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- Nov 30 2017
- Testimonial
Developing a Broader Vision of Real Estate
- Summer 2013
- Article
Real Estate Prices During the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
By: Tom Nicholas and Anna Scherbina
Using new data on market-based transactions we construct real estate price indexes for Manhattan between 1920 and 1939. During the 1920s prices reached their highest level in the third quarter of 1929 before falling by 67% at the end of 1932 and hovering around that... View Details
Keywords: Property; Market Transactions; Price; Value; Financial Crisis; Investment; Real Estate Industry; New York (state, US)
Nicholas, Tom, and Anna Scherbina. "Real Estate Prices During the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression." Real Estate Economics 41, no. 2 (Summer 2013): 278–309.
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Is the Real Estate Market Going to Collapse?
In a wide-ranging Los Angeles Times interview Robert Sulentic (MBA 1984), president and CEO of CBRE Group Inc. (long known as Coldwell Banker & Co.), is bullish about the real estate market, the future of... View Details
- October 1993
- Background Note
Brief Introduction to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
By: Jay O. Light and James O. Sailer
Light, Jay O., and James O. Sailer. "Brief Introduction to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-044, October 1993.
- Article
Metaverse Land: What Makes Digital Real Estate Valuable
Keywords: Crypto Economy
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Metaverse Land: What Makes Digital Real Estate Valuable." a16zcrypto.com (June 2, 2022).
- October 2021 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
The Big Blue: Starting a Real Estate Firm
By: Boris Vallee and Nikodem Szumilo
Vallee, Boris, and Nikodem Szumilo. "The Big Blue: Starting a Real Estate Firm." Harvard Business School Case 222-036, October 2021. (Revised April 2022.)
- 20 Dec 2019
- Podcast
Climate Change Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry
The real estate industry faces climate change challenges like difficult financing in coastal cities, more stringent regulations on where and how to build, and the need to retrofit existing properties to reduce emissions. Bryan Koop of Boston Properties, one of the... View Details
- August 2007 (Revised April 2012)
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate
By: Charles F. Wu and Arthur I Segel
Demonstrates the accelerating impact of leverage on returns under differing scenarios of property performance. The performance scenarios represent two points in time: the inception of the investment and the liquidation. View Details
Wu, Charles F., and Arthur I Segel. "Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate." Harvard Business School Technical Note 208-041, August 2007. (Revised April 2012.)
- March 2015
- Teaching Note
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Greta Friar
- 30 Aug 2016
- News
Foreign Investors Push Boston Real Estate Prices Higher
- 2011
- Article
Incentive Compensation and the Likelihood of Termination: Theory and Evidence from Real Estate Organizations
By: Christopher Parsons, G. Hallman and J. Hartzell
We analyze two managerial compensation incentive devices: the threat of termination and pay for performance. We first develop a simple model predicting that these devices are substitutes: when termination incentives are low, optimal contracts provide stronger... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Real Estate Industry
Parsons, Christopher, G. Hallman, and J. Hartzell. "Incentive Compensation and the Likelihood of Termination: Theory and Evidence from Real Estate Organizations." Real Estate Economics 39, no. 3 (Fall 2011): 507–546.
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