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Geography

Investigating the price and housing market in Abadeh

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Hamidreza Varesi 1
Marzieh Sedaghat kish 2
1 Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
2 Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography and Planning, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
10.22034/iga.2024.710598
Abstract
Extended Abstract 
Introduction
In our country, like other developing countries, in the past few decades, the increasing concentration of the population in the cities has faced these cities with many problems, including the provision of suitable housing, and as a result, Instability in cities and surrounding areas as well (Azizi, 2014: 26). The economic changes of the country and the impact of the housing sector have caused housing to become a ubiquitous problem, of course, with varying degrees of intensity and weakness. It provides a solution (Warshi, 1380 : 186).The ups and downs of the land market and the irregular increase in house prices in Fars province have caused the real estate buying and selling market in the northernmost city of Fars, namely Abadah, to face more stagnation, so that most of the real estate consultants are either closing down or Their business is depressed. The housing market has faced a severe recession since about five years ago, after the price increase, and the decrease in the purchasing power of the applicants led to a sharp decrease in the demand in the housing market and an increase in the mortgage and rental market.
 
Methodology
The method of the present research is descriptive and analytical in terms of its purpose and in terms of its nature and descriptive method. Library method (books, articles, documents, etc.) and field survey (questionnaire) were used to collect information. The statistical population of the research is specialists and experts in the field of urban and housing, 25 of them were selected as the sample size using the two-stage Delphi technique.The validity of the questionnaire made by the researcher was confirmed by the experts of the field and university professors, and the reliability of the research data was calculated using Cronbach's alpha test of /726. The research data were analyzed using statistical tests in the form of spss software as well as multi-criteria techniques. In this context, first through theoretical research studies, the research indicators were extracted and localized and set up in the form of a questionnaire. In the next step, the questionnaire was distributed and completed among the experts in the studied area and the data was in the form of software. SPSS software was entered and analyzed using one-sample t-tests, and finally, the importance, weight, and rank of each index were determined using DEMATEL and SWARA multi-criteria techniques.
 
Results and Discussion
According to the one-sample t-tests, the current status of the effective criteria on the housing price of Abadeh city from the average base level (3) was discussed.The results show that the current situation of housing prices in all indicators is not in a favorable situation. In other words, the average value of all indicators is higher than the base limit (3). In such a way that housing price criteria with an average of 3.33 have had the greatest impact on the housing price of Abadeh city. Among the indicators affecting the price of housing in Shahr Abadeh, the economic and financial index with a final weight of 0.278 ranks first, the administrative and management index with a weight of 0.231 ranks second, and the physical-spatial index with a weight of 0.193 ranks first. Thirdly, accessibility and distance index with a weight of 0.161 ranked fourth and finally social index ranked fifth with a final weight of 0.136. Among the indicators affecting housing prices in Abadeh city, the economic and financial criterion with the value of 18.655 has the most interaction and the physical-spatial criterion with the value of
 
18.589 has the least interaction, the economic and financial criterion with the value of 1.539 is the most influential factor and Social criterion with the value of 1.541 is the most influential factor.Figure number (4) shows how the impact and interaction of effective criteria on housing prices in Abadeh city.
 
Conclusion
The sick economy of developing countries, including Iran, and the problem of inflation in these societies, have turned investment in land into one of the most profitable businesses. It is obvious that these investors and land applicants, their scope of demand is more in areas where land and housing prices are growing and inflation is high. In this regard, the present research investigates and evaluates the housing market in Abadeh city in the direction of desirable housing.
In relation to the first question of the research, is Abadeh facing high housing prices? It is possible to refer to the results of the one-sample t-test that the results of the one-sample t-test show that the current situation of housing prices in all indicators is beyond the optimal level.In other words, the average value of all indicators is higher than the base limit (3). In such a way that the housing price criteria with an average of 3.33 have had the greatest impact on the housing price of Abadeh city. The second question of the research, what factors have had an effect on the price increase in the city of Abadeh? It can be mentioned the results of Swara and Dimtel technique that the results of SWARA technique indicate that among the indicators affecting the housing price of Abadeh city, the economic and financial index with a final weight of 0.278 is in the first place, and the administrative and management index with a weight of 0.231 in the second place, physical-spatial index with a weight of 0.193 in the third place, access and distance index with a weight of 0.161 in the fourth place and finally social index with a final weight of 0.136 in the fifth place.The results of the DEMATEL technique show that among the indicators affecting housing prices in Abadeh city, the economic and financial criterion with a value of 18.655 has the highest interaction and the physical-spatial criterion with a value of 18.589 has the lowest interaction. The value of 1.539 is the most influential factor and the social criterion with the value of -1.541 is the most influential factor.
 
 
Funding
There is no funding support.
 
Authors’ Contribution
All of the authors approved the content of
the manuscript and agreed on all aspects of
the work.
 
Conflict of Interest
Authors declared no conflict of interest.
 
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to all the scientific
consultants of this paper.
 
 
 
Keywords
Expensiveness
housing market
housing prices
Abadeh city

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