What is it about?

It outlines over a 22-year period the discount rate / initial yield (cap rate) / risk free rate, as applied to a prime investment office block in Malta.

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Why is it important?

It discusses the construction & applicability of implicit valuation models using a market capitalisation rate. It suggests that the explicit discounted cash flow model should be used sparingly in the valuation of property investments, only in the short term.

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Mr Denis H Camilleri
Institute of Civil Engineers

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This page is a summary of: Education Briefing Property capitalisation rates –benchmarking the property market, Journal of Property Investment & Finance, March 2023, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jpif-01-2023-0004.
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