Recognising the critical role of housing markets in societal well-being and urban development, our research examines policies, economic drivers, and urban dynamics to inform evidence-based decision-making for urban environments.

Research into housing markets currently addresses:

• Dynamics of housing markets in New Zealand and internationally - Housing supply forecasting, focusing on when developers decide to proceed with housing developments
• Property marketing - How different sales’ methods affect final sale price and how residential suburbs are branded in the minds of consumers, residents and agents
• Impact of housing policy change on housing markets in New Zealand - How lending and finance policies affect house prices and mortgage lender behaviour
• Housing affordability and tenure change in New Zealand and global housing markets - Including family decision making processes and the residential housing market, informal housing and residential location choice, housing pathways and health impacts
  
• The effect of externalities on residential property values - School zoning, proximity to cell phone towers, water view, natural and economic crises, tourism and sharing economy
• Incorporation of Airbnb and its influence on housing markets and neighbourhood dynamics, assessing gentrification trends as a result of short-term rentalsExamination of residential location choices, investigating the factors that influence where people decide to live within urban environments
• Urban analytics in the built environment, employing data-driven approaches to understand and predict patterns within urban housing markets
• Physical characteristics and house prices - Leaky buildings stigma, vintage effect, construction of house price index

• Dr William Cheung
• Dr Zhi Dong
• Dr Olga Filippova
• Professor Deborah Levy
• Dr Michael Rehm
• Associate Professor Edward Yiu
  

For more information please contact: Associate Professor William Cheung
Email: william.cheung@auckland.ac.nz