Thesis (M. Hous. M.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007.

Buyer and seller interactions are analyzed with intermediaries called traders using a network structure. Goods are traded in the market through those networks. Each seller and buyer is linked to a trader through a network. We introduce asymmetric information on the valuation of goods by sellers and buyers. We deal with a two-stage game with incomplete information. The trader tries to maximize his profit. In Chapter 1, we analyze even network structures with one seller-one trader-one buyer and two buyers-one trader-two sellers and the asymmetric network cases with one seller-one trader-two buyers and two sellers-one trader-one buyer. We find that he sometimes offers different prices to sellers or to buyers when the penalty is almost zero in the second even network. We obtain that the trader sometimes offers the same price to all three parties to receive the maximum profit in the second asymmetric case. In Chapter 2, we allow there to be multiple traders and analyze how buyer and seller prices are influenced by competition among traders in a model of uncertainty. Sometimes, the seller and buyer both benefit from the competition between the two traders. The traders compete in the sense of a Bertrand duopoly to choose the price where each trader aims to maximize his profit. In other network structures, we note that the sellers who are not subject to the competition between two traders suffer from the consequences of the monopoly competition. We obtain that there will not be one fixed price that the traders offer the second seller and the second buyer in the last two network structures depending on the conditions on the valuations for the traded good. Middlemen, either as individuals or realtors, seem to have influential effects on the pricing strategy in the housing market. In Chapter 3, we analyze the contribution of the middlemen in the housing market as an application to trade networks. We work on a specific dataset related to the housing prices for two main neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia. The characteristics of those neighborhoods differ in terms of its distance to downtown or high-valued residential houses. We compare and contrast the returns for those two neighborhoods with distinct properties in order to investigate if any of these neighborhoods yield higher returns for the middlemen.

This thesis documents the research that has led to the development of a number of methodologies for combining existing artificial intelligence and statistical techniques into a form appropriate for the development of an intelligent appraisal system for use in the residential property appraisal profession. The methodologies illustrate how regression based appraisal models, previously restricted to homogeneous data, can be applied to heterogeneous data without significant loss in accuracy. The majority of research, previous to this, has addressed this problem by manually selecting homogeneous sub-regions from a heterogeneous parent region. However, the main drawback with this approach is that the segregation of parent regions into sub-regions relies upon a significant amount of a priori knowledge pertaining to the location of the property being valued. The requirement for a commercial residential property appraisal system is one that given sufficient training evidence can automatically learn how to value a property in any region and be able to modify this knowledge over time. Two methodologies are proposed within the thesis to address this requirement. The first, using a technique known as the Kohonen Self Organising Map, makes an assumption that residential properties that share sufficient characteristics can be appraised using the same function The Kohonen Self Organising Map is used to cluster properties with respect to their property characteristics and locational characteristics represented using a mortgage transaction database and UK Census statistics. Aptness of each cluster to define a homogeneous subset suitable to train a regression model, such as multiple regression analysis or a neural network, is estimated using a form of 'nearest neighbour' analysis. The second methodology, improves on the previous by transforming the static 'cluster then observe' solution to a more dynamic one using a Genetic Algorithm to evolve good clusters from those that at first inspection were mediocre. Another issue that has hindered the development of intelligent residential property appraisal systems has been the inability of such models to express their underlying functional form. This is addressed from two perspectives in this thesis: Rules are derived that describe the characteristic make-up of the formed clusters and, alternative modelling techniques are used to generate the final training models that are able to express their functional form as a set of induced rules. The work contained within this thesis demonstrates the feasibility of such an automatic stratification approach. Also, the research illustrates that by observing the characteristics of the generated clusters formed, a useful insight into both the underlying reasoning of the generated models and also of the locational and financial makeup of the subject location can be gained.

SILVA, Nubelia Moreira da. Nos meandros do Pacoti:os impactos socioambientais da atividade imobiliária nas comunidades do entorno da planície flúvio-marinha do rio Pacoti-Ceará. 2005. 127 f. : Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Programa Regional de Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente - PRODEMA, Fortaleza-CE, 2005 / Submitted by Nádja Goes (nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-04-07T12:43:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2005_dis_nmsilva.pdf: 11838874 bytes, checksum: f92059686c590f4b50496ba66b3acf14 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Nádja Goes(nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-04-07T12:43:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2005_dis_nmsilva.pdf: 11838874 bytes, checksum: f92059686c590f4b50496ba66b3acf14 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-07T12:43:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2005_dis_nmsilva.pdf: 11838874 bytes, checksum: f92059686c590f4b50496ba66b3acf14 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Este trabalho discute a problemática socioambiental desencadeada pela atividade imobiliária e o conseqüente crescimento urbano na área de entorno da planície flúvio-marinha do rio Pacoti o qual ocorre por meio da implantação de condomínios, rede hoteleira e loteamentos. As omunidades que constituem o objeto de estudo desta pesquisa - Abreulândia, Mangabeira e Porto das Dunas - pertencem aos municípios de Fortaleza, Eusébio e Aquiraz respectivamente. O objetivo central desta pesquisa é analisar os impactos socioambientais originados das relações que os agentes imobiliários, o Estado e as comunidades locais estabelecem entre si e com o meio ambiente, dando ênfase às estratégias de resistência, constituídas e vivenciadas especialmente pelas comunidades tradicionais que habitam essa área. Para compreender a dinâmica cotidiana das comunidades em análise, foi necessária a efetiva participação da pesquisadora no dia-a-dia dessas comunidades, o que possibilitou o entendimento das atitudes, interesses, conflitos e a luta de classes que estabelecida entre os moradores dessas localidades. No trabalho foram utilizados depoimentos, fotografias, documentos oficiais e uma vasta literatura. A recuperação dos aspectos históricos foi fundamental para se compreender a maneira como ocorreu a ocupação desses espaços e permitiu apreender as mudanças de função desses lugares ao longo do tempo. Entende-se que os moradores originais estão vivendo em situação difícil, pois os recursos naturais que utilizam para sobrevivência estão se tornando cada vez mais escassos, conseqüência das constantes agressões que o meio ambiente sofre. O mercado imobiliário atuante nesses lugares faz com que o preço da terra se valorize, dificultando o acesso à moradia dos que pertencem a classes sociais menos favorecidas, o que origina o fenômeno da segregação socioespacial. É fundamental explicar tais processos, pois se faz necessário combinar o crescimento socioeconômico com a conservação dos recursos naturais e o direito de todos interagirem com a natureza na perspectiva do desenvolvimento sustentável.

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The purpose of the study is to examine the impactof the timesharing concept on the resort industry in order to determine the industry's familiarity with timesharing and the industry's conception of the present and future effects of timesharing. The study utilizes two methods of research, primarydata and secondary data, to examine the concept of timesharing. This section includes information on the different forms of timesharing, the legal aspects, the marketing, management, finance and future of timesharing in order to educate the public about the concept. The primary data takes the form of a survey thatquestions hotel/motel operators in the Fort Lauderdale Beach area to determine their attitudes towards the impact of timesharing on the resort industy.

Orientador: Maria Chaves Jardim / Banca: Renata Medeiros Paoliello / Banca: Antônio José Pedroso Neto / Resumo: O presente texto é fruto da pesquisa de mestrado intitulada "Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida: a construção social de um mercado", cujo objetivo foi de analisar as empresas que compõem o Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida, ou seja, as construtoras que fazem parte do mercado de construção habitacional de padrão econômico, considerando-se ainda o ponto de vista dos consumidores das casas. É a partir da sociologia econômica, que estuda as relações econômicas como relações sociais, que iremos nos debruçar sobre a construtora, buscando entender não apenas de que maneira ela moldou/implantou o seu padrão de racionalidade no programa habitacional federal, mas também como influenciou os moradores na compra do seu produto, o apartamento. Buscaremos identificar convergências e desajustamentos de racionalidades ou habitus de construtora e de compradores de apartamento. Como fonte de pesquisa, foram utilizados os conteúdos no site da empresa, revistas sobre construção civil e a pesquisa de campo, com entrevistas com os membros da construtora e com moradores do condomínio construídos por esta empresa. Os dados indicam a convergência de racionalidade econômica dos compradores e dos vendedores / Abstract: This research is the result of the master's research entitled "Minha Casa Minha Vida: the social construction of a market." This research aims to analyze the companies that make up the 'Minha Casa Minha Vida' that is, construction companies that are part of the housing construction market economy standard, even considering the point of view of consumers' homes. It is from the economic sociology, which studies the economic relations as social relations, which we will in dwell on the construction company, seeking to understand not only how it shaped / implemented its rationality standard in federal housing program, but also as influenced residents the purchase of your product, apartment. As a research source was used content on the company website, magazines about the construction and field research through interviews with members of the construction and condominium residents built by this company. The data indicate the convergence of economic rationality of buyers and sellers / Mestre

M.Comm. / The purpose of this study is to determine the tax implications of sectional title, shareblock and timeshare schemes and to establish whether any of the schemes is more beneficial to the taxpayer than the others.

The diploma thesis entitled "Expropriation of Real Estate" aims to clarify and analyse the legal regulation of forced withdrawal or limitation of the property right to real estate or rights of easement. It does not neglect the changes brought by the recodification of private law. The topic is not a new one, but it is undoubtedly topical, especially with regard to the importance of property rights itself and overlapping of public law with private law. The expropriation of real estate as the most serious interference with property rights is the ultimate means of fulfilling the needs of public interest. For this reason it can be decided only upon fulfilling all conditions stated by law. Based on analysing the English legislation of the expropriation of real estate and critical evaluation of the Czech legal system, attention is drawn to deficiencies and considerations de lege ferenda and through which there are recommended changes to be made in the Czech legal regulation.

M.A. / Since personality plays a very important role in the choice of career, it was decided to undertake a study whereby the personality traits of individuals of a particular career, namely that of estate agent was explored. The purpose of the study therefore, is to determine whether there are statistically significant differences in certain personality dimensions between estate agents who according to Holland (1997) fit the estate agents category and estate agents who according to Holland (1997) do not fit the estate agents category. Career counselling is discussed on the basis of the current literature on the topic. Career counselling entails matching an individual’s interests and abilities to a suitable career. The viewpoints regarding career counselling that are discussed in this study are the Trait and Factor theory, the career developmental approach of Super (1953) and Holland’s (1997) occupational interest theory. Holland’s (1997) theory is conceptualised in depth as his theory plays a large role in the current study. Furthermore, because personality plays a large role in an individual’s decision of career, various temperament and personality theories are discussed. The factors differentiating temperament from personality have also been included. Finally the relationship between personality and work is explained. The sample group consisted of 44 estate agents who work at one of three branches of the same real estate agency in Johannesburg. Holland’s (1994b) Self Directed Search (SDS) was used to establish the specific occupational three letter code of each of the participating estate agents. This code was compared to the code found in the Occupations Finder (1994a) which specifies the code established by Holland (1994a) as the suitable code for estate agents, (namely ESI). Based on their SDS codes, the participants were divided into two groups. Group one consisted of estate agents who have either ‘ES’ or ‘SE’ as the first two letters of their occupational code, in other words the estate agents closely resembling Holland’s (1994a) code and therefore those that fit the estate agents category according to Holland (1994a). Group two consisted of estate agents whose first two letters of their occupational code were neither ‘ES’ or ‘SE’, in other words the estate agents who do not closely resemble Holland’s (1994a) code and therefore those who do not fit the estate agents category according to Holland (1994a).