Real estate model assumptions

Have an upcoming real estate case study test. As I don't come from a RE background, is there a good source where I can get reasonable RE assumptions eg. Cap rate, LTV ratios, LTC ratios, vacancy rates etc.

My guess is to find a listed RE comparable in the industry and go dig their annual reports for information?

What if listed RE comparables aren't available (eg. niche RE industries)? What you then do?

Thanks!

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PVHeaven

Just get a brokers report (CBRE, JLL etc) online. They publish them quarterly 

Hey PVHeaven,

Thanks for the suggestion about searching for data points from JLL,CBRE etc. Just wondering if you could help me with the following:
(1) Information like cap rates, LTV seem to be included in different research reports. Is there a website / document that summarizes all these key data points?
(2) If I can't find information (eg. vacancy rates or cap rates in UK) on the segment I am looking at from these major brokers, would it be acceptable to just pull them off Statista (https://www.statista.com/statistics/873455/london-office-vacancy-rates/)?

Thanks.

 

I'm not aware of a centralised database which is easily accessible to be honest, I'm based in Europe and cant think of any here. Otherwise, I'd imagine your case study will give you info on occupancy rates etc, but degardless they should be provided in the major broker's reports - maybe not on a quarterly basis but definitely in the annual reports, statista would also suffice

 

aspiringcoolperson

Do you have an idea of what the prompt will be? Case studies should give you sufficient assumptions so you can focus on answering the question(s).

Nope. The only thing HR told me was they were going to give me one of the live deals they were working on and will like an assessment of it. I had to sign an NDA. Not sure how much "help" I will get from the prompt.

 

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