Of the top ten global commercial property markets, London's has had the highest translation turnover for the past decade according to Real Capital Analytics. Its prime real estate is part of every major European and US institutional investor's portfolio and London's market has the most developed...

This is the first paper to study the effects of overconfidence on trading activity and performance in real estate. The paper looks at REITs, since their investments and divestments can be identified with precision. We look at the effect of CEO overconfidence on investment activity and separately...

This paper examines the inflation hedging capacity of the private home. We employ unique long-term data for inflation, house price dynamics and rents for Amsterdam dating back to 1814. We analyze inflation protection using various methodological approaches, periods, and investment horizons. Our...

The paper investigates the long run historic development of the Amsterdam rental housing market (1550-1850). Using rent data on a large cross section of residential properties in Amsterdam we are able to develop an annual constant-quality rent index for the entire time period. Whereas nominal...

This paper investigates whether it is possible to create value through the active management of direct property portfolios. Using data from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, we examine whether trading intensity and portfolio growth explain the risk and return characteristics...

This paper investigates spatial dependence in the prices of office buildings in Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris and Tokyo for 2007 to 2013. Compared to prior literature, we find low economic impact from spatial dependence in all six markets, and spatial and spatial-temporal...