A Real Option Approach for the Valuation of Switching Output Flexibility in Residential Property Investment

Mintah, Kwabena and Higgins, David and Callanan, Judith (2018) A Real Option Approach for the Valuation of Switching Output Flexibility in Residential Property Investment. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction. ISSN 1366-4387

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-05-2017-0017

Abstract

Uncertainties in residential property investment performance require that real estate assets are designed flexible in order to respond to impacts of market dynamics. Though estimating the cost of flexibility is straightforward, assessing the economic value of flexibility is not. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential practical application of real option analysis to determine the economic value of a switching output flexibility embedded in a residential property investment in Australia. The study involves the exploration of an optimal strategy for investment in a residential development through real option analysis and valuation of a mixed use investment.
The real option valuation model developed by McDonald and Siegel (1986) is adopted for the evaluation because the switching output flexibility is likened to a perpetual American call option with dividend payouts.
Through real option analysis, the economic value of switching output flexibility of the mixed use building was determined to be higher than the initial upfront costs. Moreover, a payoff of about $4million was determined to be the value of the switching output flexibility, therefore justifying upfront investments in flexibility as an uncertainty and risk management tool.
This application is an important demonstration of the practical use of options pricing techniques (real options analysis) and delivers further evidence needed to support the adoption of real option tools in practice. Flexibility can also enhance risks and uncertainty management in residential property investment better than the adjustment of discount rates.
There is limited evidence on the use of real options techniques for the valuation of switching output flexibility in practice and this comes as an original application; both the case study and data are all initial applications of switching flexibility in the Australian property market.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1108/JFMPC-05-2017-0017
Dates:	Date Event 13 November 2017 Accepted August 2018 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	real options, DCF, Valuation, residential property investment, Flexibility(Switching output), uncertainties and risks
Subjects:	CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-01 - architecture CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-02 - building CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-04 - planning (urban, rural and regional)
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Built Environment
Depositing User:	Ian Mcdonald
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2017 11:20
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2024 11:46
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5302