Belfast's 'Peace Walls' exist to physically segregate and provide a measure of security to the communities on either side. A legacy of the Northern Irish 'troubles', they lie along traditionally controversial and/or fractious 'interfaces' between the (broadly speaking) nationalist, catholic...

Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) utilising hedonic and spatial analysis is well established in the field of property valuation for taxation purposes. In this role these approaches are deployed on large datasets of property attribute data and use prices in a sold sample to estimate value...

This research examines the potential for Market value and non Market value based banded approaches to be utilised for property tax purposes. The broad aim is to ascertain whether relatively low complexity approaches to establishing a tax base can perform adaquately in comparison to established...

Purpose Buildings contribute significantly to CO 2 production. They are also subject to considerable taxation based on value. Analysis shows that while similar attributes contribute to both value and CO 2 production, there is only a loose relationship between the two. If we wish to use taxation...

Purpose – Belfast's “peace walls” exist to physically segregate and provide a measure of security to the communities on the religious divide in Northern Ireland. Whilst they do ostensibly achieve this aim, it may well be that these structures have the capacity to prevent the restoration of...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the comparative performance of an artificial neural network (ANN) and several multiple regression techniques in terms of their predictive accuracy and capability of being used within the mass appraisal industry. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the potential for simplified market value and non market value based banded approaches to be utilised for residential property tax purposes. The broad aim is to ascertain whether relatively low complexity approaches to establishing a property tax base can...

Purpose: The paper aims to quantitatively investigate vacant industrial land valuation accuracy in China, given the importance of the industrial market as an underlying pillar to promote urban growth especially in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach: In China, the government...

The decision making behaviour of institutional investors usually target prime commercial real estate. The rationale for this investment strategy is to maximise the risk adjusted returns and the diversification potential as well as quality buildings, tenant covenant strength and the subsequent...

Abstract: In the light of continued financial and economic turmoil, there has been a marked increase in the volatility in real estate markets. This is impacting on the pricing of property assets, partly through market sentiment, particularly concerning risk. In a downturn, the perception of...