Real estate development is a significant factor in shaping the built environment. It shapes the way people live and work, and by doing so determines and enables human activity to evolve. Real estate development within specific national geographies form a contemporary reflection of social,...

It is widely acknowledged that, in many contexts around the globe, urban policy has changed radically as a result of the international credit crisis and the economic downturn (Parkinson et al, 2009). The straitened economic circumstances that typify both the United Kingdom (UK) and the...

Investment into healthcare is now attracted by creating leases with guaranteed rental uplifts creating a property bond in all but name (Enever, N., Isaac, D., and Daley, M., 2010). Given the collapse of notable healthcare institutions, this research proposes more effective modelling of...

Foreign direct ownership of residential property in central London has accelerated over the past 10 years, with over 60% of new stock in 2011 being acquired by international buyers (Drivers Jonas Deloite, 2011). Prime residential prices in the top three boroughs rose by 49% from 2009 to 2012,...

New forms of governance, conditional approaches to public service access, and initiatives to engage citizens in taking on new responsibilities are being developed in the context of the scaling down of the welfare state. We examine the extent to which collaboration and multidirectional...

If context is everything, can a comparative approach produce any meaningful contribution? For research in real estate, focusing on the principles of real estate markets (e.g. Dent et al., 2012), real estate development (e.g. Miles et al., 2007; Peiser & Hamilton, 2012), and real estate finance and...