Purpose

This paper explores the relevance of inter-market research to improving knowledge in property markets. It focuses on Nigeria's emergent property market which JLL (2018) suggests is information challenged. Given the country's lack of property data management, it is posited that inter-market studies can help to improve information supply and market knowledge. Inter-market research in Nigeria is compared with the UK's established market where such research is a key information source.

Design/methodology/approach

An online database search was used to collate published intra-market and inter-market research on Nigeria's property market between 2009 and 2019. The inter-market research were thereafter examined as to volume and scope (geographical and thematic) and compared with the UK's.

Findings

Relative to the UK, the volume as well as scope (geographical and thematic) of inter-market research in Nigeria are respectively far lower and narrower, thereby producing less information overall. Only a few Nigerian studies provide insights of two or more local markets. There is little or no research on many important market issues and other urban markets in the system. This suggests that inter-market research is relatively undeveloped in Nigeria.

Research limitations/implications

The online search approach used to assemble extant research in the absence of a research repository may have resulted in the omission of some inter-market research undertaken between 2009 and 2019 if these were not published online.

Practical implications

The dearth of inter-market research in Nigeria suggests an inadequately researched market. This limits market information, market knowledge, suggests a low market competitiveness with implications for development in view of the role of property in the modern economy.

Originality/value

In view of the little attention given to inter-market research in Nigeria, this study draws attention to its potential for improving market knowledge by the production of information which has a wider market relevance.

中文翻译：

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跨市场研究与房地产市场知识可及性的相关性：来自英国的尼日利亚经验教训

目的

本文探讨了跨市场研究与提高房地产市场知识的相关性。它侧重于尼日利亚的新兴房地产市场，仲量联行 (2018) 认为该市场受到信息挑战。鉴于该国缺乏财产数据管理，人们认为跨市场研究有助于改善信息供应和市场知识。尼日利亚的跨市场研究与英国的成熟市场进行了比较，在英国，此类研究是关键信息来源。

设计/方法/方法

使用在线数据库搜索来整理 2009 年至 2019 年间已发布的关于尼日利亚房地产市场的市场内和市场间研究。此后检查了市场间研究的数量和范围（地理和主题），并与英国进行了比较。

发现

相对于英国，尼日利亚的跨市场研究的数量和范围（地理和主题）分别低得多和窄，因此总体上产生的信息较少。只有少数尼日利亚研究提供了对两个或多个当地市场的见解。对系统中许多重要的市场问题和其他城市市场的研究很少或根本没有。这表明尼日利亚的市场间研究相对不发达。

研究限制/影响

在没有研究资料库的情况下，用于收集现有研究的在线搜索方法可能会导致遗漏 2009 年至 2019 年期间进行的一些市场间研究，如果这些研究没有在线发布的话。

实际影响

尼日利亚缺乏跨市场研究表明市场研究不足。鉴于财产在现代经济中的作用，这限制了市场信息、市场知识，表明市场竞争力低，对发展有影响。

原创性/价值

鉴于尼日利亚对跨市场研究的关注很少，本研究提请注意其通过生产具有更广泛市场相关性的信息来提高市场知识的潜力。