| Author: | Lai, Man Yuk Raymond |
| Title: | Is there a "real" trend in the real estate market? : evidence from the country-level real estate indices |
| Advisors: | Mian, Mujtaba (MM) |
| Degree: | D.B.A. |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Subject: | Real estate investment. Real estate business. Real property -- Valuation Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Faculty of Business |
| Pages: | xi, 105 leaves : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | This study examines whether there is return momentum in the real estate market across country-level indices. While the phenomenon of momentum has been extensively studied in the stock market there is relatively little work that examines the momentum effect in the real estate market. The real estate market is an important asset class and it is often characterized as inefficient, constrained, slow to adjust and having a high barrier against information flow. Thus, it is likely that returns in the real estate market would also exhibit momentum. Our results confirm this prediction. We document that the momentum return in the global real estate market is economically and statistically significant. Our momentum portfolio, constructed from 16 global real estate indices, earns up to 0.98% per month during the sample period. The mid-range strategies that use 12-month combined formation and holding periods show the best performance and the momentum returns are still significant after they are adjusted for risks and currencies. The results are robust to different sub-periods and are stronger in emerging countries. Our findings extend the literature on return momentum, and have implications not only for understanding the degree of efficiency of real estate market but also for practitioners. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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