This paper develops a formal model to examine the effect of changing market conditions and individuals' selling constraints on selling price and time-on-market. Using the concept of Relative Liquidity Constraint (RLC) – a stochastic variable that captures the randomness of future individual...

Direct application of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) to the mixed-asset portfolio often suggests that allocation to real estate should be far more than what is practically acceptable. This paper reveals that the puzzling gap is caused by inappropriate application of MPT using only short-term...

This study examines the heterogeneous appraiser behavior and its implication on the traditional appraisal smoothing theory. We show that the partial adjustment model is consistent with the traditional appraisal smoothing argument (Geltner 1989) only when all the appraisers choose the same...

Existing research on racial discrimination in mortgage lending has overwhelmingly focused on whether black applicants are more likely to be denied for credit than comparable white applicants. This study investigates whether the approved black applicants are likely charged higher interest rates...

Choosing the optimal holding period is an important part of real estate investment decisions, because “when to sell” affects “whether to buy.” This paper presents a theoretical model for such decision making. Our model indicates that the optimal holding period is affected by both...

This paper provides a formal analysis on a well-known issue of the housing market observable transaction prices are a biased indication of the true market condition if significant numbers of listed properties are delisted without sale. We provide a closed-form formula to identify and correct...

This study examines the heterogeneous appraiser behavior and its implication on the traditional appraisal smoothing theory. We show that the partial adjustment model is consistent with the traditional appraisal smoothing argument (Geltner 1989) only when all the appraisers choose the same...