The affordability of homeownership is frequently discussed among policy and economic decision makers. An owner-occupied house is mostly the largest asset a household invests in and often requires the household to take out a mortgage. High or volatile interest rates can limit the householdsí...

Despite the fact that commercial real estate makes up a large proportion of wealth, a functioning derivatives market exists since 2005 only, when swap contracts began to be traded in the UK in a notable amount. The liquidity of the markets is still far behind that of other established...

Real estate investments have attracted attention as an asset class with high stability of their values, opportunity to hedge against inflation, specific risk-return characteristics, and low co-movements with traditional stock and bond markets. The integration of property investment vehicles to a...