European Urban Land Property Markets

"Specially commissioned for the European Urban Land and Property Markets series, this volume on Sweden follows the structure and approach of its companion volumes. It will meet the growing demand for an understanding of the urban land and property markets in Sweden, whose property industry is active throughout Europe and is of considerable interest in view of the enlargement of the European Union to incorporate Sweden and Finland. The book offers detailed accounts of the policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks of urban land and property markets in Sweden, explaining how the markets operate and interact with the planning systems. It also incorporates a review of the second-home market, which is particularly well developed in Sweden. Fully detailed case studies are included to illustrate land development issues and the processes of purchase and sale of properties."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Originally published in 1994, Urban Land and Property Markets in the United Kingdom, adopts a perspective that encompasses the distinctive nature of the legal framework, land law, property market and procedures of Scotland, England and Wales. The book provides detailed accounts of the structure of property, planning and tax law governing urban land and property markets, registration procedures and transactions charges, market processes and how they all work in practice. The book is based on a report commissioned by the German Federal Government as part of a five-country study completed in 1991.

Originally published in 1996, Urban Land and Property Markets describes the intricacies of the Italian urban planning system, and the interconnections between the property sector, the national economy, and recent historical developments, including the new challenges facing Italy after the early 1990s collapse of the party system. The book’s underlying thesis is that property values are ultimately created by urban planning and investment in infrastructure. Negotiations between local government and developers focus on three basic issues: the ultimate use of urban land, the quantitative control of development via planning permissions relating to city master plans, and the nature of public investment to support growth and property values.

Originally published in 1993, Urban Land and Property Markets in Germany describes the complex network of regulations and practices governing the operation of the German markets. The book outlines the constitutional structure and framework of the social, economic and geographical context in which the markets operate. The main sections of the book address the legal structures of property, planning, and tax, the registration procedures and transaction charges, market processes, who does what, and what professional titles or other actors in the process to look out for. The book also looks at the development of land and property markets, as one of the most intractable problems faced by post-communist regimes of eastern Europe.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the interaction between the planning systems and property markets in 17 key European cities.

This title is one of a series, European Urban Land and Property Markets, which sets out in great detail the way in which urban land and property markets operate in European countries. All rules and regulations, planning procedures, land and property law and taxation are comprehensively explained. Also described in detail, are the way it all works in practice, what processes are in operation, and who the actors in the process are. The topics are illustrated by up-to-date data and detailed case studies of representative projects.