Journal of Property Investment & Finance: Volume 34 Issue 3

Editorial

Elaine Worzala

Financing infrastructure development: time to unshackle the bonds?

Norman Hutchison, Graham Squires, Alastair Adair, Jim Berry, Daniel Lo, Stanley McGreal, Sam Organ

The purpose of this paper is to consider the merits of using projects bonds to finance infrastructure investment projects and considers the pricing of such bonds and the level of…

Authorised property appraisers’ perceptions of commercial property valuation

Lina Bellman, Peter Öhman

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the thought patterns of authorized property appraisers (APAs) when valuing commercial properties, and draw conclusions about…

Google search volume sentiment and its impact on REIT market movements

Nicole Braun

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of investor sentiment, measured with Google internet search data, on volatility forecasts of the US REIT market.

Credit expansion, state ownership and capital structure of Chinese real estate companies

Jianfu Shen, Xianting Yin

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the credit expansion in 2009 and 2010 in China on the capital structure of listed real estate companies.

Effects of valuation variance and inaccuracy on Nigerian commercial property market: An empirical study

Oluseyi Joshua Adegoke

In the absence of continuously traded, deep and securitised markets, commercial property valuations perform a vital function in the property market by acting as a surrogate for…

Property Finance: An International Approach

Nick French