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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Property Market"”.
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An analysis of the structure and maturity of the Doha property market
… on the dynamics that determine the maturity of property markets. It considers the evolving institutional environment in which markets function and highlights the characteristics of property markets in both developed and developing countries in order to analyse the characteristics required to …
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An analysis of diversification by location in the South African property market
… of this dissertation is to investigate whether a property investor could diversify their portfolio by investing in the same property class and type throughout three different cities in South Africa. Furthermore, the study aimed to achieve this by providing an in-depth analysis of property cycle …
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An empirical study of marketing environment strategy and performance in the property market
… (OESP) framework and a model of property marketing in the Taiwan property market. The thesis proposed and tested an integrative model of business performance incorporating the major determinants of business performance, internal and external environment, and competitive marketing …
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Property valuation under uncertain market conditions: a case of the Lagos property market
… an understanding of how the nature of the property market affects the valuation practice and how valuers manage such conditions during the valuation process. Specifically, the study investigates challenges that uncertain conditions of the Lagos property market pose to valuers and how …
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The state of the property market in the Kingdom of Eswatini: trends since independence
Eswatini has for the longest of time been predominantly rural and people depended on subsistence farming for their livelihood. The increased rate of urbanisation can be viewed as a disruption to the rural lives of the people. Urbanisation has given birth to new cultures where people, especially …
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An assessment of relationships between key economic indicators and the South African residential property market
The phenomenal growth of residential property prices when compared to other asset classes has resulted in property prices being the subject of significant debate in South Africa in the recent past. The reasons for the price increases are the subject of as much debate and uncertainty. This research …
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Examination of the rationality of real estate market pricing : focusing on the US office property market
… After reviewing several previous studies on the market efficiency, this paper makes three new attempts: first, we employs the actual information on transactions and rents at the property level to resolve the substitution problems; second, we introduce another pricing method which use gross yields …
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An investigation into the implementation of green building features and initiatives among stakeholders in the Zambian property market
… participation of the stakeholders in the property market. A multiple case study analysis was conducted on the Zambian Property market, involving three buildings that had different GBFIs. A total of six interviews were conducted across the three cases with relevant stakeholders, namely …
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Reducing the property appraisal bias with decision support systems: an experimental investigation in the South African property market
… points. The incidence of valuation bias in the property market and the world is of concern. Few studies have used the decision-support tool to reduce property appraisal bias. The research purpose is therefore to determine the efficacy of the decision-support tool in reducing and eliminating …
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Using artificial neural networks to forecast changes in national and regional price indices for the UK residential property market
The residential property market accounts for a substantial proportion of UKeconomic activity. However, there is no reliable forecasting service to predict theperiodic housing market crises or to produce estimates of long-term sustainablevalue. This research examined the use of artificial neural …
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Does property market risks matter in commercial mortgage loan pricing : an inquiry into the determinants of commercial mortgage loan spread
… at origination. The determinants include capital market risk, property market risks, mortgage terms and property characteristics. Taken into consideration of the endogenous factor between loan spread and LTV ratio, we use the OLS and 2SLS model to examine the variables of driving the spread and …
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Making property investment decisions in a market environment with poor transparency
Access to reliable property market information for property valuation, property development appraisal, investment analysis and property investment decision-making remains a challenge in many emerging countries. Property investors in emerging markets face a significant gap in access and availability …
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Economic growth in Cape Town : An assessment and redirection of Cape Town's Spatial Development Framework
… analysing growth trends in the non-residential property market. Evidence supporting the hypothesis was drawn using Geospatial Information System (GIS) analysis of the city’s recent spatial economic development using non-residential building area completions between 2005 and 2012. Informing these …
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Rethinking the Cape Town Property Developer: Understanding the local developer's perspective of the City of Cape Town Municipality and comparing this perspective to local Transit-Orientated Development policy constructs of the developer
… of Cape Town understands a ‘notional' Cape Town property developer within the Transit-Orientated Development (“TOD”) context. This dissertation is not meant to draw a distinction between a right or wrong model of a local property developer, but to investigate what a richer model would look like …
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A study on commercial property pricing in Uganda
Property developers and investors seek to understand the drivers of prices for office and retail space. Through literature, we learn that size and age, locational attributes, physical features of the properties, and economic variables are significant determinants of commercial property prices. …
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A Computer-Assisted Teaching and Learning Approach for the Education and Training of Valuation in China
… land tenure and the rapidly developing Chinese property market. Although the issue of education and training in support of the land reforms was raised, very few of those studies have focused on the education and training for property valuation from both short- and long-term points of …
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Tracking property performance in Japan through REIT-based pure-play property return indices
This thesis constructed unlevered pure-play property return indices based on stock prices of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in Japan. These indices are developed as a prototype of a new type of tool to track unlevered property investment performance by property usage type (sector) and …
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An investigation of the linkage between economic cycles and commercial property cycles, and their impact on the income approach of valuation: case of Windhoek
… shows that economic cycles and commercial property cycles exist, and that a relationship exit between the two cycles. Few research points to the cyclicality of both cycles to have an impact on property valuations. The aim of this study was therefore to establish whether the Namibian economy …
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The affordability of China's residential real estate market and opportunities for property developers
China has the largest housing market in the world and the property market continues to advance at an astonishing pace. In 2009, 22.2% of China's RMB 19.3 trillion fixed asset investment and 17.9% of foreign direct investment were invested into the real estate sector. At the same time, the highly …
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Rational irrationality; the making of property decisions in firms as a part of resource allocation processes- a Korean example
… no firm is expected to behave differently in the market or it will be forced out of the market by incurring higher costs than the competitors. This research aims to investigate how property decisions as a part of resource allocation processes can be understood away from seemingly unrealistic and …
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