Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets

Thesis (S.M. in Real Estate Development)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in Conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2011.

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Main Author: Luo, Mai, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Williams Wheaton.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65184
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spelling mit-1721.1/651842019-04-12T11:31:54Z Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets Luo, Mai, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Williams 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, 2011. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51). Much research has been done to examine the volatilities of return on public and private real estate investments. However, little is known about market volatility in real estate in general and in apartment real estate in particular. This paper uses 21-year quarterly data across 46 markets in the United States to analyze the market volatility behavior of apartment real estate markets. In addition to summarizing the general profile of apartment volatilities such as vacancy change and revenue change, this paper conducts a significant amount of cross-sectional time-series regression analysis to test the determinants of such volatilities. It is found that demand volatilities dominate the volatility of vacancy change of apartment markets. As for the revenue change volatility, it is almost equally determined by occupancy change and rent change volatilities. Furthermore, the paper finds that big markets, fast economic growth, and a decreased concentration magnitude tend to reduce vacancy and revenue volatilities. Regulations on redevelopment tend to increase the volatilities of revenue change and rent change. The supply elasticities are proved to increase the volatility of vacancy change and revenue change, but to decrease the volatilities of demand and rent change. This paper provides a better understanding of apartment market volatilities, and can be used to hedge risk by improving apartment diversification strategies for both private equity real estate firms and public real estate investment trusts (REITs). by Mai Luo. S.M.in Real Estate Development 2011-08-16T15:26:37Z 2011-08-16T15:26:37Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65184 746357307 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 60 p. application/pdf n-us--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Luo, Mai, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets
title Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets
title_full Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets
title_fullStr Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets
title_full_unstemmed Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets
title_short Apartment volatility determinants across the United States markets
title_sort apartment volatility determinants across the united states markets
topic Center for Real Estate. Program in Real Estate Development.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65184
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