The quality of a building's architectural design can be transmitted to its price through a number of channels. There are complex interactions between the different dimensions of brand (of the architect and the building), design (aesthetic and functional) and value (exchange/owner, user/operator...

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Forecasts play an important role in real estate investment decisions supporting broad asset allocation and real estate fund strategy, including sector and geographic allocation. It is believed that through modelling and forecasting real estate markets improved real estate investment decisions...

In the UK, the movement of the ownership of investment property away from small scale local entrepreneurs to larger companies and institutions from the 1960s onwards, attracted the interest of professional advisors well versed in finance theory and practice. Investment property valuation models...

Through economic booms and slumps, the supply of housing has failed to keep pace with demand. The political solution to this problem has consistently focused on the supply side of the equation. The speed of the economic downturn in 2007/8 left many developers with extant planning permissions for...

This paper analyses developments in the growth and configuration of the institutional savings markets within the European Union. The paper discusses the changing socio-economic context in which investment services within the EU are being delivered. The is followed by an examination of drivers of...

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There is a longstanding body of literature that discusses the potential for clients to influence the outcome of the property appraisal process. In the market downturn of 2007-9, it is clear from a number of practitioner conferences and articles that some market participants such as investment...

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In the UK, the financial viability of real estate development has become increasingly central to planning policy formation and implementation. As the range of users that relies on viability appraisals has widened considerably, viability modelling has become increasingly contested and the...