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Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate

By: Charles F. Wu and Arthur I Segel
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Abstract

Demonstrates the accelerating impact of leverage on returns under differing scenarios of property performance. The performance scenarios represent two points in time: the inception of the investment and the liquidation.

Keywords

Property; Investment; Real Estate Industry

Citation

Wu, Charles F., and Arthur I Segel. "Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate." Harvard Business School Technical Note 208-041, August 2007. (Revised April 2012.)
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Arthur I Segel

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