Plot acquisition for self-build housing

The value of formal titles to ownership in residential property transactions: Evidence from Kinondoni municipality Tanzania

“…"Ineffective occupation" may however, be motivated by a guaranteed title to ownership. In formalised settlements, transaction failure risk tend to be lower but most land purchases goes into the hand of a few powerful and well connected individuals and speculation tend to dominates (Fekade, 2000;Rath & and Routray, 1997;Yonder, 1987;Payne, 1996). As long as the more connected are a certain class (i.e.…”

“…and the redistributed consequences arising from diversities in population, growth rate and construction cost across settlements within the same city (Tinsley, 1993;Hansen & Skak, 2008); variation in housing types (Takeuchi, Cropper, & Bento, 2006); relative proximity to physical and social networks, workplaces and the CBD (Rath & and Routray, 1997); neighbourhood and housing services, poor sanitation and pressures on schools (Tinsley, 1993;Manaster, 1968;Penrose, de Castro, Werema, & Ryan, 2010;Rose, 2006;Field, 2003) and lot size (Friedman, Jimenez, & Mayo, 1988). Other factors for utility differences may include original land access modality (Durand-Lasserve, Durand-Lasserve, & Selod, 2013), gender of household head since female household head often engender less transfer uncertainty (Lanjouw & Levy, 1998), type of employment, household size, duration of residency and education level (Friedman, Jimenez, & Mayo, 1988).…”

Intra-urban residential mobility and tenants' workplace choices in Kinondoni municipality

“…Factors such as neighbourhood characteristics i.e. proximity to market (shopping centres), availability of public transport, proximity to close friends and whether there are good community facilities such as proximity to water points, roads, footpaths local market, and bus stop have been observed to be highly important when searching for a house (Limbumba, 2010;Rath & Routray, 1997;Young & Flacke, 2010). Households tend to avoid such things as flood prone areas, steep slopes, and swamps.…”

The value of formal titles to land in residential property transactions

“…"Ineffective occupation" may however, be motivated by a guaranteed title to ownership. In formalised settlements, transaction failure risk tend to be lower but most land purchases goes into the hand of a few powerful and well connected individuals and speculation tend to dominates (Fekade, 2000;Rath & and Routray, 1997;Yonder, 1987;Payne, 1996). As long as the more connected are a certain class (i.e.…”

“…and the redistributed consequences arising from diversities in population, growth rate and construction cost across settlements within the same city (Tinsley, 1993;Hansen & Skak, 2008); variation in housing types (Takeuchi, Cropper, & Bento, 2006); relative proximity to physical and social networks, workplaces and the CBD (Rath & and Routray, 1997); neighbourhood and housing services, poor sanitation and pressures on schools (Tinsley, 1993;Manaster, 1968;Penrose, de Castro, Werema, & Ryan, 2010;Rose, 2006;Field, 2003) and lot size (Friedman, Jimenez, & Mayo, 1988). Other factors for utility differences may include original land access modality (Durand-Lasserve, Durand-Lasserve, & Selod, 2013), gender of household head since female household head often engender less transfer uncertainty (Lanjouw & Levy, 1998), type of employment, household size, duration of residency and education level (Friedman, Jimenez, & Mayo, 1988).…”