We present a comparative study of perceptions concerning the environmental quality of residential real estate in Switzerland based on empirical data collected in three different linguistic regions. Responses by homeowners in the Geneva, Zurich and Lugano areas to questionnaires involving...

This study investigates the short term inflation hedging characteristics of U.K. real estate compared to other U.K. investments.

Cet article a pour but principal de discuter les caracteristiques du benchmarking immobilier et ses conditions d'application.

In this paper, cluser analytic techniques are used to examine dimentions of diversification in UK commercial real estate markets.

The aim of this article is to investigate locational attributes of commercial real estate which are defined in terms of a collection of qualitative appreciations by office users in the Geneva region in Switzerland. The empirical analysis of these environmental quality appreciations was carried...

Une motivation importante lors de la creation d'indicateurs de prix de l'immobilier est la construction de sous-indices par region ou par quartier. Des differences dans l'evolution de ces sous-indices sont alors le reflet de modifications de l'environnement, notamment des infrastructures...

Dans un precedent article (Bender et Hoesli, 1996), les auteurs ont discute les raisons pour lesquelles il est necessaire d'evaluer periodiquement a la valeur de marche les portefeuilles immobiliers des investisseurs institutionnels. Il ressort des recherches recentes que la meilleure solution...

In this paper constant quality price indices are constructed for three categories of real estate in Geneva: Apartment building, vacant land and condominiums. We use both hedonic and repeat sales models to estimate the rate of price change on these three submarkets.

De nombreuses études ont montré que l'immobilier constitue un vecteur de placement très intéressant dans une optique de diversification d'un portefeuille mixte. Deux types de placements immobiliers peuvent être considérés : les placements directs et les placements indirects. Dans cet...

The aim of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the characteristics related to the environment of single-family houses in the greater Geneva Area.