tailieunhanh - Turkish Residential Real Estate Investment Analysis

Real estate markets globally have been severely affected by ongoing unprecedented economic turmoil, particularly in Europe and the United States. This is expected to continue. The Australian real estate market has, in this time, emerged as a destination of choice for global real estate investors seeking a safe haven in a well-regulated and highly transparent growth-oriented market for doing business. | Turkish Residential Real Estate Investment Analysis by Berk Ciller BS Business Administration 2003 Babson College Submitted to the Department of Urban Studies and Planning in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Real Estate Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology September 2007 2007 Berk Ciller All rights reserved The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter created. Signature of Author Berk Ciller Department of Urban Studies and Planning July 27 2007 Certified by__ John Kennedy Senior Lecturer Department of Urban Studies and Planning Thesis Supervisor Accepted by__ David Geltner Chairman Interdepartmental Degree Program in Real Estate Development Turkish Residential Real Estate Investment Analysis by Berk Ciller Submitted to the Department of Urban Studies and Planning on July 27 2007 in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Real Estate Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology ABSTRACT This paper examines the investment potential for Turkish Residential Real Estate Market focusing mainly on Istanbul. With a stable economy since 2002 dynamic population geopolitical location and the potential accession to EU Turkey provides exciting opportunities to local and international investors. Turkish economy worldwide ranks at twentieth in terms of GDP level and in 2005 ULI PriceWaterhouseCoopers has ranked Istanbul as the top development market. The question the paper is trying to answer is Does Turkey s Residential Real Estate Market provide an attractive investment opportunity To determine this I have reviewed the following factors