Journal of Property Investment & Finance: Volume 34 Issue 2

Differences in underpricing of A-REIT IPOs and Australian property company IPOs

Bill Dimovski

A variety of papers have analyzed the underpricing of REIT IPOs or property company IPOs. The purpose of this paper is to compare the two sectors and examines differences in the…

Determinants of foreign direct real estate investment in selected MENA countries

Mohamed Salem, Andrew Baum

The purpose of this paper is to identify the main determinants of foreign direct real estate investments (foreign direct investment (FDI)) in selected Middle Eastern and North…

Tremors and tenants: The effect of a natural disaster and policy changes on commercial office occupiers in New Zealand

Olga Filippova

The purpose of this paper is to explore the changes in commercial office occupiers’ preferences in their building choice as a result of a recent natural disaster which triggered…

Investment risk scoring model for commercial properties in India

Ashish Gupta, Piyush Tiwari

There is significant research related to risk and uncertainty in valuation. Risk, in valuation, is mostly communicated to investors in qualitative terms. There has been some…

The factors that determine shopping centre rent in Wuhan, China

Qiulin Ke, Wencan Wang

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that affect the retail rent of shopping centres in Wuhan, an important city in central China.

Rent review: dark art or rainy sky?

Malcolm John Dowden

The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact on rent review clauses of a recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the interpretation and application of contractual provisions…

Mass valuations

Richard Grover

– The purpose of this paper is to review the issues involved in the implementation of mass valuation systems and the conditions needed for doing so.

Guest editorial

Angus McIntosh