The aim of this research is to study the determinants of the use of direct versus intermediated solutions on the French housing market. The theoretical perspective of perceived transaction costs provides a useful framework for understanding the existence of a specific mode of transaction in real...

Based on the repeat-sales theory, this article tries to give an answer to the following question: Is it possible to find a functional relation between a flow index, whose values at time t are calculated only with the transactions observed at this moment (like the median or the hedonic index) and...

Que signifie « informer » lorsque l'on aborde les prix de l'immobilier résidentiel ? Contrairement au marché action pour lequel il suffit de consulter des cotations, le prix de marché de l'immobilier semble être une notion dont la connaissance n'est pas aisée. En témoigne le malaise,...

The reversibility phenomenon in the repeat-sales index is a serious obstacle for derivatives products. This article provides a solution for this problem, using an informational reformulation of the RSI framework. We present first a theoretical formula (simple, easy to interpret, and easy to...

The aim of this research is to study the determinants of the use of direct versus intermediated solutions on the French housing market. The theoretical perspective of perceived transaction costs provides a useful framework for understanding the existence of a specific mode of transaction in real...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factor structure of the real estate forward curve dynamics. Four years of price data on the UK Investment Property Databank (IPD) Total Return Swap All Property are analyzed. The choice of the UK market is justified by the fact that this market is...

For some years, real estate and finance have become more and more interlinked. The application of the powerful tools developed in finance for this field of knowledge seems promising; mortgage valuation method developed by Kau, Keenan, Muller, Epperson (1992) being a major example of this. This...

The objective of this research is to study the determinants of the use of intermediated solutions by homeowners. The theoretical perspective of perceived transaction costs provides a relevant framework for understanding the existence of this type of transaction in the real estate sector. From a...

Le " La crise du logement ! " est un signifiant qui circule puissamment. Bien que l'évidence d'une telle crise soit assez discutable, il s'affirme, indépendamment. Certains traits de ce discours indiquent qu'il porte plus que lui-même, il est l'un des avatars contemporains du Malaise dans la...

The presence of nearby public facilities contributes to real estate values; that is why the market may expect public projects to affect house prices. But undesirable and semi-desirable facility location choices can be contested by close inhabitants, because they are source of negative...