Method for valuing forwards, futures and options on real estate

• US 20080275805A1
• Filed: 07/09/2008
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Radar Logic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Radar Logic, Inc.
• Inventors: Hecht, Andrew T.
• Application Number:
  US12/217,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20080275805A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

A system and method for matching buy and sell orders is provided. A daily cash index of real estate values for a local region is maintained and a trading instrument representative of an interest in real estate in the local region is created. In this regard, a cash settlement of the trading instrument is a function of the daily cash index on the date of said cash settlement. In addition, a plurality of buy orders relating to the instrument are generated; a plurality of sell orders relating to the instrument are generated; and the buy and sell orders are matched to determine a purchase and sale of the instrument.

Claims

1-73. -73. (canceled)

74. A method for providing a daily cash index for hotel room vacancies comprising:

a. for each day, performing a survey of actual hotel room vacancies executed on said day in a local region;

b. for each day, generating a daily cash index of hotel room vacancies in the local region based upon the survey.

75. The method of claim 74, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on a weighted average basis.

76. The method of claim 74, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on a moving average basis.

77. The method of claim 74, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on an exponential moving average basis.

78. A method for providing a daily cash index for hotel room occupancies comprising:

a. for each day, performing a survey of actual hotel room occupancies executed on said day in a local region;

b. for each day, generating a daily cash index of hotel room occupancies in the local region based upon the survey.

79. The method of claim 78, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on a weighted average basis.

80. The method of claim 78, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on a moving average basis.

81. The method of claim 78, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on an exponential moving average basis.

82. A method for providing a daily cash index for hotel room rates comprising:

a. for each day, performing a survey of hotel room rates executed on said day in a local region;

b. for each day, generating a daily cash index of hotel room rates in the local region based upon the survey.

83. The method of claim 82, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on a weighted average basis.

84. The method of claim 82, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on a moving average basis.

85. The method of claim 82, wherein the daily cash index is calculated on an exponential moving average basis.

86. A method for providing daily cash indices for at least one of hotel room vacancies, hotel room occupancies and hotel room rates comprising:

a. for each day, performing a survey of at least one of actual hotel room vacancies, hotel room occupancies and hotel room rates executed on said day in a local region;

b. for each day, generating a daily cash index of at least one of hotel room vacancies, hotel room occupancies and hotel room rates in the local region based upon the survey.