The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob

This main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between macroeconomic variables towards housing price in Malaysia. This paper examines empirically whether the increasing trend in the Malaysian housing price is related to changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation rate and unem...

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Main Author: Yaakob, Nurul Ain
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2015
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27027/
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description This main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between macroeconomic variables towards housing price in Malaysia. This paper examines empirically whether the increasing trend in the Malaysian housing price is related to changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation rate and unemployment rate. Over the past few years, the house price of Malaysia has experienced significant price expansion. The study explores the relationship between the house price and the independent variables for 15 years starting Q1 2000 to Q3 2014 using 60 secondary data of each variables. In the process of findings there are few types of analysis were tested using Eviews Version 7.0, such as simple linear regression analysis. The result indicates that there are significantly related to house price. The paper is useful for investors, speculators, policies makers and buyers to know which factors to account for in housing investment decision. This paper can also serve as a guide for the government in stabilizing the residential housing price in Malaysia.
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spelling uitm-270272020-04-08T13:17:43Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27027/ The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob Yaakob, Nurul Ain Macroeconomics Price Housing This main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between macroeconomic variables towards housing price in Malaysia. This paper examines empirically whether the increasing trend in the Malaysian housing price is related to changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation rate and unemployment rate. Over the past few years, the house price of Malaysia has experienced significant price expansion. The study explores the relationship between the house price and the independent variables for 15 years starting Q1 2000 to Q3 2014 using 60 secondary data of each variables. In the process of findings there are few types of analysis were tested using Eviews Version 7.0, such as simple linear regression analysis. The result indicates that there are significantly related to house price. The paper is useful for investors, speculators, policies makers and buyers to know which factors to account for in housing investment decision. This paper can also serve as a guide for the government in stabilizing the residential housing price in Malaysia. Faculty of Business and Management 2015 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27027/1/PPb_NURUL%20AIN%20YAAKOB%20BM%20M%2015_5.pdf Yaakob, Nurul Ain (2015) The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob. (2015) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/27027.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Macroeconomics
Price
Housing
Yaakob, Nurul Ain
The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob
title The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob
title_full The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob
title_fullStr The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob
title_short The relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in Malaysia / Nurul Ain Yaakob
title_sort relationship between macroeconomic factors towards housing prices in malaysia / nurul ain yaakob
topic Macroeconomics
Price
Housing
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27027/