The demand for investment for any asset including houses and apartments depends on a relative yield-price ratio. In an equilibrium structure, the yield-price ratio is shown to depend explicitly on interest rates, capital gains and the loan-to-value ratio. For U.S. quarterly data from 1986 to...

Because landlords assume all of the operating expense risk, rents for gross leases exceed those for net leases. The markup, or spread, for gross leases varies between properties and across markets. Specifically, the markup is expected to increase with the cost of real estate services at the...

The value of senior apartments is estimated relative to traditional apartments in 34 markets in the United States. In some markets, senior apartments transact at higher prices than predicted; in others, at a discount. Market differences in the valuation of senior apartments are examined. Several...