Essays on Estate

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Introduction
In this essay, how the real estate business is creating an oligopoly market in the city is to be discussed. As known, the new developing cities attract investors to the cities and the first investors in the city become the people related to the real estate business. The new developing cities are the places where changing economic conditions creates new job and business opportunities; therefore they attract more population including new investors, new workers, new service business etc. The more population in the new developing city means the higher demand for the accommodation facilities such as new buildings, ...

Introduction

Real estate economics entails the use of economic analysis techniques to determine the trends in real estate markets. The underlying objective of real estate economics is to offer a description, explanation and a prediction of the trends of demand and supply in real estate markers. This denotes the significance of analyzing the impacts of structural and business factors on the trends of real estate market. The most significant factors that influence demand in real estate markets are demographic factors. However, there are other factors such as levels of income, credit availability, and preferences of the consumers, ...

Introduction

Real estate market in U.S.A is declining apart from New York City that indicates some strong pulse especially in the high-end residential areas. For example, in June, the state recorded sales for the most expensive apartment by selling the penthouse at One57 with over $90million, which was equivalent to $8,000 per square foot. This marked the second record as the state broke the first record within the real estate in January when the Dmitriy Rybolovleb bought a penthouse apartment located in the 15 central park west for $88 million, which was similar to $13,000 per square (Newell & ...

Abstract

Before making any decision on the choice of an investment plan, it is very important that the individual carries out an intensive evaluation on the available investment options. Real estate is a very significant part of investment portfolio due to its numerous advantages and the les associated risks as compared to other forms of investments. As a Personal Retirement Plan, I opt for real estate. In this work, I have thoroughly investigated the theories and literature on real estate as an investment plan, and examined the both the benefits and the risks associated with such kind ...

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Introduction

Economic growth stems from, and brings forth further commercial activities. The aggregation of commercial activities influences the rate in which economic growth thrives, hence the importance of noting each kind of activity. Among the most obvious manifestations of a growing economy is the emergence of advanced infrastructures. Positive progress in the economy usually reveals itself through the presence of infrastructural improvements on roads, transportation and real estate spanning commercial, business and residential facilities.
The evolution of real estate infrastructure serves as among the most compelling signs of economic growth. One could find an ...

Chapter Two: Real Estate Lending Decision in Kuwaiti Banks

Literature Review

The five Cs of credit model – character, collateral, capital, conditions and capacity, all serve as important indicators for gauging the inclination and aptitude of debtors in fulfilling the obligations they have to their respective creditors (Sraeel, 2005, p. 40, par. 5; Strischek, 2009, par. 2). It is thus advisable for creditors to make their decisions based on the five Cs of credit model in order for them to assess the creditworthiness of their respective debtors properly (Strischek, 2011, par. 1). The prominence of the five Cs of credit model resurged most recently during the 2008 global financial ...

Introduction

In the current investment industry, real estate is considered as one of the most viable investment. Real estate investment offers a lot of benefits to the investor and is considered to have a very bright future.
Basically, real estate is defined as “any interest on land”. The interest can either be a leasehold interest or an ownership interest. In the case of ownership interest, the owner or investor has full land ownership rights and, at the same time, assumes the responsibilities and risks associated with the ownership. The ownership rights include the legal use and transfer of title of ...

Analysis of Canadian Housing Investment Opportunities

Analysis of Canadian housing investment opportunities
Executive Summary
The Canadian Housing market has historically offered enough returns with significant volatility over the last two decades. It is the most stable of housing markets around the world and is favored by the changing demographics. From well-regulated financial markets to encouraging immigration policies, Canada’s housing market is poised for surges in demand, given stable supply, and is supported by reliable financial regulation. Investors with a medium to long-term horizons, as well as people simply wish to enjoy Canada’s peaceful lifestyle, would all benefit from the diverse investment choices. We ...

Real Estate Investment

Investment in real estate is a crucial means of investing government funds. There are various suitable equity vehicles which can enable a government to invest in real estate. Investment in real estate may affect the structure of the global financial markets because it will lead to a stiff competition in the market (Baum, 2009, pp 18). Investment of government pension fund of Norway in real estate is supported by some of the Norwegian investment features which are considered as best practices in the international markets. The aim of the government pension fund in Norway is to save and promote ...

Executive Summary

Real estate management has traditionally played a major, albeit little appreciated, role in all organisations. With escalating real estate prices in most world economies, the role played by this department should be even more pronounced. This should be especially so in light of the fact that but for personnel, no other factor is costlier than real estate. From the aforesaid, it is a cinch that proper management of real estate with a view to reducing costs can and should lead to significant reduction of operating costs of a firm.
Non-profit organisations are especially under pressure ...

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Considering a new business that deals in construction and selling of real estates, there are many decisions to make during and before sales. Microeconomic analysis is a technique used to determine how the actions and decisions of a business or organization affect the country’s economy. Microeconomic analysis describes how individuals make financial decisions depending on the income they earn and the price of the products they consume. The study of microeconomics covers the levels of production and pricing. However, there are two different methods used in the microeconomic analysis process ( ...

INTRODUCTION

The real estate market is cyclical to the economic movement (Gray, 10). This relationship results in the movement of the real estate market in a similar pattern as that of the economy. With this pattern at work, the economic downturn results in having direct impact on the real estate market performance. Dubai is one of the most important states of United Arab Emirates. This report has focused on the major factors that have influenced the real estate sector of United Arab Emirates, including the impact of 2008 economic crisis. While discussing prior crisis condition of the industry, report has ...

CAPLAND AND REAL ESTATE ADVISORS PVT. LTD.

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CapLand Real Estate Advisors Pvt Ltd

Target Audience:
Importance: High
Outcome Required: Response & Direction
Introduction of the company: The firm of CapLand Real Estate Advisors Pvt Ltd has been actively involved in providing services to the public in the field of real estate valuation. Their headquarters are located in the city of Queensland, Australia but they operate and provide their services throughout the country. It is a specialized company that combines the expertise of a commercial real estate agency, a development management platform and a real estate consulting team. Together with so many specialties they ...

CAPLAND AND REAL ESTATE ADVISORS PVT. LTD.

Doc. Ref. 2013:01

CapLand Real Estate Advisors Pvt Ltd

Target Audience:
Importance: High
Outcome Required: Response & Direction
Introduction of the company: The firm of CapLand Real Estate Advisors Pvt Ltd has been actively involved in providing services to the public in the field of real estate valuation. Their headquarters are located in the city of Queensland, Australia but they operate and provide their services throughout the country. It is a specialized company that combines the expertise of a commercial real estate agency, a development management platform and a real estate consulting team. Together with so many specialties they ...

Dubai and other countries found in the gulf region are among the countries that were affected by the global financial crises that took place in the year 2008(Zaki, 2012). According to Zaki, Dubai is one of the countries that have managed to eliminate the negative effects of the word recession. This can be confirmed from the fact that recovery in the real estate investment has been witnessed. Many people have started investing in real estate’s as before. The demand for houses in Dubai has increased and this is what has facilitated the motivation to engage in investment ...

The estate plan is intended to reduce the amount of both federal and state tax payable on the gross estate of the clients. The estate plan seeks to develop efficient gifting plans by the clients to specific beneficiaries and effectively reduce the amount of tax that is payable from the gifting plans to the minimum. The estate plan should enable Rich distribute his estate to all his beneficiaries without any conflict of interest arising from the remarriage of his wife after his death.
The estate plan seeks to revise the client’s will to be more effective and efficient ...

Introduction

If it is asked to any common person whether it makes more sense to invest in real estate than in 401K, the answer probably will be negative in most of the cases. In fact, after the real estate crash of 2008, an increased number of people have started investing more in 401K and less in real estate (Robbins, 2014). However, if the same question is asked to a person who is knowledgeable in finance and has the ability to calculate the future value of money based on present investment capabilities, then the answer will be completely opposite. For most ...

How has the current economic environment and the financial crisis of 2008 affected the real estate market in Dubai

It is now beyond doubt that Dubai and the entire Gulf region were affected by the global financial crisis of 2008. However Dubai has now managed to come back from the negative impact of the recession. This has translated into a recovery of the real estate market beginning the year 2010. Demand for properties has been on the rise as the economy began reviving and more employment opportunities being created. The point of concern in this paper is to review several literature materials in relation to the extent in which the market has been affected by the recent economic situation in Dubai and the global financial crisis. ...

Chapter 3: Methodology

3.1 Research Design
“A research design is a framework or blueprint for conducting the business research project. It details the procedures necessary for obtaining the information needed to structure or solve business research problems.” (Green Field Online Research Center, 2009). Choosing the right research design depends on the topic at hand, and whether a hypothesis is available, initially or is to be deduced from the literature review and primary research itself. This research design approach has been carefully selected, in order to match the topic. Three in depth interviews have been conducted with experts on the topic, their expert ...

Executive Summary

Gandirk Real Estate Group LLC is a limited liability company registered in the state of New Jersey on 10/03/2011. Primarily, the company operates in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, Asia, Mexico, and other parts of the globe. Its founder, Thomas Gandirk, who was born in the family of real estate agents in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a young but highly experienced professional. Mr. Gandirk has over four years’ experience in retail sales, ascending to Department Manager at a retail store. As Department Manager, Mr. Gandirk was responsible for customer service, inventory orders, and selling supplies. This experience has taught Mr. ...

Introduction

Banking, financial, and even insurance-issuing institutions were badly hit by the global financial crisis that happened in 2007 to 2008. It created a serious domino effect that eventually took its toll on the U.S. Federal Government. The struggling dollar and U.S. economy—the world’s largest economy in terms of GDP, led to a serious wave of financial and stock market corrections that were felt globally, especially in countries whose economy is largely dependent on U.S. commodity and financial supply and consumption. The ultimate effect of the global financial crisis of 2009 was an increased uncertainty and negativity in ...

Introduction

Shenzhen, a metropolitan in Southern China, has a house price to income ratio as high as 41.15 according to Property Investment Index 2012. This is not surprising news for Chinese real estate market, as the average housing prices in China had already tripled from 2005 to 2009. Chinese property bubble is an ongoing real estate bubble in both residential and commercial real estate. While this phenomenon has caused many social, economical and cultural problems in the country, there was a heated discussion about the causes of this bubble. This essay will discuss the main causes of this bubble and ...

1.2 RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY TO KUWAIT
Making responsible decisions in real estate lending is a concern that is largely relevant to the economic setup of Kuwait. The economy of Kuwait, firmly founded on industries related to oil and gas, business and commercial services, and real estate, largely rests on its strong banking system. Kuwaiti banks are known for high capitalization and derive strength from government support via policies and intervention via the Central Bank of Kuwait. However, it is noteworthy to emphasize that the real estate and investment sectors of Kuwait have been exposed to the economically hazardous ...

The marketing strategy of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE) included various strategies which aimed at leveraging the brand awareness among the consumers who were interested in real estate news and developments.

Social Media Marketing Strategies

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate used the social media marketing strategies to position their brand and connect with the target audience.

B2B social media strategies:

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate used the following B2B social media strategies:
- Website Marketing & Content Marketing Strategies: Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate designed a website located at www.bhg.com which attracted as many as 5 million consumers every month and the number ...

Summary of selected Shadow Experience

For the record, I was not expecting to learn a lot of things about sales, marketing, and merchandising strategies in this shadow experience. The opposite of what I was expecting happened because I, in fact learned a lot, particularly in the field of economics, marketing, and merchandising. In this sales call strategy report, I will discuss the different things that I learned from a real-life sales person working for the Ocean Marine Yacht Club in Hallandale. The line of product and or service being offered is directly related to properties and real estate. The first time I came into ...

Introduction

The job of a real-estate agent is usually to convince a home owner to sell for a figure that is less than he would prefer, while informing potential buyers that a property or house may be purchased for a price less than that listed with. Agents convey information via for-sale advertisements in which they use enticing words such as “well maintained.” This may be a code name for something entirely different. This is the same kind of tactic that was employed by the Ku Klux Klan, which used words such as “Mr. Ayak” to signify that someone was a ...

The research paper is based on the average price of a house putting into consideration of some factors. The research mainly focuses on the average price of a small house (two bedroomed or three bedroomed) as compared to the price of a large house (five bedroomed or six bedroomed). The other two cases are used for evaluation of price in terms of location and not size. The introduction and problem statement sectors mainly focuses on definitions while the data analysis and implication sectors focus on the information contained in the raw data and what it might be used to ...

The real estate bubble in Thailand

There are several important reasons why governments should monitor the level of real estate prices. Their growth periodically results in economic bubbles that constantly appear in real estate markets all over the world. The last well-known bubble developed in the United States in 2008 and became the start of the world economic crises. Therefore, detecting housing bubbles has become one of the main analytics' objectives.
The process of forming bubbles usually goes almost insensibly, but there is often an ever-growing demand for real estate on a certain market. Since it is difficult to define the true value in conditions ...

Introduction

Interest rate, especially the repo and reverse repo rate set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have a profound effect on the value of real estate like any other investment vehicle. Because of great influence of the interest rate on an individual’s ability to purchase houses by increasing or decreasing the cost of the total mortgage amount, many people assume that interest is the only factor in real estate valuation. However, this assumption is not true. Interest rate definitely plays a big role in determining the housing prices, but it is not the only factor influencing the ...

The real estate industry is a critical part of any economy, and the performance of the real estate market usually gives a glimpse on the performance of the economy as a whole. In the real estate industry, there are many players, ranging from huge commercial banks which provide financing for purchases of homes and properties to the real estate agents who are involved in the process of finding suitable buyers for the properties which are offered for sale. The relationship between sellers of properties and real estate agents is an essential one that thrives on mutual benefit from the ...

EXEUTIVE ANALYSIS

Real-estate Ltd is a real estate company, which has been operating on the North Carolina market, over the past ten years. However, with the growing reach of the internet in the United States and across the world, the company would like to tap into the potential of the internet, by availing its products online. Consequently, Real-estate Ltd has designed, is testing and will soon launch iRealestate.com. This is an electronic commerce website, which will be used to extend the reach of the company not only in North Carolina, but in other parts of the United States. This marketing plan ...

ABSTRACT

This study explores on the effects of the subprime financial crisis (SFC) on the United States (US) that lasted between 2007 and 2011. Key to understanding the foregoing requires further exploration of the history of subprime lending in the US and its implications to the SFC. A qualitative review of studies under the provided brief literature review provides the methodology for the accomplishment of this study. Findings show that apart from worldwide economic effects, the US greatly suffered from the collapse of its subprime lending market, the decline of financial institutions due to providing too much allowance to granting ...

Introduction

Despite the credit crunch that hit the United Kingdom five years ago, real estate companies continue to expand, not only in terms of revenues but also of the scope of their operations. Prices for their stocks cost more than ten times the earnings; investors predict an upward trend in the years to come. Nevertheless, this does not mean good news to the consumer group. A significant part of the population is still faced with issues concerning the high cost of residential property. First-time buyers for instance, are forced to settle with renting because they are not able to afford ...

Memorandum Report

CC: Managers
Re: Current and future trends of California’s Orange County Real Estate Business
Following the survey conducted at Elizabeth Do, I have done a detailed research on the current trends in the real estate industry which might be of importance in shaping up the level of performance and productivity in Liz Do. This report gives insightful knowledge on the noteworthy issues such as competition, legislation, projected industry growth and much more activities in the real estate industry that might be helpful to enhancing efficiency at Liz Do. Subsequent to the major decline, which resulted from the subprime ...

Reaction and Thoughts on the 60 Minutes Video

The documentary video entitled “Michael Jackson's Lucrative Legacy” shown by CBS News’ 60 Minutes presented the legacy left by Michael Jackson after he died in 2009. The most moving and inspiring message relayed was the ability of Jackson’s estate and legacy have continued to earn profits which enabled the complete payment of his almost $380 million in debt . It was actually the first time that one heard assets in terms of the music catalog or the songs written by other artists. As such, the music catalog of the Beatles were allegedly bought for about $47.5 million and future ...

Abstract

Fresh graduates in finance and MBA always seek for opportunities to build a lucrative career in private equity and venture capital because a career in private equity investment is challenging with a high growth prospect and broad scope of career expansion. However, many other different career options as interesting as private equity and venture capital are there in the investment space including venture capital investing, private equity investing, corporate finance, private equity real estate, leveraged buyout (LBO), fund of funds investing and investment banking. The essay below has given details about each of these career options highlighting the required ...

Velculescu (2008) reported that Norwegian Oil Fund (Norwegian Government Pension Fund - NGPF) has agreed to purchase a stake on Regent Street buildings in 2010. Despite the investment was considered beneficial NGPF managers expressed a desire to know if there were other opportunities which could be more liquid. This paper aims at consideration of other possible opportunities for investing NGPF monetary funds in UK property.
In accordance with Velculescu (2008), NGPF prioritized office and retail investment. Target need for these investments is 35% and 30% while actual allocation equals 15% and 10% accordingly. Also, allocation band of NGPF presupposes ...

Dubai Economic Issue

The real estate sector in Dubai is a major contributor of the gross domestic product in the United Arab Emirates. However, this sector was widely affected by the global financial crisis in 2008/2009. In this period, the real estate market experienced a sharp decline in the price of the property in the mid-2008 and 2009. As a result of the drop in prices of real estate, the Abu Dhabi market was also affected. This decline continued in the residential property until the end of 2011 though the effect lasted longer in the larger Abu Dhabi until 2012.
However, the ...

Real Estate Securities, Portfolio Construction and Down-side Risk Analysis

Securitized Real Estate Market In Malaysia:
The securitized real estate market in Malaysia is dominated by listed property companies and the REIT(Real Estate Investment Trusts). Since the real estate market is still emerging, the size of the securitized real estate market is small and most of the research findings on the securitized real estate market of Malaysia have indicated that the securitized real estate market is an ineffective investment and offers unfavorable return. Hence, considering the poor performance of the Malaysian securitized real estate market, Malaysian Government has taken several steps to improve the performance of the real ...

Executive Summary 3

Overview of Current Situation 3
Summary of Needs and Objectives 4
Summary of Recommendations 4
Summary of Expected Outcomes 4
Important Information 5
1.0 Objective 6
2.0 Current Situation 6
2.1 How to get there 7
3.0 Recommendation 1 9
3.1 What is Salary Sacrifice? 9
3.2 Steps 9
3.3 Benefits of the Recommendation 11
3.4 Risk Associated with the Recommendation 13
4.0 Recommendation 2 14
4.1 Steps 15
4.2 Benefits of the Recommendation 15
4.3 Risk Associated with the Recommendation 15
4.4 Alternatives Researched and Why Rejected 16
3.5 Conclusion 17
5.0 Superannuation Withdrawals - Taxation Implications 17
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