TY - BOOK AU - Kis,Szilárd AU - Balogh,Istvan TI - Housing, housing costs and mortgages: trends, impact and prediction T2 - Housing issues, laws and programs SN - 9781611225068 AV - HD7287.55 U1 - 333.33/823 22 PY - 2010///] CY - New York PB - Nova Science Publishers, Inc. KW - Housing KW - Finance KW - Mortgages KW - Home ownership KW - Costs KW - Logement KW - Finances KW - Hypothèques KW - mortgages KW - aat KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Real Estate KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; HOUSING, HOUSING COSTS AND MORTGAGES: TRENDS, IMPACT AND PREDICTION ; HOUSING, HOUSING COSTS AND MORTGAGES: TRENDS, IMPACT AND PREDICTION ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; 'THE CREDIT CRUNCH AND MORTGAGEFRAUD -- TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?'A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE POLICIESADOPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAND THE UNITED KINGDOM; Abstract; Mortgage Fraud -- An Introduction; Mortgage Fraud and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Part I. The United States of America; Part II. The United Kingdom; The Financial Services Authority and Mortgage Fraud; Risked Based Policy towards Financial Crime; Rule Making Powers; Enforcement PowersIntermediary Fraud Initiative; Conclusion; VALUATION OF THE IMPACTS OF HOUSINGFINANCIAL CRISIS ON LOCAL SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT; Abstract; Introduction; Modified Urban Planning; Optimization Model for Urban Planning; Area and Crop Selection; Optimization Model Overview; Types of Impacts; Methods for Valuation of the Crops' Impacts; Methods for Evaluating the Existence of each Impact by Crop; Methods for Economic Valuation of each Impact; Results; Types of Impacts for Crops by Population Type; Positive Impacts; Noise Reduction; Background; The Impact of Plants on Noise ReductionEconomic Valuation of Noise Reduction; Results; Temperature Reduction; Background; The Impact of Plants on Temperature Reduction; Economic Valuation of Temperature Reduction; Results; Scenic Value; Application to Crop Cultivation in Urban Areas; Valuation of the Scenic Benefit from Agricultural Crops; Carbon Sequestration; Summary of Public Benefits from Agricultural Crops; Negative Environmental Impacts; Combination of all Social and Environmental Impacts; Conclusion; References; EFFECTS OF BLACKLISTING ON HOUSING PRICES:AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN HONG KONG; AbstractIntroduction; Theoretical Framework on Housing Value Diminishmentby Blacklisting; Relationship between Property Condition and Property Value; Self-protection Behaviours in the Housing Market; Building Condition and Information Asymmetry; Impacts of Information Release on Housing Market; Methodology and Data; Model Specification; Descriptions of the Data; Analysis Results; Findings on the Control Variables; Findings on the Public Information Variables; Implications of the Results and Discussion; Implications of the Results; Limitations of the Study; Conclusion; Acknowledgment UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=340183 ER -