper reports the development of a prototype real estate GIS (REGIS) by i...

We use a Panel Smooth Transition Regression model (PSTR) to investigate the nonlinear dynamic relationship between financial variables and REITs 1 of Japan and U.S with 3-month interest rate change as threshold variable. We discuss the relationship between explained variable of REITs return and explanatory variables (10 year bond interest rate, real estate return and stock return) within two re...

Real estate markets in Chinese cities are in transition. Advertising for new developments in these markets often reflects changing city aspirations and branding rather than environmental and social experience. This paper investigates real estate marketing as a site of potential ethical transformation of values related to new urban development. It uses Kenneth Burke’s rhetorical analysis as an a...