This paper examines the economic impact of restrictions against keeping domestic pets in residential dwellings. Using a large data sample of condominium sales, we empirically estimate price effects associated with pet restrictions. Our results suggest that an unrestricted pet policy creates a...

This study evaluates the determinants of percentage commission rates in the residential brokerage industry. The model developed here predicts that market share of the brokerage firm, property selling difficulty, and prevailing market conditions influence commission rates. Empirical analysis...

This study investigates price and time-on-market effects of estate sales of houses versus typical housing transactions using a sample of 180,921 sold properties. The hypothesis that estate sales sell at a discount and sell more quickly than typical houses is supported by the empirical results....

Landlords offering a house in the rental market face a difficult strategic pricing decision. The revenue maximizing decision for the landlord involves a tradeoff between the rental rate and time on the market. Because the turnover of renters is higher than owners, and because the landlord must...

In various markets around the country, some real estate professionals are employing a new pricing strategy that involves marketing homes for sale with a price range rather than a single asking price. This strategy is often touted as a mechanism that will attract more potential buyers to look at...

Previous studies have shown that foreclosure often results in vandalism, disinvestment and other negative spillover effects in the neighborhood. This paper extends these views into a formal theoretical model through pricing based on comparables. We project that the spillover effect of a...

The role of selling (or marketing) period uncertainty in understanding risk associated with property investment is examined in this paper. Using an approach developed by Lin (<CitationRef CitationID="CR14">2004</CitationRef>), and Lin and Vandell (<CitationRef CitationID="CR15">2001</CitationRef>, <CitationRef CitationID="CR16">2005</CitationRef>), combined with a statistical model of UK commercial property transactions, we...</citationref></citationref></citationref>

Choosing the optimal holding period is an important part of real estate investment decisions, because "when to sell" affects "whether to buy". This paper presents a theoretical model for such decision making. Our model indicates that the optimal holding period is affected by both systematic and...

House prices often exhibit serial correlation and mean reversion. Using two large panel datasets, this paper analyzes the price dynamics in two significantly different types of markets, cyclical (or volatile) and non-cyclical (or tame), by applying an autoregressive mean reversion (ARMR) model....