Journal of European Real Estate Research: Volume 6 Issue 1

Bias or rationality? The case of UK commercial real estate investment

Peter Byrne, Cath Jackson, Stephen Lee

The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that investment decision making in the UK direct property market does not conform to the assumption of economic rationality…

Time to completion liquidity in UK commercial real estate investment: 2000‐2008

David Scofield

The purpose of this paper is to provide new insights into asset liquidity in direct commercial real estate investment in the UK. Transaction data provided by four institutional…

Real estate value and quality design in commercial office properties

Ilir Nase, Jim Berry, Alastair Adair

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of urban design quality on the real estate value of commercial office property. Empirical evidence based on quantitative research…

Using choice‐based‐experiments to support real estate design decisions

Carlos Marmolejo‐Duarte, Manuel Ruiz‐Lineros

In the real estate industry, as well as in other mature markets, producers seek to improve their comparative advantage by correctly addressing the needs and expectations of future…

Why do Italian households prefer adjustable rate mortgages?

Paola Zocchi

In Italy three quarters of the stock of households' mortgage debt is exposed to interest rate risk. The aim of this paper is to explain why the majority of mortgage holders in the…

Guest editorial

Eliane Monetti