Real Estate Conveyances from Livery of Seisin to Electronic Transfer: Real Estate Transactions Enter the Digital/Electronic World

Summer 2008 Vol 33, No. 2 Abstract: A radical change in the form of conveyancing is upon us. Conveyancing, the method of transfer of title to real estate, is entering a new era, the electronic–digital Internet era. Prior to the 1500s, most voluntary conveyancing was by manual transfer, or Livery of Seisin. For the last four… Read more

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Special Master Bias in Eminent Domain Cases

Volume 33, Number 2 Summer 2008 By S. Alan Aycock, CPA, Ph.D., and Roy Black, Ph.D., J.D. Abstract: This study examines actual appraisals and settlements in eminent domain court cases to determine if bias might exist on the part of court-appointed special masters. The research question is whether these special masters systematically and consistently undervalue properties… Read more

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U.S. Senior Housing Opportunity

Summer 2008 Vol 33, No. 2 Abstract: The senior housing sector is emerging as an increasingly attractive investment opportunity. Facilitated by a restrained supply pipeline over the past six years, occupancy levels for senior housing assets rebounded from lows recorded in 2001-2002 to near 90 percent today in many metro areas. Operating business models are better-defined,… Read more

Caution! Not All House Prices Have Declined

Summer 2008 Vol 33, No. 2 features Abstract: The headlines scream it’s so every day, but housing prices may not be declining in the numbers and at the rate that most people believe.Many of the databases that are mined for housing statistics contain “dirty data” that doesn’t reflect the true numbers. A closer look at the… Read more

Deflation Risk in Income-Property Investments and Permanent Loan Portfolios: A 2008 Update

Spring 2008 Vol. 33, No. 1 Abstract: In this updated article (originally published in Real Estate Issues, Summer 2003), the author suggests that in recent years, the CMBS markets created a “hustle and flow” income property loan production environment that encouraged aggressive loan underwriting standards and helped to inflate valuations of income properties—all of this leading… Read more

Leadership Roundtable: Real Estate Issues: An Assessment and Outlook

Volume 33, Number 1 Spring 2008 Panelists: RAYMOND G. TORTO Ph.D., CRE Principal and Chief Strategist CB Richard Ellis - Torto Wheaton Research Boston, Mass. KENNETH P. RIGGS, JR., CRE President and CEO Real Estate Research Corp. Chicago, Ill. ALAN C. BILLINGSLEY, CRE Head of Research, North America RREEF San Francisco, Calif. Moderator: PETER C. BURLEY, CRE Associate Editor/REI Vice President, Research Simpson... Read More