This research seeks to provide an understanding of how the nature of the property market affects the valuation practice and how valuers manage such conditions during the valuation process. Specifically, the study investigates challenges that uncertain conditions of the Lagos property market pose to valuers and how valuers navigate a path through these challenges. This is with a view to providing a theoretical explanation for valuers' behaviour in an uncertain environment. The rationale for the study is that valuers' behaviour is influenced by the nature of the environment where they operate; however, there is yet to be a clear understanding of how valuers manage the conditions of property markets fraught with high uncertainty. The study pursues five objectives, namely, an examination of the nature of the Lagos property market as it relates to property valuation, an assessment of the nature of challenges valuers are exposed to within the Lagos property market and an investigation of how valuers manage the challenges of the uncertain nature of the Lagos property market. Others are an analysis of the existing real estate education in Nigeria to establish how it prepares valuers for the nature of the market they operate and a proposal of a framework for a better understanding of valuers' behaviour in an uncertain environment. Two working propositions were set for this study in relation to these objectives. Firstly, it was proposed that the Lagos property market exhibits a high level of uncertainty which poses challenges to property valuation practice. Secondly, it was proposed that in dealing with the challenges of the market, valuers would put up certain coping strategies, which can be understood through their cost minimisation behaviour. The study employs an exploratory sequential mixed methods research approach where qualitative and quantitative data were collected sequentially from multiple sources. Specifically, qualitative data were extracted from expert valuers using semi-structured interviews, while quantitative data were extracted from professional valuers and final-year students of tertiary institutions using questionnaires. Interview data were analysed using thematic analysis, while data extracted through questionnaires were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistic tools. Furthermore, this research explored the theoretical lens of Transaction Cost Economy (TCE) to explore the understanding of valuers' behaviour in an uncertain market. The study finds that the Lagos property market is characterised by features that directly affect the valuation practice. The market characteristics include the lack of a formal database of market transactions, weak institutions/corrupt property rights registration system, the dominance of valuation for mortgage purposes, and an improved standardisation and internationalisation of professional services. The shows that the nature of the market presents uncertain conditions and poses peculiar challenges to valuers. The study also finds that valuers put up various strategies to manage the challenges. The study established that while some of the identified valuers' coping strategies are logical and expected, others seem counterintuitive and unprofessional. However, the coping strategies are contextual in nature, as they are based on valuers' understanding of the nature of the market. The study also finds that gaps exist between academic training and the practice of valuation in Nigeria. That is, valuers' academic training does not reflect the actual experience of valuers in the market. Thus, the results partially confirm the first proposition and substantially confirm the second proposition. Overall, the study concludes that the uncertain nature of the Lagos property market opens valuers to several forms of coping strategies influenced by their understanding of the market environment and academic training. Assessing valuers' behaviour through the lens of TCE, the study demonstrates that while some valuers' coping strategies reduce valuation uncertainty, others increase the uncertainty and bias in valuation. It is also concluded that the provisions of TCE more accurately reflect the actual experience of valuers in a volatile and uncertain market. This study makes a number of contributions to knowledge. Specifically, it contributes to theory by expanding on the principles of TCE and applying them to the property market and valuation practice. It contributes to policy development by offering insights that can help develop improved ethical and professional standards. Lastly, the study contributes to the empirical literature by providing a deeper understanding of how valuers utilise heuristics in their decision-making processes.

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On 1 May 2013, real estate investment trusts (REITs), a listed property product, had legislation about it introduced in the South African property market. Prior to the introduction of this REIT legislation, property unit trusts (PUTs) and property loan stocks (PLSs) were the two predominant types of listed property investment products in South Africa. However, both the PUT and PLS are subject to uneven regulation and taxation, and they lack flexibility. The REIT legislation was introduced to eliminate some of the problems of the PUTs and PLSs, by creating: a more unified tax treatment of listed property companies, more stringent regulatory requirements and uplifting the South African property market to a level that is internationally competitive. It is therefore considered valuable to empirically investigate whether or not the introduction of the REIT framework into the listed South African property market will be advantageous to investors, and whether or not it would lead to improvement in the efficiency, regulation and taxation of the listed property market. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data to analyze the research problem. The questionnaire used a Likert scale format that consisted of 20 questions. There were a total of 58 useable respondents, each of who fell into 1 of 5 occupational categories. The questions were divided into 4 unifying themes and the findings were analyzed according to these themes. From the analysis of the responses it was found that the REIT legislation is perceived as a welcomed and suitable introduction to the South African listed property market. We could also infer that REITs allow for a more favorable tax dispensation, improved regulation, increased international competitiveness and enhanced liquidity within the listed property market. Overall, there is a perception that investors, especially fund managers, would find it potentially advantageous to include South African REITs or a higher proportion of such REITs in their investment portfolios.

<p>Background and research problem: The former highly inflationary property market is currently undergoing a stagnation process. Investors have been used to annual growth figures in double digits,</p><p>but now this is no longer considered to be a realistic outlook for future years. According to a report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Urban Land Institute, published by Avanza Wealth Management,</p><p>the three most attractive markets for property investment in Europe are London, Paris and Stockholm. Because of this the authors have focused their investigation on two companies in the London and</p><p>Stockholm. The authors will additionally use an international bank, an estate agent and a consultancy firm for further information, with regards to the property market and risks associated with these types</p><p>of investment in particular. This leads us into the purpose and research problem for this thesis which is concentrated around risks involved in property investments and how companies handle these risks.</p><p>What are the biggest risks associated with these types of investment and how does different organisations analyse these identified risk factors? What different risk factors do companies in the property sector consider? Furthermore, a comparison between the investigated companies in London and London will be undertaken.</p><p>Delimitations: The authors have chosen to limit the thesis geographically to the regions of London and Stockholm, since these markets have been categorised as being amongst the most attractive for</p><p>property investments in Europe. Also, the authors have chosen not to consider the risk factors associated with new productions in debt since this will make this thesis far to indecisive and immense,</p><p>hence it will be impossible for the intended reader to grasp the actual risks associated with the</p><p>property market as a whole.</p><p>Method: A number of interviews have been held with representatives at both board and management levels within the property companies which have been the focal point of this thesis. Moreover, several</p><p>other interviews have been held with other associated companies to create a broad picture of the property market and the inherent risks in these investments.</p><p>Results and conclusions: The largest risks associated with property investments, according to the interviewed property organisations are: fluctuations in interest rates, economic cycles, the position of</p><p>the property, change in property law or property regulations. The interviewed bank had partially diverging opinions about the risk factors and summarised these as: fluctuations in rental income,</p><p>vacancies, the ability of repayments and also the position of the property. This divergence would seem to be a result of the fact that the bank focuses on just the aspects of loans to finance the investment. To sum up the thesis, the authors conclude that the organisations, whether in London or Stockholm, seem to have identified relatively similar risk factors and that they also use roughly the same countermeasures to meet these risks.</p><p>Suggestions for further research: It would be of interests for the industry to investigate the possibility of being able to quantify these risks into figures to be able to build models for calculations</p><p>of these risks and thus be able to estimate the actual cost of risk associated with investments in property. Furthermore, it would be interesting to perform a large scale investigation with more</p><p>organisations together with quantitative analysis and questionnaires.</p>

Background and research problem: The former highly inflationary property market is currently undergoing a stagnation process. Investors have been used to annual growth figures in double digits, but now this is no longer considered to be a realistic outlook for future years. According to a report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Urban Land Institute, published by Avanza Wealth Management, the three most attractive markets for property investment in Europe are London, Paris and Stockholm. Because of this the authors have focused their investigation on two companies in the London and Stockholm. The authors will additionally use an international bank, an estate agent and a consultancy firm for further information, with regards to the property market and risks associated with these types of investment in particular. This leads us into the purpose and research problem for this thesis which is concentrated around risks involved in property investments and how companies handle these risks. What are the biggest risks associated with these types of investment and how does different organisations analyse these identified risk factors? What different risk factors do companies in the property sector consider? Furthermore, a comparison between the investigated companies in London and London will be undertaken. Delimitations: The authors have chosen to limit the thesis geographically to the regions of London and Stockholm, since these markets have been categorised as being amongst the most attractive for property investments in Europe. Also, the authors have chosen not to consider the risk factors associated with new productions in debt since this will make this thesis far to indecisive and immense, hence it will be impossible for the intended reader to grasp the actual risks associated with the property market as a whole. Method: A number of interviews have been held with representatives at both board and management levels within the property companies which have been the focal point of this thesis. Moreover, several other interviews have been held with other associated companies to create a broad picture of the property market and the inherent risks in these investments. Results and conclusions: The largest risks associated with property investments, according to the interviewed property organisations are: fluctuations in interest rates, economic cycles, the position of the property, change in property law or property regulations. The interviewed bank had partially diverging opinions about the risk factors and summarised these as: fluctuations in rental income, vacancies, the ability of repayments and also the position of the property. This divergence would seem to be a result of the fact that the bank focuses on just the aspects of loans to finance the investment. To sum up the thesis, the authors conclude that the organisations, whether in London or Stockholm, seem to have identified relatively similar risk factors and that they also use roughly the same countermeasures to meet these risks. Suggestions for further research: It would be of interests for the industry to investigate the possibility of being able to quantify these risks into figures to be able to build models for calculations of these risks and thus be able to estimate the actual cost of risk associated with investments in property. Furthermore, it would be interesting to perform a large scale investigation with more organisations together with quantitative analysis and questionnaires.

An efficient property and credit market can be used by a government of a country to empower its citizens to achieve sustainable development. To improve the property and credit market government needs to ensure that its land records contain information that is beneficial to the actors in both the property and credit market. Studies have shown that land records in Uganda experience problems which have affected the property and credit market. The Government of Uganda has had attempts to solve these problems and one of the recent efforts include computerization of the land records. However the aspect of the information content and its adequacy for the property and credit markets has not attracted much attention.  Therefore this research investigated the content of the real property register in relation to the requirement of the property and credit market in Uganda. The main aim of the research was to develop a model of a real property register that supports both the property and credit market in Uganda. The research established the needs of the different actors in the property and credit market. Based on the analysis of the needs of the property and credit market in Uganda, the gaps in the information provided by the current real property register were identified. The research methods included literature review, interviews, and questionnaires. Furthermore the registers were inspected at the different land offices. A conceptual model of a real property register was designed based on the information needs of actors and gaps in the current real property register.  The study revealed that the basic information required by the property and credit market included information on size of the property, location, occupancy rights, easements, regulations among others. Although things such as location and size are there, easements, occupancy rights and public restrictions are not there. This has impacted negatively on the property and credit market by contributing to land speculation, insecure rights, high transaction costs, prolonged transactions, high information costs, principle agent problems, land grabbing, land conflicts among others.   The study recommended that the current register should be remodelled to include the vital information such as easements, occupancy rights and public regulation that is needed by actors in the property and credit market. The register should be dynamic and create incentives to have people register the land. / Effektiva fastighets- och kreditmarknader kan användas av en regering i ett land för att stödja sina medborgare att uppnå en hållbar utveckling. För att förbättra fastighet- och kreditmarknaderna måste regeringen se till att landets fastighetsregister innehåller information som är till nytta för aktörerna i både fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna. Studier har visat att det befintliga fastighetsregistret i Uganda har brister som inverkar negativt på fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna. Ugandas regering har försök att lösa dessa problem och en av de senaste insatserna inkluderar digitalisering av fastighetsregistret. Däremot har frågan om registrets informationsinnehåll, och dess ändamålsenlighet för fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna, inte rönt någon större uppmärksamhet. Av dessa skäl har detta forskningsprojekt närmare undersökt informationsinnehållet i fastighetsregistret i relation till de behov som fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna i Uganda uppvisar. Det främsta syftet med forskningen var att utveckla en modell för ett fastighetsregister som kan gynna både fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna i Uganda. Forskningen inventerade inledningsvis behoven hos de olika aktörerna inom fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna. Baserat på en analys av dessa behov identifierades brister och svagheter i den information som tillhandahålls av det nuvarande fastighetsregistret. Forskningsmetoden innefattade litteraturstudier, intervjuer och enkäter. Därutöver granskades fastighetsregistret på plats vid olika registerförande kontor. En konceptuell modell av ett utvecklat fastighetsregister skapades utifrån de informationsbehov hos aktörerna och brister i nuvarande fastighetsregistret som identifierats. Studien visade att den grundläggande information som behövs för fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna innefattar bl.a. information om fastighetens area, lokalisering, olika rättigheter samt markanvändningsplaner. Information om area och lokalisering finns idag, men rättigheter och markanvändningsplaner saknas. Detta har inverkat negativt på fastighets- och kreditmarknaderna genom att bl.a. bidra till markspekulation, otrygga rättigheter, höga transaktions- och informations-kostnader, principal-agent-problem och markkonflikter. Studien rekommenderar att nuvarande registret bör utvecklas och struktureras för att kompletteras med viktig information såsom rättigheter och markanvändnings-regleringar vilket efterfrågas av marknadsaktörerna. Registret bör vidare vara dynamiskt och skapa incitament för att underlätta registrering av mark. / <p>QC 20160316</p>

This doctorate explores key aspects of the economics of housing by examining Ireland's housing market bubble of the early 2000s. For earlier chapters, the main source material is a previously unused dataset of almost two million property listings, covering the entire country from 2006 until 2012, maintained by property website daft.ie. An initial chapter outlines stylised facts of Ireland's housing market 2007-2012, including a greater spread of prices over property size in the crash but a narrower spread of rents. In contrast, the geographical spread of prices and rents was largely unchanged. The spread of rents was constrained relative to the spread of prices, suggesting either renter search thresholds or buyer "lock-in" effects. To examine which was at work, the daft.ie dataset is combined with information on a range of amenities, including landscape, transport, education, social capital and market depth. Overall, there is clear evidence that the rent effects of a range of amenities are smaller than the price effects. There is limited evidence of procyclical amenity pricing, which would indicate "lock-in" effects, with the analysis suggesting instead countercyclical pricing, or "property ladder" effects during the bubble. Results from these analyses are based on listed price and rents, rather than transaction prices. The relationship between the two is examined in a separate chapter, using an additional Central Bank of Ireland dataset on mortgages. The spread between list and sale prices gap that exists between the two is decomposed into four parts, a selection spread, a matching spread, a counteroffer spread and a drawdown spread. A selection spread of up to 10% emerged in the Irish housing market after 2009, while the counteroffer spread was positive before 2009 but negative for much of the period 2009-2011. The final chapter uses both inverted-demand and price-rent ratio methods to examine the long-run determinants of house prices in Ireland from 1980 on. In addition to careful treatment of standard fundamentals, it includes a measure of credit conditions as well as the ratio of persons to households, both contributions to the literature. The resulting inverted demand error-correction model shows a clear and stable long-run relationship, which is largely preserved when cointegration between series is explored. Similarly, a model of the price-rent ratio from 2000 shows clear error-correction properties. Together, they suggest that while a range of factors drove Irish house prices 1995-2001, credit conditions were largely responsible for the subsequent increase.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to determine what is the effect of the train noise on prices of properties in Prague. This influence is investigated by using the method of hedonic price. The theoretical part is devoted not only to the problematic of the train noise and its physical properties but also to its impact on humans and the prices of apartments. Then the train noise is specified as well as its issuers and the ways in which it is possible to defend from the negative effects of the impact of the train noise. The thesis also explains the various stages of the method of hedonic price together with the theoretical part of Foreign Studies which have been engaged in using the method of hedonic price and the train noise. In the empirical part are used the knowledge from search, the selected variables are discussed and are submitted to descriptive analysis and the hypothesis are given. Then the model works through a regression analysis of function of the method of hedonic price and the various results are discussed. This thesis finishes by calculating the implicit prices and elasticities for the individual variables in the selected models. At the very end recommendations and the benefits resulting from the analysis are drawn.

The main purpose of the diploma thesis is to estimate the impact of urban vegetation on real estate prices in terms of hedonic pricing method and furthermore to suggest a way how the estimated results should be implemented into decision-making within green areas of Prague. In the legal setting of Czech republic, the greenery is almost entirely provided to citizens through public budgets. As many effects of green areas do not come through markets, the decision-making about optimal quantity of greenery supplied comes to be heavily problematic. Concerning this, contibution of urban vegetation to the well-being of residents estimated in this thesis may become fundamental guide-post for public bodies. The theorethical part of the thesis is devoted to the problematics of green areas as an economic good and to the specification of urban greenery in Prague.Then the method used is shortly characterised. The practical part deals with choice of the appropriate variables representing urban greenery on the basis of relevant literature search. The main scope of the practical part is to describe and analyze property data set from Prague and finally to examine the impact of chosen environmental variables on the property prices.