Commercial property markets

Research into commercial property markets traverses a wide and varied range of topics including corporate property management and investment, property valuation and investment, sustainability, market analysis, property development and marketing.

The Department of Property’s research in this sphere currently encompasses:

• Client influence on valuations - How corporate clients can affect the outcome of valuation reports
• The property investment strategies of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - How SMEs invest and utilise property through the lifecycle of their enterprises
• Lease terms and valuation issues - How leases affect property values and rental returns
• The effect of sustainability on corporate real estate investment strategy - How corporate behaviour is changing in real estate due to rising concerns with environmental sustainability
• Options-pricing theory and development patterns for offices and retail space - For example, rent-price relationships and supply forecasting and tenant-mix models
  
• Land-bidding strategies and optimal land selling mechanisms - How agents try to maximise prices for properties
• Touristification and Sharing economy - How Airbnb reshapes the short-term accommodation markets
  

• Dr William Cheung
  
• Dr Zhi Dong
• Professor Deborah Levy
• Dr Michael Rehm
• Associate Professor Edward Yiu