This paper will give the experiences of the major housing federations in Germany (GdW Bundesverband deutscher Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen e.V. and Verband Berlin-Brandenburgischer Wohnungsunternehmen e.V.(BBU). The members in Germany ñ housing companies and cooperatives host more than...

At present numerous academic papers including Fisher, Geltner and Webb (1994) and Bond and Hwang (2005) leave little doubt that by institutions published real estate indices are biased. This concerns especially the calculated return volatilities of real estate indices, that seem to be downward...

In a setting of intense competition for international capital companies diligently have to respond to an increasing demand by investors for higher transparency and more effective mechanisms of corporate control. In this context the term ícorporate governanceî has attracted major attention in...

Automated appraisal approaches incorporating hedonic and spatial analysis have become an established feature of Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) of residential property for taxation purposes. Large datasets of property attribute data are routinely gathered, verified and analysed to enable...

"The need for a indefeasible system for the transfer of real property that preventively limits the scope for litigation is now felt in every country in the world: this is due both to economic considerations (real estate represents about two-thirds of national wealth in OECD countries) and to the...

The subject this paper focus on is how, in Italy, real estate investment and financial investment are, progressively, becoming interrelated sectors. The research carried out mainly involved examining how the risk factor can be reduced when variance in territory and category is used while...

It is commonly accepted that Core Real Estate means buildings that are located on a prime location and which are of a high quality with long-term lease contracts. Indeed, according to this definition a recently renovated office building in a prime location with only one tenant would get the Core...

Walk score and energy score are new variables to analyize real estate transactions. The integrated accessibility indicator íwalk scoreî is based on Google Maps and measures the walking distance between the location and amenities and is free available for every location. Recent US research...

The listed property sector in South Africa has increased to a level which could be considered as a good representation of the income producing property market. This provides the opportunity to consider investment behaviour in the listed market and apply it on direct property investment...

During the last five years Earth has seen all-time records concerning the intensity, frequency, and damages of natural disasters. The real estate sector is increasingly considered to be one of the main sources of climate change: buildings are responsible for more than 40% of the final energy...