Citation
French, N. (2001), "Editorial", Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 19 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/jpif.2001.11219baa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Editorial
Two years ago, the Journal of Property Valuation & Investment joined forces with the Journal of Property Finance to create one new journal, the Journal of Property Investment & Finance. The journal has continued in the tradition of its predecessors and has presented applied papers of the highest academic calibre, together with a "Practice Briefing" section dealing with important pragmatic issues.
In this issue, we are fortunate to present the paper that won the Society of Property Researchers (SPR) best paper prize at the 2000 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Cutting Edge conference held in London in September. The winning paper, "An investigation into the nature of the valuation services offered to business occupiers", by Peter Wyatt, is our lead paper and congratulations go to Peter.
The other papers in this issue are an eclectic mix that reflects the diversity and breadth of the real estate profession and the wide ambit of this journal. Two of the papers (Sahi and Lee and Liow) investigate the performance of real estate from a stock market viewpoint; another (Turner and Thomas) takes a slightly different slant and investigates the relationship of lease structures in different countries and their impact on investment return; the other two papers look at valuation issues in relation to valuation error (Bowles, McAllister and Tarbert) and contaminated land (Bond). The final paper in this issue, the Practice Briefing, reviews the various changes in accountancy regulations that have impacted, or will impact, upon the way in which occupying companies might manage their property portfolios.
We very much hope that the Journal of Property Investment & Finance will continue to be an invaluable source of information for our readership in both the academic and practice communities. It has always been our intention to provide a forum for the property profession to develop and share ideas in property investment and finance.
Nick French
Editors' Note. Our apologies for the erroneous numbering applied to the last issue of Volume 18. The last issue should have been numbered No. 5, not No. 6 as printed. Although we do provide six issues a year, the sixth issue is the Property Journals Index and should not be included in the formal numbering of the volume.