Real estate markets are often subject to price shocks whose amplitude may be very high. According to R. Shiller (1998), these shocks are as difficult to explain as those that affect equity or debt markets. The investors and all financial institutions are in need of hedging products or...

Portfolio optimisation is an ongoing process of improvement, better performance and of creating flexibility in the portfolio. It is a staged process and has two distinct stages. The first stage involves the continuous assessment of risk, demand and supply and financial structures of a company...

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Excessive development in hillside areas around Taipei Metropolis has increasingly caused the occurrence of floods in last decade. Many researches about hazards indicate that there will be disadvantageous consequences to real estate market when hazardous events happen. And we believe that this is...

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Residential markets are mostly local and regional. However, often reporting the state of the market in the country there is the concentration on the market in the capital and major cities. It is worth to remember that there are many local and regional markets with specific characteristics....

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The sale of residential property by auction is a preferred sale method by real estate agents, but not always preferred by some vendors and most residential property buyers. In many residential property markets, the performance and measure or residential property is based on the number of...

Since the beginning of economic transition responsibility of satisfying housing needs of local communities was transferred to local governments. To fulfill their duties polish municipalities maintain and manage housing stock which includes dwellings for low income households, social dwellings,...

Households turnover in a large rental housing stock, measured during 7 years, vary according to the size of the dwellings (m2, number of rooms). Variations of turnover could provide to real estate owners and managers a bench mark for conception and management of rental housing.