Essays about: "UK property"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 essays containing the words UK property.

  1. 6. Shared Ownership : A vehicle for property investments and decreased household indebtedness and increased affordability

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Waldemar Jansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Shared Ownership Model; Sweden; Hyrköp av bostad; Sverige;

    Abstract : There is a housing shortage in attractive urban areas in Europe and Sweden. The waiting lists for affordable rental housing are increasing and that in turn creates pressure on owner-occupied housing. Inflated asset prices and household debt have become a major concern for policy makers. READ MORE

  3. 7. Energy efficiency investments in the commercial real estate business : A study of decision drivers on the Swedish market

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Ben Sebastian Öhman; [2018]
    Keywords : real estate; energy consumption; decision drivers; Sweden; energy efficiency;

    Abstract : The International Energy Agency has stated that it is more sustainable to improve the energy efficiency of already existing buildings than increasing the national energy production to provide inefficient buildings with even more energy, which would result in that an increased amount of resources required to power the existing energy inefficient building stock. Taken into consideration that buildings in Sweden consume about 40% of Sweden’s final energy consumption and count for about 36% of the total greenhouse gas emissions it becomes evident that in order to decrease Sweden’s carbon foot print, it is important to understand real estate investors decision-making process. READ MORE

  4. 8. Political Uncertainty on the UK Real Estate market, evidence from the Brexit referendum run-up

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Maria Engelson; Oskar Paldanius; [2017]
    Keywords : Real Estate Finance; Brexit Referendum; Property stocks; Poll Results; Political Uncertainty;

    Abstract : Uncertainty on the political front, has in recent years been a major cause to impediment in investment and growth. In contrast to other core asset classes, like equities and bonds, the effects of political risks and uncertainty on the real estate market remain unexplored. READ MORE

  5. 9. A Tale Of Two Shocks : The Dynamics of Internal and External Shock Vulnerability in Real Estate Markets

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Amanda Dahlström; Oskar Ege; [2016]
    Keywords : REIT; Internal Shocks; External Shocks; Push- and Pull; Quantile Regression; Economics; Interna chocker; Externa chocker; kvantilregression; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This paper examines the major potential drivers of five international real estate markets with a focus on pushing versus pulling effects. Using a quantile regression approach for the period 2000-2015 we examine the coefficients during three different market conditions: downward (bearish), normal (median) and upward (bullish). READ MORE

  6. 10. The power within social-ecological transformations: a case study of Bristol's food system, UK

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Sophie Laggan; [2016]
    Keywords : social-ecological transformation; power; agency; agents of change; networks; food movement; social movements; grassroots democracy;

    Abstract : Urban civil society and community groups are experimenting with new ways to provide food that could reduce global dependence on industrial agriculture and make the food system more resilient in a time of change. Changing the way cities provide food is conceptualized as a social-ecological transformation because it requires a fundamental shift in the way cities connect to close-by and far away ecologies, but also a rebalancing of power relations in urban food provision. READ MORE