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This study is the first to identify whether specific individual homebuyer characteristics, such as repeat versus first-time, local versus out-of-town, individual versus joint decision-makers, and Web versus non-Web users relate to the rating of a firm’s overall service quality and whether or...
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This study utilizes tests based on ranks and signs suggested by Wright (2000), in addition to the traditional variance-ratio test, to examine the behavior of United Kingdom real estate and construction security indices. The results suggest a positive dependence in the index return series and...
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The pricing and length of time to sell single-family residential properties is a function of the interaction between …
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The ability of a financial or real asset to provide a rate of return above the rate of inflation is crucial to investors. The financial literature on the inflation-hedging effectiveness of various investments suggests that real estate acts as a hedge against inflation on a period-by-period...
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This study explores factors that affect service quality for a large residential real estate brokerage in a diverse midwestern city. It examines the extent to which overall service quality influences homebuyers to recommend the brokerage firm and to use the firm for future transactions. A Linear...
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This paper examines the rates of return for office buildings in four Texas cities to test for the presence of geographical patterns. The findings indicate that a geographical pattern does exist, both on an inter-city and intra-city basis. These results indicate a heightened emphasis on...
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This study examines various determinants of idiosyncratic risk from the perspective of un-diversified REIT investors, managers holding options, other option holders, and arbitrageurs. Since real estate investment trusts (REITs) enjoy a unique organizational structure and tax status, the relevant...
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Real estate comprises the major wealth of the United States as well as the world and institutional investors (life insurance companies, pension funds, and real estate investment trusts (REITs)) have become major investors in real estate due to their large portfolios and annual cash inflows. A...
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net operating income, and changes in going-in versus going-out capitalization rates (i.e., pricing movements). Separating …
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