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The Rate of Return on Real Estate: Long-Run Micro-Level Evidence

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  • David Chambers
  • Christophe Spaenjers

    (Department of Economics - Tilburg University [Netherlands])

  • Eva Maria Steiner

Abstract

Direct real estate investments are less profitable and more risky in the long run than previously thought. We hand-collect property-level financial data for four large U.K. institutional investors—Oxbridge colleges—for the period 1901–1970. Gross income yields initially fluctuate around 5%, but then trend downward (upward) for agricultural and residential (commercial) real estate. Net yields are about one third below gross yields on average. Long-term real income growth rates are close to zero. These findings imply real annualized net total returns of less than 4% across all property types. Moreover, real estate investments are associated with considerable idiosyncratic risks.

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  • David Chambers & Christophe Spaenjers & Eva Maria Steiner, 2020. "The Rate of Return on Real Estate: Long-Run Micro-Level Evidence," Working Papers hal-02896386, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-02896386
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3407236
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • N20 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • R30 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - General

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