BUSINESS AND INFORMAL NETWORKS IN THE PROPERTY MARKET OF SANTIAGO DE CHILE

This paper discusses the importance of networks in real estate and spatial effects, about which there is little research. The conceptual basis of this study consists of theories of power and networks, pointing to the decision analysis with high spatial relevance. Through two complementary methodologies analyze the key stakeholders, network characteristics, exercise and power resources in the dynamic real estate sector of Santiago de Chile. The findings of this study provide in the direction of a deeper understanding of differing spatial structures of cities. They identify different types of networks which are characterized by different links, resources, and biography. We demonstrate the importance of networks in the market and urban governance processes which coexists with the unstable feature of power and negotiation processes or n.