Housing affordability: A conceptual overview for house price index

• Main Authors: Suhaida M.S., Tawil N.M., Hamzah N., Che-Ani A.I., Basri H., Yuzainee M.Y.
• Other Authors: 36807225100
• Format: Conference paper
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Housing affordability; Measures; Price-income ratio; Houses; House prices; Malaysia; Costs

Housing affordability research has been carried out by many as it is one of the key measures for a country's socio-economy stability. This research is carried out to identify possible application of affordability measures including Price-Income Ratio (PIR) for measurement of first owned medium cost landed-house by the middle-income group in Malaysia. It is hoped that it could be seen as able to contribute to the ground knowledge and understanding on housing affordability for the middle-income group and variables that influenced the medium income group's ability to own first medium-cost houses in Malaysia. � 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.