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Real Estate Returns: A Comparison with Other Investments
Author(s) -
Ibbotson Roger G.,
Siegel Laurence B.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
real estate economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1540-6229
pISSN - 1080-8620
DOI - 10.1111/1540-6229.00320
Subject(s) - real estate , capitalization rate , bond , diversification (marketing strategy) , economics , financial economics , portfolio , cost approach , real estate investment trust , risk premium , business , finance , marketing
Real estate returns, measured unleveraged, have been between those of stocks and bonds over 1960–1982. Due to appraisal smoothing and imperfect marketability, one must be careful about directly comparing measured real estate returns with those on other assets. It is likely, however, that low correlations with stocks and bonds make real estate a diversification opportunity for traditional portfolio managers. In addition, the issue of how various assets are priced is addressed. While stocks are priced primarily on market or beta risk, and bonds are priced primarily on interest rate and default risk, the real estate pricing mechanism includes residual risk and non‐risk factors such as taxes, marketability costs and information costs.