Abstract
Real estate markets function efficiently when driven by information regimes in which legitimate information corresponds with information that must count in market decisions. Where there are mismatches between legitimate information and information that must count, gaps naturally emerge in the information order. If the conditions for the creation and widening of such gaps are not removed, tenure insecurity, real estate transaction constraints and social costs tend to be heightened. This article presents a view of the conditions that have created information gaps in the Ghanaian real estate economy together with their allied tenure insecurity and social costs. Propositions for alleviating these information gaps are consequently proffered. (Routledge)Citation
Urban Policy and Research, 24(3): 391-408Publisher
Routledge (Taylor & Francis)Journal
Urban Policy and ResearchType
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
0811114614767244
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/08111140600877040