The focus of this article is the analysis of the inflation risk of European real estate securities. Following both a causal and a final understanding of risk, the analysis is twofold. First, to examine the causal influence of inflation on short- and long-term asset returns, different regression...

Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt verschiedene Möglichkeiten auf, um repräsentative Renditen für die Anlageklasse Immobilien berechnen zu können. Betrachtet werden Indizes auf der Basis (i) von regelmäßig bewerteter Immobilienportefeuilles, (ii) auf Basis von Markttransaktionen in Immobilien...

In this paper, we calculate a transaction based price index for apartments in Paris (France). The heterogeneous character of real estate is taken into account by using an econometric model. The functional form is specified by using a general Box/Cox-function. The data base covers about 65% of...

The term structure of return volatility is estimated for both UK and US direct and securitised commercial real estate, using vector autoregressions. In a similar manner to the general stock market, returns of UK direct real estate and property shares, as well as US real estate investment trust...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the housing market in the monetary policy transmission to consumption among euro area member states. It has been argued that the housing market in one country is then important when its mortgage market is well developed. The countries...

Purpose – There is a continuing discussion about whether German valuation methods are inaccurate and inferior to the British standard, and the enduring efforts for a European and internationally standardised valuation method and value definitions intensify this discussion. The German valuation...