Write an essay on the topic: "Are real estate prices predictable: Determinants of transaction prices and time on the market."
In preparing your essay, address the following questions:
1. What are the main characteristics of perfectly competitive markets? Do housing markets share these characteristics?
2. Explain the determinants of supply and demand of real estate properties. Are real estate prices predictable? What are typical causes of bubbles on real estate markets?
3. What are the factors determining how long a property stays on the market? Address general market conditions as well as microeconomics factors affecting buyers’ and sellers’ decisions.

Which one of the following is most apt to align management's priorities with shareholders' interests? compensating managers with shares of stock that must be held for a minimum of three years holding corporate and shareholder meetings at high-end resort-type locations preferred by managers increasing the number of paid holidays that long-term employees are entitled to receive allowing employees to retire early with full retirement benefits paying a special management bonus on every fifth year of employment

The monthly sales for yazici​ batteries, inc., were as​ follows: month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec sales 19 20 17 12 11 18 16 17 19 22 21 24 this exercise contains only parts b and c. ​b) the forecast for the next month​ (jan) using the naive method​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to a whole​ number). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 3-month moving average approach​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 6-month weighted average with weights of 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.20​, 0.20​, and 0.30​, where the heaviest weights are applied to the most recent month​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to one decimal​ place). using exponential smoothing with alpha ​= 0.40 and a september forecast of 21.00​, the forecast for the next period​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). using a method of trend​ projection, the forecast for the next month​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). ​c) the method that can be used for making a forecast for the month of march is ▾ a 3-month moving average a 6-month weighted moving average exponential smoothing the naive method a trend projection .

You own 2,200 shares of deltona hardware. the company has stated that it plans on issuing a dividend of $0.42 a share at the end of this year and then issuing a final liquidating dividend of $2.90 a share at the end of next year. your required rate of return on this security is 16 percent. ignoring taxes, what is the value of one share of this stock to you today?