Introduction -- Applied econometric models in international housing markets : theories and applications -- Risk averse real estate entrepreneurs in mainland China : a probit model approach -- Forecasting real estate stocks prices in Hong Kong : a state space model approach -- Market sentiment and property prices in Hong Kong : a state space model approach -- Superstitious and Hong Kong housing prices : a hedonic pricing approach -- Negative environmental externalities and housing price : a hedonic model approach -- The impact of subprime financial crisis on Germany and Norway real estate market : l1 -- Chow test and quantile regression approach -- Housing prices and external shocks : impact on South Africa and Czech Republic's housing prices : a vector error correction model and impulse response functions approach -- Factors which drive the ups and downs of housing prices in Canada : a Cobb: Douglass approach -- An econometric analysis on reits cycles in Hong Kong, Japan, the US and the UK -- Conclusion: should the mainstream economists neglect and undermine real estate economics? : the "wh-" questions in international housing markets, macro-economy and econometric models context.