Neighborhood Street Layout and Property Value: The Interaction of Accessibility and Land Use Mix

Posted: 28 Mar 2007

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John Matthews

Georgia State University - Department of Public Administration & Urban Studies

Geoffrey K. Turnbull

Georgia State University - Department of Economics

Abstract

This paper evaluates how consumers value differences in neighborhood composition and street layout, factors not previously included in empirical studies of house value. Highly connected street patterns are important to New Urbanism. We use measures of neighborhood street connectivity and their interaction with other neighborhood attributes to evaluate how street layout affects property values. We employ two different methods of indexing street layout. Both methods show layout has a significant impact on price, but conclusions are sensitive to the method used. In pedestrian oriented neighborhoods, a more gridiron-like street pattern increases house value using one measure, but greater connectivity decreases house value using the other. In auto-oriented developments, a more gridiron-like street pattern reduces house value using either measure.

Keywords: new urbanism, space syntax, neighborhood design, housing prices

JEL Classification: R14, R29, R52

Suggested Citation

Matthews, John and Turnbull, Geoffrey K., Neighborhood Street Layout and Property Value: The Interaction of Accessibility and Land Use Mix. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=975080

John Matthews

Georgia State University - Department of Public Administration & Urban Studies ( email )

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
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United States
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Geoffrey K. Turnbull (Contact Author)

Georgia State University - Department of Economics ( email )

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United States
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