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Does it Pay to Escape Herding Behaviour in the Housing Market?

Real Estate Management and Valuation
Volume 33 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/remav-2025-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5289
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Language: English
Page range: 123 - 134
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 3, 2025
Published on: Mar 4, 2025
Published by: Real Estate Management and Valuation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
behavioural economics,
house purchase decisions,
alternatives,
rental market
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other

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