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Does the View Affect the Price of an Apartment? Cover
By: Marcin Bas  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 86 - 95
Submitted on: Nov 28, 2025
Accepted on: Dec 3, 2025
Published on: Dec 11, 2025
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