members only – Professor Graham Squires

Towards Financial Risk and Housing Policy Trends

Institutions providing access to housing in all tenures have become further entrenched and exposed to financial risk. Literature on housing policy trends and financial risk

Resilience and housing markets: Who is it really for?

Ten years after the Global Financial Crisis, this research examines how resilience theory and rhetoric relating to the economy and housing markets has been translated into policy and

Home affordability declines in most New Zealand regions

The latest Massey University Home Affordability Report shows most regions of New Zealand have declined in affordability over the most

Central Otago Lakes has now Surpassed Auckland as the Most Unaffordable Region in New Zealand

The Massey Home Affordability Index takes into account the cost of borrowing as well as house prices and wage levels. This March quarter has seen

Rising House Prices Still Drive Housing Affordability Metrics

The Massey Affordability Index takes into account the cost of borrowing as well as house prices and wage levels. This December quarter has seen a

Financing infrastructure development: time to unshackle the bonds?

It is important to consider the merits of using projects bonds to finance infrastructure investment projects – in particular, the pricing of such bonds and the level

Innovative real estate development finance – evidence from Europe

This research provides an insight into large-scale real estate projects in Europe and how they are using

Methods and models for international comparative real estate development

Real estate development is a significant factor in planning the built environment. It shapes

Dysfunctional Neighbourhoods Exist: More Urban Regeneration Needed

Neighbourhoods within area-based initiatives that are engaged with regeneration and renewal often experience difficulties of poverty, disadvantage

The difference between property bonds and leases – and the consequences for healthcare.

There are some 487,000 places in long-stay residential care and nursing homes in the UK representing an

Innovative Development Finance in Europe

A critical review and analysis of innovative financial instruments for real estate development in Europe will be useful to EU and European national policy makers

Lessons in finance bonding for affordable housing

Can finance bonding be centred more on affordable housing as well as infrastructure? Some interesting nuances and lessons can be drawn when using a Tax Increment

Is Building Heritage in Enterprise Zones The Latest Threat or Opportunity?

In considering heritage for buildings within Enterprise Zones, the central premise has been focusing on economic growth, with less thought given to the wider structural and cultural

Returning to Rousseau – Is there a Contract Between Citizen and State?

New forms of governance, conditional approaches to public service access, and initiatives to engage citizens in taking on new responsibilities

A housing numbers game? The new housing quality design challenge

The last 15 years has seen significant changes in the location, type, delivery and design of urban

Future financing cities through planning and development

It is important to improve understanding of how cities can be better financed to meet challenges over the short and long-term; be they economic, social

Urban water economics – putting a value, price, and cost on natural resources

Environmental resource issues involving water need to consider third-party external costs (and benefits) – water pollution being one example. Natural resource economics can be applied to this issue and set in

Motivations for energy efficiency refurbishment

The existing housing stock needs substantial adaptation to meet national and international carbon reduction targets. The largest proportion

Should developers pay for public goods and services ? The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

If the public purse is being squeezed we should start thinking about whether private resources should be used to fund public goods and services. When

Lessons need to be learned from Enterprise Zones and Empowerment Zones

There is a need to learn lessons when using spatially targeted fiscal experiments if intervention is to generate wider developmental benefit. For Enterprise Zone concept