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The influence of physical attributes on the price of land: the case of the province of Talca, Chile.

Javier L. Troncoso    
Medardo Aguirre    
Paula Manriquez    
Varinia Labarra    
Yony Ormazábal    

Resumen

This study aims at estimating the percent impact on the price of farmland of the following physical attributes: size, soil quality, water rights, connectivity and location. To this effect, all the farm sales occurred in the province of Talca between 2003 and 2006 were examined, directly from the corresponding title deeds, at the Conservador de Bienes Raíces (Property Register) of Talca, obtaining thus a total of 92 observations. Subsequently, a linear function was estimated, with price per hectare as the dependent variable and the physical attributes listed above, as explanatory variables. Analysis showed that the most influential variable is location (i.e. county) and in a very minor degree, connectivity (i.e. distance to the nearest paved road), water rights, soil quality and size. Talca is the preferred county, as location in other counties has negative impacts on price. Size and connectivity have negative impacts, while water rights and soil quality have positive impacts on price.  El objetivo general de este estudio fue estimar el impacto en el precio de la tierra de los siguientes atributos físicos: tamaño del predio, comuna, distancia a camino pavimentado, cantidad de agua disponible y calidad de los suelos. Para alcanzar los objetivos señalados se acudió al Conservador de Bienes Raíces y al Archivo Judicial de Talca, donde se analizaron las transacciones de tierra ocurridas en la provincia entre 2003 y 2006, las que totalizan 92 casos. Se ajustó una función lineal con el precio como variable dependiente y los atributos ya indicados, como variables independientes. Las conclusiones del estudio fueron las siguientes: La variable más influyentes en el precio de la tierra es la comuna y, en mucho menor grado, la distancia a camino pavimentado, cantidad de agua, superficie total y calidad de suelos. Todas las comunas distintas de Talca tienen impactos negativos sobre el precio, lo que sugiere que los predios de la comuna de Talca son preferidos a los de otras comunas. El tamaño del predio y la distancia a camino pavimentado tienen un impacto negativo sobre el precio por hectárea. La cantidad de agua de riego y la calidad de suelos impactan positivamente sobre el precio.

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