Housing is one of the major socio-economic problems in Turkey. Widespread spontaneous settlements in urban area may be accepted as the sufficient criterion for the level of housing question in Turkey. Additionally, there are important quality problems in existing housing units. This problematic...

Since the second quarter of 1998, and with the exception of the 10% downturn experienced in the first half of 2009, apartment prices in Paris have been rising steadily. Their pace of growth even accelerated from early 2010 onward and, unless interest rates are raised to their historical trend...

Housing market dynamics similarly to economic environment are cyclical, which inevitably leads to highs and lows in housing market prices. The purpose of this study was to find out in which market cycle phase Estonian housing market currently is in; which factors drive Estonian housing market...

British high street shopping centres are suffering high vacancy rates and a large extent of the ‘blame’ is placed on the web. The UK has the greatest proportion of internet sales in the world and there are inevitable implications for existing high street shops, retail parks and out...

REIT managers’ compensation structure typically provides a payment based alternatively on (i) “gross asset value� [GAV] or (ii) “net asset value� [NAV]. In addition, managers usually also gain a performance fee when REIT total return exceeds some minimum level.The...

The scale of the real estate development investment challenge allied with capital budget constraints has meant that the prospect of implementing innovative finance instruments has gained considerable momentum in recent years, at a time when Western European government policy has shifted towards...

Purpose – This article examines internet search query data provided by ‘Google Trends’, with respect to its ability to serve as a sentiment indicator and improve commercial real estate forecasting models for transactions and price indices.Methodology – The study uses...

Since the increase of value of real estate is no longer taken for granted, investors are looking for ways to ensure their direct return on real estate. Optimizing the occupancy rate and minimizing operating costs are important issues when calculating the direct return. For that reason, the role...

The economy is a subject to a periodical changes. They are reflected infinancial situation of households and companies. However, the recenteconomic downturn is particularly acute. After strong growth of activity,in many states related to the real estate boom, there was a suddencessation of the...

This paper investigates the endogenous relationships and characteristics of price data operating between and within the housing sectors comprising the Northern Irish housing market in order to examine the dynamic linkages and causal relationships between six key property types. The paper employs...