Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of interval measured data, rather than traditional point data, on economic variability studies. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses interval measured data to forecast the variability of future stock market changes....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to forecast variability in mortgage rates by using interval measured data and interval computing method. Design/methodology/approach – Variability (interval) forecasts generated by the interval computing are compared with lower- and upper-bound...

Large foreign acquisitions of U.S. real estate always seem to generate considerable public concern. Most recently the reaction has been to Japanese purchases, but similar reactions occurred to Arab petro-dollar purchases in the early 1970s. This study examines the impact of the buyer's...

This study addresses the relationship between cash-out and cash-in mortgage refinancings and the stock market. Liquefying home equity is the major reason for the cash-out refinancings, whereas the cash-in refinancings are primarily for an earlier mortgage payoff. This study analyses responses of...

In order to identify the major risk factors in pricing industrial stocks, this study estimates different models based on six explanatory factors: the overall stock market, size, book-to-market equity ratio, the term structure, default risk, and the unsecuritized real estate market. The results...

This study analyzes the relationship between equity and mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) stock prices by performing cointegration tests and causality tests, and estimating an error correction model. Evidence is found that a stable long-run linear relationship exists based on their...

Using quarterly housing price data, this study investigates the price relationships and the price causality between three adjacent housing markets in the Hampton Roads region in Virginia. The results of the cointegration tests indicate stable long-run equilibrium price relationships between the...

Banking firms have recently been shifting significantly larger portions of their loan portfolios into real estate. This has caused concern about the continuing economic health of banks, since changes in real estate returns potentially have a significant impact on bank default risk and...