We examine the relation between housing prices in an MSA and its urban economic base. We create and employ new forward-looking employment growth indices that measure the urban economic strength of an MSA and find that it accounts for a significant and sizeable portion of the house price...

We examine the association between online apartment rental searches and fundamental real estate market variables namely, vacancy rates, rental rates and real estate asset price returns. We find the consumer real estate searches are significantly associated with the market fundamentals after...

This book explores how energy efficiency is a major component in the development of sustainable real estate. Efficiency is one of the most frequently-mentioned aspects of government policies for green building design in the United States and around the world. There has been a significant amount...