Purpose – REITs have taken on increased significance in Asia in recent years, with Singapore REITs (S-REITs) becoming an important property investment vehicle since 2002. The purpose of this paper is to assess the significance, risk-adjusted performance and portfolio diversification benefits...

This eBook contains six chapters on the application of quantitative techniques to real estate, they are as follows: 'To use or not to use; which type of property should you choose? Predicting the use of activity based offices' by Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek, Astrid Kemperman, Marleen Kleijn and Els...

We examine the effect of direct mail (commonly referred to as junk mail) advertising on individual financial decisions by studying consumer choice of home equity debt contracts. Consistent with the theoretical predictions, we find that financial variables underlying the relative pricing of debt...