Initial downpayment for home ownership could prove to be a binding constraint for households aspiring to be homeowners. Households in Japan require 30 to 45% of the house value as downpayment. This not only affects their decision on the timing of homeownership but also has significant influence...

Urban India has around 3000 urban local bodies (ULBs). The Seventy Fourth Constitutional Amendment Act (1992) has bestowed political power, administrative authority and functional autonomy on local bodies. The functional domain of ULBs now covers planning, regulation and development aspects....

Mortgage termination due to prepayment or default is an important issue in pricing of mortgage and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) due to its stochastic nature. In developing countries where MBS is not yet fully developed, mortgage termination affects the flow of funds to the lenders. Recent...

In the UK, around 55% of householdsí net worth is in housing. More than 70% of households in the UK own a house and holding such a large amount of undiversified real asset poses risk. It is not always that a house would appreciate in value, though a housing investment has been recognised as a...

Households, during their lifecycle, make important decisions regarding their housing consumption. Lifecycle consumption theory suggests that these choices in relation to tenure, size and location of the dwelling unit are made in response to the lifetime wealth maximization by households...

In the UK over the last twenty years there has been a proliferation in the statutory provision for wayleaves. The utilities requiring wayleaves such as the water, gas and electricity companies have now been joined by cable TV and a host of telecommunications providers. All have access to...

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Under the traditional method of valuation, risk is implicit within the initial yield which is used to capitalise the net income into perpetuity. The yield is derived from the risk free rate, usually long-dated gilts, plus a risk premium (Hoesli and MacGregor, 2000). Where the risks are seen to...