Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) or, referring to real estate, Responsible Property Investment (RPI) are used by competing firms to create a differentiating attribute by integrating sustainability principles into their business strategy. Recent research on sustainability concentrates...

Despite the increased awareness and understanding of the benefits of sustainable design, the distribution of green buildings has not been uniform across major US cities, nor has the pace of adoption of green building practices been most rapid in cities with largest commercial business districts....

Market segmentation is a standard concept in both strategic marketing and investment analysis. The standard approach in the real estate market context is to segment markets by regions and property types. While this approach provides investment analysts with a powerful basic classification grid,...

This paper aims to extend the existing evidence on the investment value of green buildings to international markets, specifically the residential real estate market in Japan. Using a unique transaction database of condominiums in the Tokyo metropolitan area and a hedonic analytical framework, we...

It has been frequently observed that office markets are subject to high volatility in rents and vacancy levels, thus exposing real estate investors to considerable risk regarding expected future income streams. This paper analyzes the determinants of office rents and their variability over time...

Current research on sustainable property investment focuses mainly on property-level profitability of green buildings along with the development and implementation of eco-certifications. A second strand of studies investigates the company-level financial implications of corporate social...

The linkage between corporate commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and investment performance has generated a substantial body of research outside the real estate sector. Nevertheless, the relationship between the environmental performance and financial performance of...

Cross-border capital flows into real estate are marked by sharp inequalities among countries. Hypothetically, each country should receive capital flows commensurate with the size of its respective economy or, more accurately, the total size of its investible real estate market. In contrast to...

This paper investigates the major determinants of fund performance and outperformance for the non-listed fund sector. More specifically, it seeks to understand whether fund performance reflects management and stock-selection skills or whether performance is mainly in line with average returns in...

This paper presents the results of two variations of an econometric forecasting model for both German and US office rental markets. The main objective of this approach is to elucidate the capability of time-series regression models of basic market indicators to capture and forecast movements in...