In the opinion of practicioners real estate risk is determined by three factors: the location, the location and the location of the property. At the one hand, this leads to systematically neglecting other important groups of risks in real estate companies. On the other hand, nowadays scientific...

The importance of real estate risk management has increased recently since formerly public-owned housing companies try to act more professionally and Basel II has imposed new requirements on the credit grantors who pass them on. Therefore many companies already have established a risk management...

The real estate sector has to increase its efforts to contribute to a sustainable development. This concerns primarily energy efficiency and the CO2 emission of the buildings, as well as secondary aspects like healthy living, a considerate use of natural resources during construction and...

To reach their corporate goals housing companies have to recognise, assess and control risks both on a strategic and on an operative level, and to make use of the chances offered, respectively. This is the general purpose of risk and portfolio management. The overall risk of real estate is...

A constantly rising importance of active risk management can be observed with regard to housing companies. Even small and medium-sized enterprises acting locally will not be able to withstand this trend. Due to the long life cycle of property assets it is particularly important that the risk...

In der Immobilienwirtschaft hat das Risikomanagement erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Eine Vielzahl wissenschaftlicher Beiträge beleuchtet das Thema aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. Als Beitrag zur Risikoanalyse wird zunächst eine systematische Sammlung relevanter Risiken und Risikobegriffe...