Real estate investment is about creating and adding value through the effective management of property assets. Real estate is fundamentally no different from other mainstream investments: the analysis of property investments can be easily integrated into the capital market framework. Capital asset pricing theory evolved into the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). The CAPM model, described by Franfurter (1995: 104) as the ‘keystone’ of financial theory, has been tested in financial securites (stock exchange) markets over three decades. Accordingly CAPM was adapted in this study to incorporate real estate variables, and its accuracy was tested in modelling the price of three bedroom houses and two bedroom flats using.
