This study aims to investigate how people's housing preferences changed during the Corona Pandemic. To achieve the purpose of the study, three questions have been formulated: Have housing preferences changed for people during the pandemic in Northeast Scania? How did real estate agents experience the housing market and their customers' housing preferences? Did the pandemic cause greater concern for young adults on the housing market? To answer these questions, a qualitative method has been used in the form of semi-structured interviews with both customers and real estate agents in Northeast Scania. The results of the study shows that people's housing preferences did change during the pandemic, where a larger living space was considered the most desirable. The real estate agents shared this view and saw a trend toward the interest of moving out of the city. Finally, the results of the study showed that young first-time buyers did not find it more difficult to enter the housing market than usual, but their feelings about working from home and involuntary isolation were affected to almost the same extent as ordinary people during the pandemic. / Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur människors boendepreferenser förändrades under Corona-pandemin. För att uppnå syftet med studien har tre frågor formulerats: Har boendepreferenser förändrats för människor under pandemin i nordöstra Skåne? Hur upplevde fastighetsmäklare bostadsmarknaden och deras kunders bostadspreferenser? Har pandemin orsakat större bekymmer för unga vuxna på bostadsmarknaden? För att besvara dessa frågor har en kvalitativ metod använts i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer med både kunder och fastighetsmäklare i nordöstra Skåne. Resultaten av studien visar att människors boendepreferenser förändrades under pandemin, där ett större bostadsutrymme ansågs vara det mest önskvärda. Fastighetsmäklarna delade denna uppfattning och såg en trend mot intresset att flytta ut ur staden. Slutligen visade studiens resultat att förstagångsköpare inte hade svårare att ta sig in på bostadsmarknaden än vanligt, men deras känslor kring att arbeta hemifrån och ofrivillig isolering påverkades i nästan samma utsträckning som gemene man under pandemin.

by Chan Ngai-Ming, Zoe, Chung Ting Ting. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-57). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- THE HONG KONG PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRY --- p.6 / Industry Overview --- p.6 / Developers for This Study --- p.6 / Chapter III. --- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK --- p.8 / Competitor Analysis --- p.8 / Market Commonality Vs Product Commonality --- p.8 / Suggested Attributes for Studying Product Commonality in this Industry --- p.9 / Location --- p.9 / Time of Sale --- p.9 / Flat Size --- p.10 / Other Factors --- p.10 / Resource Similarity --- p.12 / Competitive Actions and Responses --- p.12 / Product Commonality and Competitive Response --- p.14 / Competitive Response and Performance --- p.17 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.19 / Data --- p.19 / Identification of Actions and Responses --- p.19 / Measurement --- p.21 / Product Commonality --- p.21 / Likelihood of Response to Price Change --- p.24 / Response Magnitude --- p.24 / Performance --- p.25 / Comparative Approach --- p.25 / Chapter V. --- RESULTS --- p.27 / Product Commonality and Likelihood of Response to Price Change --- p.27 / Response Magnitude and Performance --- p.30 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION --- p.34 / Implications --- p.34 / Limitation and Future Directions --- p.36 / APPENDIX I RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STUDY OF HONG KONG RESIDENTIAL MARKET BY THE CONSUMER COUNCIL IN 1996 --- p.41 / APPENDIX IIA SUMMARY OF 27 DATA UNDER STUDIED --- p.43 / APPENDIX IIB TIMELINES FOR 27 DATA UNDER STUDIED --- p.46 / APPENDIX III PRODUCT COMMONALITY BREAKDOWN --- p.52 / APPENDIX IV SUMMARY OF PRIMARY DATA --- p.54 / bibliography --- p.56

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences. / Department of Government and Public Administration

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:33:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciana_Maia_Campos_Machado.pdf: 1574359 bytes, checksum: cabec8c037b6327cf603054ec242e15d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-24 / When compared to other Brazilian companies traded at BOVESPA, real estate listed companies, in the period 2005-2013, had a sharp drop in market value. In this period, the years of 2006 and 2007 were marked by particularly strong concentration of IPOs in the Brazilian market, and in the same way that other companies, real estate companies turned to the stock market in an unusual high frequency to finance their operations. Specifically in the real estate industry, a high percentage of companies went public in these two years: 60% of all companies in the sector. Studies on the annomalies due to IPOs usually address the undervaluation of the issuing companies, the concentrated emission at hot market times (Market Timing) and the poor performance of stocks and operations of these companies in the long run. Thus, this work aimed to investigate whether there was a relationship between the poor performance of the real estate industry in the Brazilian market and the significant number of IPOs that companies of this sector performed. For this purpose, non-financial companies from all sectors traded at BOVESPA were studied, comparing the market value divided by total assets of the companies that went public in the period with companies that was already traded. Furthermore, the behavior of the same indicator for real estate developers was contrasted with other sectors. In order to isolate any other incident effects on the test variable, different panel data regressions were estimated, controlling for risk, size, profitability, growth, years and sectors. Empirical evidence suggests that the poor performance observed in the real estate developers would be linked to the unusually high incidence of IPOs in the sector in the period, not to any particularities of these companies, directing the results primarily to issues of Market Timing in the IPO market timing, not to any operational difficulties in the real statebusiness. / When compared to other Brazilian companies traded at BOVESPA, real estate listed companies, in the period 2005-2013, had a sharp drop in market value. In this period, the years of 2006 and 2007 were marked by particularly strong concentration of IPOs in the Brazilian market, and in the same way that other companies, real estate companies turned to the stock market in an unusual high frequency to finance their operations. Specifically in the real estate industry, a high percentage of companies went public in these two years: 60% of all companies in the sector. Studies on the annomalies due to IPOs usually address the undervaluation of the issuing companies, the concentrated emission at hot market times (Market Timing) and the poor performance of stocks and operations of these companies in the long run. Thus, this work aimed to investigate whether there was a relationship between the poor performance of the real estate industry in the Brazilian market and the significant number of IPOs that companies of this sector performed. For this purpose, non-financial companies from all sectors traded at BOVESPA were studied, comparing the market value divided by total assets of the companies that went public in the period with companies that was already traded. Furthermore, the behavior of the same indicator for real estate developers was contrasted with other sectors. In order to isolate any other incident effects on the test variable, different panel data regressions were estimated, controlling for risk, size, profitability, growth, years and sectors. Empirical evidence suggests that the poor performance observed in the real estate developers would be linked to the unusually high incidence of IPOs in the sector in the period, not to any particularities of these companies, directing the results primarily to issues of Market Timing in the IPO market timing, not to any operational difficulties in the real statebusiness. / Quando comparadas ??s demais empresas brasileiras de capital aberto negociadas na BOVESPA, as incorporadoras imobili??rias apresentaram, no per??odo de 2005 a 2013, acentuada queda no valor de mercado. Neste intervalo, os anos de 2006 e 2007 foram notadamente marcados por forte concentra????o de IPOs no mercado brasileiro, e da mesma forma que outras empresas, as incorporadoras imobili??rias recorreram com frequ??ncia pouco usual ao mercado acion??rio para financiamento de suas opera????es. Especificamente no setor de incorpora????o imobili??ria, um percentual elevado de empresas abriu capital nestes dois anos: 60% do total de empresas do setor listadas na BOVESPA. Estudos sobre anomalias decorrentes da abertura de capital costumam abordar a subavalia????o das empresas emissoras, a concentra????o das emiss??es em momentos de alta (Market Timing) e o fraco desempenho das a????es e opera????es destas empresas no longo prazo. Assim, esta disserta????o teve como objetivo principal investigar se houve rela????o entre o fraco desempenho do setor de incorpora????o imobili??ria no mercado acion??rio brasileiro com a expressiva quantidade de IPOs que as empresas que comp??em o setor realizaram. Com este objetivo, foram estudadas empresas n??o financeiras de todos os setores negociadas na BOVESPA, comparando-se o valor de mercado sobre ativo total das empresas que abriram capital no per??odo com o de empresas que j?? possu??am capital aberto. Ademais, verificou-se o comportamento do mesmo indicador para incorporadoras imobili??rias, contrastando-as com empresas de outros setores. Com a finalidade de isolar outros efeitos incidentes sobre a vari??vel de teste, diferentes regress??es com dados em painel foram estimadas, controlando-se risco, tamanho, rentabilidade, crescimento, anos e setores. Os resultados encontrados sugerem que, em m??dia, as empresas que recorreram ao mercado acion??rio, realizando IPOs entre 2005 e 2013, iniciaram o per??odo sobrevalorizadas, ou seja, com valor de mercado sobre ativo total superior ??s demais, sendo que esse valor teve forte decr??scimo nos anos seguintes. As evid??ncias emp??ricas sugerem que o fraco desempenho observado nas incorporadoras imobili??rias estaria ligado ?? anormalmente elevada incid??ncia de IPOs no setor no per??odo, e n??o a particularidades destas empresas, direcionando os resultados principalmente para quest??es de Market Timing nos IPOs, e n??o a eventuais dificuldades operacionais no ramo de atividade de incorpora????o imobili??ria.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Government and Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Housing Management / Master / Master of Housing Management

This project will simulate an online real estate company using JSP, Java Servlet and JavaBean technology.

This master´s thesis is focused on an evaluation of a real estate market in light of „ethics in real estate activities.“ I mention ways of ethical principles and rules implementing especially in estate agencies and professional associations. Furthermore I mention ways of correction pretending in case of an irregularity. It happens quite often in reality that there are events whose solutions are still not regulatedby law so there is no statutory dutyto adhere to them. That´s why ethics codes are not mandatory for estate agencies, because they have no legal dependence in a contractual agreement between a client and a real estate agency or in a legal framework – a law of the Czech republic. I outline basic test cases – problems which can arise in this area, write up main advantages and disadvantages of the existing regulations within the frame of the Czech republic.

The theoretical part of this thesis is focused on the description of individual aspects influencing the real estate business. It covers primarily contracts which appertain to this type of business activities and also other subjects that have a substantial impact on the real estate trade. One part is devoted to the changes of the real estate market after the accession to the European Union. The practical part is focused on the actual process of the real estate trade, both from the seller´s and the buyer´s point of view.

Problem Statement: The business of property finance has not been properly documented in South Africa. Available resource material focuses on the perspective of the property developer and investor largely neglecting the business of property finance. Thus comprehensive information on this business was not available to students and researchers This study set out to correct this deficiency. Research Procedure: Key property finance personnel in the major banks in the Republic of South Africa were interviewed to establish how the business of property finance is conducted. Jointly the interviewees represent 77% by volume of business over a period of two years A parallel process of literature research was undertaken to compliment the interview research and provide technical depth to the findings. Findings: The empirical and literature research results were combined to comprehensively document the processes, structures, systems, products / Business Management / M. Com. (Business Management)