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Eli Beracha

Florida International University
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Forecasting residential real estate price changes from online search activity

E Beracha, MB Wintoki - Journal of Real Estate Research, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The intention of buying a home is revealed by many potential home buyers when they turn
to the Internet to search for their future residence. This paper examines the extent to which …

REIT operational efficiency: Performance, risk, and return

E Beracha, Z Feng, WG Hardin - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and …, 2019 - Springer
Relations between Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) efficiency and operational performance,
risk, and stock return are examined. REIT-level operational efficiency is measured as the …

REIT operational efficiency and shareholder value

E Beracha, Z Feng, WG Hardin III - Journal of Real Estate …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A real estate investment trust (REIT) is an intermediary that passes its cash flows and income
to its shareholders. Hence, the efficiency of a REIT in providing this service should affect …

On the relation between local amenities and house price dynamics

E Beracha, BT Gilbert, T Kjorstad… - Real Estate …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the extent to which local amenities are related to house price volatility,
returns and risk‐adjusted returns across 238 MSAs. We find strong evidence that high …

Are high-cap-rate properties better investments?

E Beracha, DH Downs… - Journal of Portfolio …, 2017 - search.proquest.com
In this article, the authors explore whether properties with higher cap rates have better investment
performance than those with low cap rates. Using market-adjusted cap rates to classify …

Lessons from over 30 years of buy versus rent decisions: Is the American dream always wise?

E Beracha, KH Johnson - Real Estate Economics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Homeownership is touted as the “American Dream.” It is credited with enhancing wealth;
increasing civic pride; and improving self‐esteem, crime prevention, child development and …

Momentum in residential real estate

E Beracha, H Skiba - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2011 - Springer
This paper examines whether there is return momentum in residential real estate in the US
Case and Shiller (American economic review 79(1):128–137, 1989 ) document evidence of …

The effect of listing price strategy on transaction selling prices

E Beracha, MJ Seiler - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2014 - Springer
While true underlying home values are expected to be randomly distributed, actual residential
listing prices tend to be highly clustered. Particularly, more than 75 % of the homes in our …

Culture's impact on institutional investors' trading frequency

E Beracha, M Fedenia, H Skiba - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper examines how cross-cultural differences influence institutional investors' trading
frequency within their own portfolio. We find evidence that as cultural distance between the …

On the relationship between market sentiment and commercial real estate performance—a textual analysis examination

E Beracha, M Lang, J Hausler - Journal of Real Estate Research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We examine whether and the extent to which news-based sentiment, captured by textual
analysis, can predict the performance of the private commercial real estate market in the United …