Journal of Property Finance: Volume 7 Issue 4

Linkages between direct and indirect property performance in Hong Kong

Graeme Newell, Kwong Wing Chau

Assesses the relationship between Hong Kong property company and commercial property market performance over 1984‐94. Finds that property companies provide a useful source of…

Buy‐sell strategies in the Hong Kong commercial property market

Gerald R. Brown

Developing a successful strategy for investment in property is not easy. Research shows that abnormal returns, net of transactions costs, are difficult to achieve even though…

Real estate development analysis in China

Ling Hin Li

Real estate development and investment in China has become a strategy rather than an investment opportunity for most of the international investors. However, given the relatively…

Relationship between Hong Kong house prices and mortgage flows under deposit‐rate ceiling and linked exchange rate

Raymond Y.C. Tse

Shows that there is a Granger causality relationship between house prices and mortgage flows in Hong Kong where there is a deposit‐rate ceiling and linked exchange rate. While the…

Property companies’ share price discounts and property market returns The Singapore evidence

Kim Hiang Liow

Analyses the quarterly share price discount/ premium of Singapore property companies in the period 1980‐94. Further investigations suggest an inverse relationship between the size…

Evidence of segmentation in domestic and international property markets

Patrick J. Wilson, John Okunev

The risk/return trade‐off is a perennial problem of portfolio managers. Portfolio diversification strategies should be such that investments are held in markets that are…

Measuring the effects of borrowing on property investments

Patrick Rowland

Investors commonly use debt finance in the purchase of income‐producing properties with the aim of enhancing their return on equity. Describes how the past effects of borrowing…