One simple question - why people buy houses - is perhaps one of the most recurring and intriguing themes on research surface in housing. In the US, nearly two-thirds of the population owns houses (Tracy and Schneider (2001)). Optimal decision-making entails efficient risk management or hedging...

An increasing amount of research has been devoted to internet search query data and its application to predict a broad variety of indicators such as stock/property markets, unemployment or flu infections.This paper aims to investigate whether changes in internet queries can be used to formulate...

This thesis advises on the optimal index construction technique on behalf of the commercial real estate broker organisation Dynamis in the Netherlands. The database contains 1993 rent-renewals in fifteen years of brokerage from 1984 to 1998. Out of the plethora of indices available in the real...

This paper aims to examine the issue of economic diversification in the context of the office markets in New York and London. These two markets are two of the most liquid office markets and attract a large degree of international investment. However, both cities are key financial service centres...

Several studies have analyzed the role of real estate in a multi asset portfolio, but little work has been done on how to formulate real estate strategies within the context of a multi asset portfolio. An unconstrained real estate strategy needs to take into account the impact of leverage as...

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The valuation of property in close proximity to mine shafts has become increasingly difficult with the introduction of the 20 metre rule by the Law Society in 1991 and with mortgage lenders being more aware of the risks involved in property lending. Chartered surveyors use the Red Book as a...

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