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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Real estate markets"”.
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Global real estate markets
… their financial systems and open their markets to international commerce. Real estate, traditionally a local investment to enhance individual financial wealth, has become a domestic and international vehicle for speculative institutional and private investment. This statistical study …
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An econometric analysis of U.K. regional real estate markets
… on changes in the time-series properties of real estate prices and their forecastability. The main research questions addressed are the following. First, have UK regional property prices experienced episodes of explosive dynamics in the past and if so, can these episodes be explained by …
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The globalization of developing-nation real estate markets : a current perspective
To examine today's state of developing nation real estate markets is to gain insight into the evolutionary process of a new market in today's world. Real estate represents a considerable percentage of the wealth of individual nations. As a tradable asset capable of providing leveraged financing, or …
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Opportunities and Challenges in African Real Estate Markets: Perceptions of Institutional Investors
… current body of literature regarding the African real estate environment is limited. While investing in emerging markets like Africa has demonstrated potential benefits, the actual inflow of investments into the African real estate sector remains low. One of the primary factors contributing to …
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Stimulating Nigeria's emerging real estate markets : investment opportunities through the public sector
… to be among the next generation of emerging markets around the world the next eleven (N-11) - after their much publicized BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Nigeria - the only country included from Sub-Saharan Africa - is shown to have the potential to become one of the top 20 …
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Analysis of the 1966 Summer Olympic Games on real estate markets in Atlanta
… a bid to host the Olympic Games? What are the real payoffs from hosting this event? Do the benefits outweigh the tremendous costs for the host city? Does the significant one-time investment produce long-term economic gains? This study does not attempt to answer all of these questions at this …
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A Behavioural Data Approach Towards Predicting Direct Real Estate Markets in the United Kingdom
… to serve as a “pure” demand proxy for direct real estate market prediction in the United Kingdom. More specifically, it is directed towards constructing web search indices to explore: (i) the extent to which an individual’s true real estate orientated intentions manifest themselves in their …
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Real estate investment in Taiwan : an examination of the recent opening of real estate markets to foreign entities
In hope to revitalize the slumping real estate markets and sluggish economy, the government of Taiwan, Republic of China, has recently opened up direct real estate investment opportunities to foreign entities. In conjunction with the joining of WTO, Taiwan hopes that foreign funds and maybe even …
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Overconfidence and real estate research
Real estate markets have recently been rapidly advancing in both volume and complexity. A sound understanding of behavioural biases in this sector benefits all stakeholders, such as investors, regulators, and local residents. I focus on one of the most robust behavioural anomalies in business and …
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Land use change through market dynamics : a Microsimulation of land development, the bidding process, and location choices of households and firms
… goal by developing and applying such a model. Real estate markets involve numerous interactive agents and real estate with a great level of heterogeneity. In the absence of tractable theory for realistic real estate markets, this research takes a “bottom-up” approach and simulates the behavior …
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Opportunities and obstacles for foreign investors in Turkish real estate
This paper examines the Turkish real estate market from the viewpoint of foreign investors contemplating entering into that market. Since 2002, the government of Turkey has been implementing an aggressive economic reform program within which, foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a crucial role. To …
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The relationship between foreign direct investment and the maturity of the real estate market: an assessment of investment activities of South African real estate companies with exposure on the African continent
… growth needs can be met by infrastructure and real estate development. In order for the various real estate markets to develop further, they would need to attract a significant amount of capital expenditure, of which a portion may come from institutional investors. In order to achieve this, …
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Democratizing commercial real estate investing : the impact of the JOBS Act and crowdfunding on the commercial real estate market
… regulatory changes, will impact the commercial real estate markets. The phenomenon of crowdfunding, defined as raising numerous small amounts of capital from a large number of people, or the crowd, has been accelerated by the recent passage of the Jumpstart Our Businesses Start-up Act (JOBS …
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Municipal strategies for affordable housing : incenting an exacting public goods from private developers
… focuses on tools that are able to leverage hot real estate markets, such as inclusionary zoning, linkages, and tax abatements. A framework for understanding the constraints and opportunities of past and future policies is established by looking at the economic, legal, and political implications …
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Applying System Dynamics to Simulate and Forecast Rental Real Estate Market
… to simulate and forecast a sub-market within the real estate industry. By doing so, this research examines the feasibility and potential of a system dynamics-based tool that could reliably forecast future trends and inform decision-making for businesses in a sub-market. It is based on the original …
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Seasonality in commercial real estate transaction volume and capital returns
… volume and capital returns in commercial real estate markets from 1984 to 2005, based on MIT's Transaction-Based Index. Evidence is provided that (1) transaction volume distributions in fourth quarter and capital returns distributions on all properties in third quarter have large means …
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Stadium development and urban renewal : a look at Washington, DC
… concentrates on the renewal of the surrounding real estate markets rather than broader economic renewal. When this thesis refers to "urban renewal" it is meant in the context of the renewal of the physical infrastructure and real property. The thesis examines the range of costs and benefits …
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Globalization of construction and real estate companies through mergers and acquisitions
… examines the globalization of construction and real estate companies through mergers and acquisitions using a modem management approach and a practical analysis of selected case studies. It particularly focuses on mergers and acquisitions because they are changing the way firms do business in …
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Tracking and trading commercial real estate through REIT-based pure-play portfolios : The European Case
… to replicate the returns of a specified target real estate sector without any exposure to other sectors by taking an optimal mix of long and short positions in listed real estate securities, combined with bonds to de-lever the traded equity shares. The goal of this study was to explore the …
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The Role of Community Land Trusts in Preserving and Creating Commercial Assets: A Dual Cae Study of Rondo CLT in St. Paul, Minnesota and Crescent City CLT in New Orleans, Louisiana
… the provision of affordable housing in strong real estate markets, several CLTs across the country are now expanding into the commercial realm. This thesis compares the incipient commercial development efforts underway in St. Paul, Minnesota and New Orleans, Louisiana in order to better …
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