Essays about: "Housing Price Derivatives"
Found 3 essays containing the words Housing Price Derivatives.
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1. Is there a Future in Real Estate? : Incorporate Futures Contracts within the Swiss Real Estate Market
University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggandeAbstract : In the past decades, real estate has turned into something more than just a home, it has become an investment. The interest to invest in the real estate market has increased from investors but also from private persons where the demand not only is to find a living but also perceived as an investment to make a profit or reinvest in the future. READ MORE
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2. Incomplete Market Models and The Housing Market
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of the market for housing derivatives. We fit two incomplete market models to data using futures contracts on the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite 10 Index. READ MORE
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3. Housing Price Insurance: A Study of the Willingness to Pay
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : The purpose of this study is to empirically identify factors that affect the willingness to pay for housing price insurance. Applying a Tobit model to data from a market survey performed in Uppsala 2007, this study shows that the willingness to pay for housing price insurance is negatively correlated with homeowners equity in their house, household income and the horizon for the investment in the house and that the willingness to pay is positively correlated with the respondents level of risk aversion. READ MORE
