Exploring Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) as a housing finance option in Nigeria

Real Estate Finance

Do Real Estate Shocks Affect Corporate Investment?

Equity Reit Returns for Deriving a Discount Rate for Unsecuritized Commercial Real Estate

Problems with appraisal-based return series combined with certain similarities between commercial real estate, bonds and stock suggest that equity REIT returns provide an accurate source of real estate pricing information. A model for deriving a discount rate for unsecuritized commercial real estate was developed. The model is a three factor Arbitrage Pricing model that measures the sensitivity...

Volatility clustering, leverage, size, or contagion effects: The fluctuations of Asian real estate investment trust returns

This paper analyzes the volatile behavior of index returns in the following Asian real estate investment trust (REIT) markets: South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand. It also analyzes the conditional volatilities of REIT returns and determines whether any volatility clustering, size, liquidity, or contagion effects exist in their fluctuations. The results indica...

Option Value in Presale of Real Estate Property

A common practice in real estate markets is the sale of housing development units before completion, and in some cases even before beginning of the actual construction, known as presale. Developers that choose to presell units are subject to default on the part of the buyers if market conditions become unfavorable. In recent years, court rulings in Brazil have established that developers must r...