Journal of Property Investment & Finance: Volume 20 Issue 4

Expert valuation witnesses in the UK – problems and solutions

Neil Crosby, John Murdoch, Anthony Lavers

This paper addresses the performance, training and organisation of expert valuation witnesses in the UK. Previous research, based on analysis of professional negligence cases in…

The long‐run diversification attributes of commercial property

W.D. Fraser, C. Leishman, H. Tarbert

Correlation coefficients measuring the historical relationships of returns on commercial property and both equities and conventional gilts appear to be low. Conversely, the…

Mean reversion of Singapore property stock prices towards their fundamental values

Tien Foo Sing, Kim Hiang Liow, Wei‐Jin Chan

Market critics often cited an apparent lack of relationship between corporate performance and stock prices as the main reason for a poor prediction of stock prices. This study…

Policy implications of structural options in the development of real estate investment trusts in Europe: Lessons from the American experience

Robert D. Campbell, C.F. Sirmans

This is a policy paper that examines the most important issues that must be addressed in designing the institutional structure for tax‐advantaged public real estate companies in…

Appraising property with rough set theory

Maurizio d’Amato

This research is focused on a methodology created to analyse imprecise information, that is full of attributes defined as “rough set”. The methodology will be then applied to the…

Rent review update – 2002

Malcolm Dowden

Editorial

Nick French