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The transit oriented basis boost : adapting the LIHTC to finance affordable housing near transit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit is arguably the most successful and important program in American history for the creation of affordable housing. The program leverages private investment in affordable housing, through ...
Modeling metropolis : clean energy guidelines for neighborhood design in rapidly urbanizing China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
In China's current landscape the paradigm for urban development is the rapid creation of whole neighborhoods instead of the conventional piecemeal approach of creating individual buildings that gradually aggregate over ...
A successive effort on performance comparison between public and private real estate equity investment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The research has a two-fold objective. Initially, the author compares the performance between public and private real estate equity investment represented by NAREIT Equity REIT Index and NCREIF Property Index from 1987 to ...
Mispricing income growth : exploring inefficiencies in commercial real estate pricing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This paper is an investigation into the relationship between real estate capitalization rates and income growth. The paper includes a cross-sectional analysis of approximately 25 markets in the United States. The paper ...
A comparative study of real options valuation methods : economics-based approach vs. engineering-based approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
It has been expected that the option valuation theory will play a much more significant role in the real estate analysis. However, potentially because of the need for understanding the advanced financial theories, the real ...
Asian real estate investment : data utilization for the decision making process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Many investors in developed countries believe the Asian emerging market to be highly risky due to numerous uncertainties including limited market information to make sound investment decisions. However, still successful ...
A streamlined real options model for Real Estate Development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis introduces a streamlined model that incorporates the value of the real options that exist in real estate development projects. Real options add value to a project by providing developers with flexibility to ...
The impact of climate change on ski resort operations and development : opportunities and threats
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis serves as a pedagogical guide to the ski resort industry, and presents a broad overview of the unique issues that accompany climate change. The paper also provides recommendations to resort developers as to ...
Barriers to growth in the US real estate derivatives market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Commercial real estate is an important asset class but it does not yet have a well-developed derivatives market in the United States. A derivative is a contract that derives its value from an underlying index or asset. ...
The potential use of land readjustment as an urban redevelopment strategy in the United States : assessing net economic value
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The land readjustment method of land assembly has an extensive international history, but is virtually unknown to professional planners and real estate developers in the United States. Its potential benefits are many. It ...