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Performing (housing) markets

Smith, S.J.; Munro, M.; Christie, H.

Authors

S.J. Smith

M. Munro

H. Christie



Abstract

This paper offers an interpretation of how housing markets work which complements more traditional economic approaches. Building on a wider movement within cultural economy and economic sociology, it considers how (housing) markets are variously performed in the power-filled negotiations of buyers, sellers and market professionals. This is part of a larger undertaking, but here the focus is particularly on the role of legal, financial and information intermediaries in shaping local cultures of property exchange. This is a social rather than economic analysis of housing markets; it is a qualitative rather than a quantitative study. It is designed to shed light on how markets are made, though it might, in the end, change the way they are modelled.

Citation

Smith, S., Munro, M., & Christie, H. (2006). Performing (housing) markets. Urban Studies, 43(1), 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980500409276

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2006
Deposit Date Jun 21, 2007
Journal Urban Studies
Print ISSN 0042-0980
Electronic ISSN 1360-063X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 43
Issue 1
Pages 81-98
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980500409276

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