Real Estate

This new textbook provides an overview of property within a market context, examining the complex nature of property rights and issues related to both investors and occupiers. At the same time it assesses property from the perspective of financial, social and environment sustainability. Topics covered range from the characteristics of property and depreciation, to ownership and development through to investments and sustainability reporting. The book concludes with key skills in sustainable knowledge needed by those working in the real estate industry.

Informationen zum Autor Peter Dent was born in Forest Gate, London, but has spent most of his life in Surrey and Devon. A teacher for twenty years, he is now retired, devoting the greater part of his time to writing. He was the editor/publisher of Interim Press from 1975 to 1987, where he published numerous volumes of poetry and essays on such writers as George Oppen, Lorine Niedecker, Thomas A. Clark and Allen Upward. With others he has translated from the Sanskrit and Urdu. His own work, both poetry and prose-poetry, has been published widely in magazines and anthologies both in Britain and abroad. Klappentext This new textbook provides an overview of property within a market context, examining the complex nature of property rights and issues related to both investors and occupiers. At the same time it assesses property from the perspective of financial, social and environment sustainability. Topics covered range from the characteristics of property and depreciation, to ownership and development through to investments and sustainability reporting. The book concludes with key skills in sustainable knowledge needed by those working in the real estate industry. Zusammenfassung Traditional studies of the property market have tended to focus solely on commercial and legal issues, but the growing importance of the issue of sustainability means that a different approach is needed. This new textbook provides an overview of property within a market context, examining the complex nature of property rights and issues related to both investors and occupiers. At the same time it assesses property from the perspective of financial, social and environment sustainability. Topics covered range from the characteristics of property and depreciation, to ownership and development through to investments and sustainability reporting. The book concludes with key skills in sustainable knowledge needed by those working in the real estate industry. Written by an author team of experienced property professionals, this essential introductory textbook is well suited for property, planning and architecture students on undergraduate, graduate and conversion courses, as well as those on CPD and training programmes in related areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Background and Orientation 3. Culture, Markets and Institutions 4. Real Estate Market Mechanisms 5. Methods Of Ownership in the Property Market 6. Sustainability 7. Property Investment Decisions 8. Decision Making and Sustainability 9. Responsible Property Investment 10. Real Estate and Shear Zones 11. Portrait of Place 12. Sustainability Balanced Scorecard which Aligns Real Estate with Business 13. Introduction to the Big Conversation 14. Sustainable Leadership 15. Sustainability Skills ...

Zusammenfassung

Traditional studies of the property market have tended to focus solely on commercial and legal issues, but the growing importance of the issue of sustainability means that a different approach is needed.

This new textbook provides an overview of property within a market context, examining the complex nature of property rights and issues related to both investors and occupiers. At the same time it assesses property from the perspective of financial, social and environment sustainability. Topics covered range from the characteristics of property and depreciation, to ownership and development through to investments and sustainability reporting. The book concludes with key skills in sustainable knowledge needed by those working in the real estate industry.

Written by an author team of experienced property professionals, this essential introductory textbook is well suited for property, planning and architecture students on undergraduate, graduate and conversion courses, as well as those on CPD and training programmes in related areas.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Background and Orientation 3. Culture, Markets and Institutions 4. Real Estate Market Mechanisms 5. Methods Of Ownership in the Property Market 6. Sustainability 7. Property Investment Decisions 8. Decision Making and Sustainability 9. Responsible Property Investment 10. Real Estate and Shear Zones 11. Portrait of Place 12. Sustainability Balanced Scorecard which Aligns Real Estate with Business 13. Introduction to the Big Conversation 14. Sustainable Leadership 15. Sustainability Skills