It is indisputable that in any competitive market, the key words used to describe a product, service, or even an idea can influence people's initial impressions of it. Thus, it may be so for the titles given real estate courses or textbooks. Although most curriculum coordinators and authors...

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the conventional model that the real estate agent is the exclusive agent or subagent of the seller best fits the understanding of all parties during the critical stages of contract negotiations. A survey of Georgia licensees indicates...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how long a real estate investment trust (REIT) initial public offer (IPO) survives until a merger occurs, and to determine the impact of different firm characteristics that exist at the time of the IPO on that survival in the aftermarket...

This article examines the performance of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) mutual funds from January 1987 to June 1995. As a group, the MBS mutual funds underperform both the "Salomon and Lehman Brothers" MBS market benchmarks. The relative underperformance of the MBS mutual funds is due to poor...

In this paper, we reexamine the issue of whether corporate relocation assistance programs for transferred employees significantly affect sale prices of single-family homes. We estimate a hedonic price equation that includes physical housing characteristics, location factors, occupancy status,...

One issue facing corporate real estate managers is how to effectively manage the real estate assets in the current market environment. As the need to cut costs and to emphasize the core business has increased due to current economic conditions, real estate outsourcing of services or the entire...

The Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was created by congressional legislation passed in 1989, and was charged with, among other things, the orderly disposition of other real estate owned (OREO) property. Questions have been raised about how efficient and effective the RTC has been in achieved...

This paper presents the first empirical analysis of the determinants of pooled variation in industrial warehouse rents. It examines industrial warehouse rents using data for seventeen quarterly periods in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. M/PF Research Inc. provided the data. A random effects...

This research investigates relationships between a corporation's rationale for forming a Corporate Real Estate Unit (CREU), its industry, and the type of CREU formed. Four conclusions are offered. First, there is no significant relationship between industry and the type of CREU formed. Second,...