Land and Housing Transactions in Tanzania: an Evaluation of Title Risk Vulnerabilities in Kinondoni Municipality Dar es Salaam

Alananga, Samwel; Mwasumbi, Agnes Nkundwe

doi:10.1007/s12132-019-09363-7

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“…The Dar es Salaam property market is rarely mentioned in scholarly literature as regards house prices, but there are on-going market operations such as selling and buying houses (Alananga and Mwasumbi, 2019). There is no developed house price index, although recent research has shown that the market is not random and that there is a possibility to have such an index in place (Nyanda and Muyingo, 2023).…”

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The effect of proximity and spatial dependence on the house price index for Dar es Salaam

Nyanda

2023

IJHMA

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Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of proximity and spatial dependence on the house price index for the nascent market Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Despite the ongoing housing market transactions, there is no single house price index that takes into account proximity and spatial dependence. The proximity considerations in question are proximal to arterial roads, public hospitals, an airport and food markets. Previous studies on sub-Saharan Africa have focused on the ordinary least squares (OLS)-based hedonic model for the index and ignored spatial and proximity considerations. Design/methodology/approach Using the OLS and spatial econometric approach, the paper tests for the significance of the two effects – proximity and spatial dependence in the hedonic price model with year dummy variables from 2010 to 2019. The paper then compares the three indices in the following configurations: without the two effects, with proximity factors only, and with both effects, i.e. proximity and spatial dependence. Findings The inclusion of proximity factors and spatial dependence – spatial autocorrelation – seems to improve the hedonic price model but does not significantly improve the house price index. However, further research should be called for on account of the nascent nature of the market. Originality/value The paper brings new knowledge by demonstrating that it may not be necessary to take into account proximity factors and spatial dependence for the Dar es Salaam house price index.

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The effect of proximity and spatial dependence on the house price index for Dar es Salaam

Nyanda

2023

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Institutional transition: Social cohesion and demand for land titles in urban Tanzania

Manara

2025

World Development

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Land and Housing Transactions in Tanzania: an Evaluation of Title Risk Vulnerabilities in Kinondoni Municipality Dar es Salaam

Cited by 2 publications

References 34 publications

The effect of proximity and spatial dependence on the house price index for Dar es Salaam

The effect of proximity and spatial dependence on the house price index for Dar es Salaam

Institutional transition: Social cohesion and demand for land titles in urban Tanzania

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