Efficient markets should guarantee the existence of zero spreads for total return swaps. However, real estate markets have recorded values that are significantly different from zero in both directions. Possible explanations might suggest non-rational behaviour by inexperienced market players or...

Two strands of real estate research--that concerned with the relationships between securitized real estate and the underlying market and that dealing with the role of property in the wider economy--rarely are considered together. The paper utilizes the U.K. equity market and property company...

This paper studies the pricing of the risk associated with the location of the assets. The local real estate market risk is measured by ‘local beta’, which combines the systematic risk of local property markets and the property allocation strategy of real estate firms. The empirical results...

This paper analyzes the relationships between local and global securitized real estate markets, but also between securitized real estate and common stock markets. First, the volatility transmissions across markets are examined using an asymmetric t-BEKK (Baba-Engle-Kraft-Kroner) specification of...

This paper develops constant-quality price indices for three categories of real estate-apartment buildings, vacant land, and condominiums--for the city of Geneva, Switzerland. We use both the hedonic and repeat sales models to estimate the price level and, in turn, the rate of price change. The...

The last 10 years has seen the rapid development of real estate research in Europe and the development of intra-European contacts and networks. At the same time, U.S. academics have become increasingly interested in European real estate research and strong links have developed between European...