Real estate contracts often contain a wide variety of contingency clauses. These third-party approvals are often outside the seller's control and can lengthen the-time-on-the-market (TOM) and reduce the surety of close. To compensate for these undesirable attributes, buyers typically offer...

Housing cooperatives have to meet big challenges. They are well known as providers of aff ordable and safe housings. But now ensuring the energy procurement for their members has increased in relevance. New economic and political developments threaten investments in new houses and energetic...

Between 2000 and 2007, the gender gap in earnings in the US real estate sector increased, especially in local markets where house prices appreciated relatively more. Firm frictions and the presence of small children in the household do not explain the widening of the gender gap, while sorting on...

Wohnungsgenossenschaften dienen nicht primär der Gewinnerzielung und -ausschüttung, sondern bilden Rücklagen und vergrößern ihren Wohnungsbestand, von dessen günstiger Nutzung die Genossen profitieren. Dies kann mit Stiftungen verglichen werden und führt zu verschiedenen hier diskutierten...

Public housing policy has given housing cooperatives above-average market shares, in some cases. This was achieved despite the fact that the sponsor, believing that he was doing good, even temporarily slowed down the independent development of his target. The case study of Hochtaunusbau shows...

Mit der Implementierung des Bestellerprinzips – wer den Makler beauftragt, muss ihn auch bezahlen – hat der Gesetzgeber einen Wechsel der Zahllast für die Courtage vom Mieter zum Vermieter vorgenommen. Mit Hilfe eines sequentiellen Verhandlungsspiels wird hier diskutiert, inwieweit der...

In the last five years, home rentals for tourists have generated significant media and social concern. Since the economic crisis of 2007-2008, online platforms have emerged that have boosted the collaborative economy and provided security and trust. There are two positions related to the impacts...

We explore the effects of mandatory third-party review of mortgage contracts on the terms, availability, and performance of mortgage credit. Our study is based on a legislative experiment in which the State of Illinois required 'high-risk' mortgage applicants acquiring or refinancing properties...

This paper analyzes whether predominantly non-listed corporations in the residential property industry systematically adjust their capital structure to changing financing requirements. Since previous research almost exclusively focused on listed companies, little is known about the...