Dr Steven Devaney
Associate Professor of Real Estate
Department of Real Estate & Planning
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Profile Steven Devaney re-joined Real Estate amp; Planning in June 2017. His teaching and research is focused on commercial real estate investment. Specific interests include the construction and evaluation of performance indices for commercial real estate and he was involved in the development of Transaction Linked Indicators for several European markets that are now published by MSCI. Other research areas include private real estate liquidity and real estate depreciation. He has published academic articles and research reports for bodies such as the Investment Property Forum and European Public Real Estate Association. In addition, he has research interests in the area of urban history and his doctoral research, completed in 2010, focused on the history of the City of London office market. Qualifications PhD, University of Reading BSc (Hons) Land Management, University of Reading
Research Interest
Commercial property investment; Property valuation; Property indices
Publications
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Devaney, S. and Scofield, D. (2015), Liquidity and the Drivers of Search, Due Diligence and Transaction Times for UK Commercial Real Estate Investments, Journal of Property Research, 32 (4): 362-383.
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Crosby, N., Devaney, S. and Nanda, A. (2016), Which Factors Drive Rental Depreciation Rates for Office and Industrial Properties? Journal of Real Estate Research, 38 (3): 359-392.
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Devaney, S. and Scofield, D. (2017). Do ‘foreigners’ pay more? The effects of investor type and nationality on office transaction prices in New York City, Journal of Property Research, 34 (1): 1-18.
