Information and communications technologies (ICT) are becoming pervasive in the residential real estate industry and affecting the work lives of real estate agents. Drawing on data from a regional study of the residential real-estate industry in the United States, we focus on the disintermediation or, more accurately, the re-intermediation of real estate agents in the sales process. We examine ...

We discuss three industry-level changes in the US residential real estate industry due, in part, to the take up and uses of information and communication technologies (ICT): (1) changes in the processes of transacting residential real estate, (2) changing roles for information, and (3) changing nature of intermediation, with the real estate transaction as more complex than the seller–agent–buye...

Real estate industry is both capital-intensive, highly related industries and industries essential to provide the daily necessities. However, the real estate pricing models and methods of research rarely receive the critical attention and development it deserves. In this paper, we present a multi-resolution approach for the determination of the real estate pricing. The proposed method firstly u...

â â â â â  â â â  abstract â  beijing’s industrial structure is service-oriented with a high degree of economic openness, and gdp has maintained rapid growth. this paper analyzes the international financial crisis and the impact of china’s anti-crisis policies on beijing’s economic development as well as its transmission mechanism. impact index (excluding seasonal factors) and arma model ...

Executive Summary. One widely reported prediction is that the emergence of the web as an open medium for commerce threatens the role of the real estate agent as a market intermediary. In their 1997 article, for example, Baen and Guttery predicted that the increased use of the Internet and information technology would lead to a downsizing of the entire industry. However, recent Bureau of Labor S...

This paper explores the relationship between real estate risks and banks through two sets of data: China Climate Index bank non-performing loans. Correlation analysis showed a moderate negative correlation factors, with correlation=-0.61333. The downside risk sector will be passed on to may trigger credit crisis for banks. From perspective developers, implementing three red-line financing polic...

In the real estate business, it is a common understanding that the value and potential of a property are fundamentally determined by its location. For real estate agencies, the real estate system can be used as an aid to selling and managing properties, for the buyers, the system can function as consultant in their decision making in purchasing properties. This emphasizes the significations of ...