This paper examines the impact of information technology on retail property business performance in Malaysia. Despite the tremendous development of information technology especially in e-commerce in Malaysia, the question arises as to how far the significance within the retailers in the country...

The commercial valuation report is a key element in property investment decision making for institutional investors; particularly as the current global financial crisis. Client perceptions of the quality of valuation reports have been assessed previously for the UK, Australia and the US....

The use of internet as part of business strategy is very significant to property companies. This is especially during global financial crisis where each company tries to minimum the expenses. It is believe that internet can save a lot of money in particular companies operating cost. Beside, in...

This paper aims to evaluate the perception of Malaysian facilities management (FM) stakeholders on the importance of innovation in the delivery of FM services. This research adopts an extensive literature review on innovation in the generic business environment and adapts the findings to the FM...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to estimate different data models on house prices using statistical models and the variables which are controlled by real estate policy. Design/methodology/approach: This study used several statistical techniques, such as Vector auto-regression (VAR),...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a spatio-temporal neighbourhood-level house price index (STNL-HPI) incorporating a geographic information system (GIS) functionality that can be used to improve the house price indexation system. Design/methodology/approach: By using the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of negative information on the volatility of real estate residential prices in Abuja, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical research covers a sample period of 17 years from the first quarter of 2000 to the fourth...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the dynamic of volatility of Malaysian listed property companies within pan-Asian public property markets based on different volatility perspective over the past 18 years, especially during the global financial crisis (GFC). Design/methodology/approach:...

Purpose: As an asset class, listed property companies (PCs) in the emerging Asian markets have taken on increased significance in recent years. Investors have seen Indonesian real estate investment trusts (REITs) being regulated to become a property investment vehicle in 2007. This sees...