Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data

Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2015.

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Main Author: Owusu-Opoku, Peter K
Other Authors: William C. Wheaton.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101323
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spelling mit-1721.1/1013232019-04-12T09:13:44Z Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data Analysis of office operating expenses using National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries property level data Owusu-Opoku, Peter K William C. Wheaton. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development. Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development. Thesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2015. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 54). How do the various categories of operating expenses for institutional grade office buildings vary with changes in rental income and occupancy? The general consensus held is that, following the linear relationship that exists between variable expenses, occupancy and income; a change in either occupancy or income would result in a change in variable expenses. The question is by how much and in what direction? This thesis contributes to answering that question by exploring how tax, utility, insurance and maintenance expenses for office properties, across key markets in the United States, vary with rental income and occupancy level changes. To achieve this, time-series data on income and expense data for office properties from Q1 2000 to Q4 2014 was analyzed using two panel regressions. One with fixed effects for buildings to exclude all idiosyncratic characteristics of properties and another with fixed effects for time that captured the building differences. The analysis shows that the elasticities of these expenses to changes in income and occupancy vary across expense type and also across geographic location. Additionally, in majority of the cases, these elasticities were statistically significant. by Peter K. Owusu-Opoku. S.M. in Real Estate Development 2016-02-29T14:59:59Z 2016-02-29T14:59:59Z 2015 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101323 938819020 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 137 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Owusu-Opoku, Peter K
Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data
title Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data
title_full Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data
title_fullStr Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data
title_full_unstemmed Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data
title_short Commercial real estate operating expenses : an analysis of office operating expenses using NCREIF property level data
title_sort commercial real estate operating expenses an analysis of office operating expenses using ncreif property level data
topic Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101323
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