Basic Concepts ECO/415 – Applied Economics in Business December 20, 2010 Basic Concepts: Supply and Demand Simulation Goodlife, a property management firm, located in Atlantis is responsible for the management of 2000 apartments. Their primary goal is to maintain equilibrium in the two-bedroom rental market. They are the only management firm operating in a monopoly market within Atlantis. The management team, consisting of Susan Hearst and Hal Morgan, is responsible for maintaining the equilibrium. Susan and Hal must maintain minimum or no vacancies, establish new rental rates, and set advertising schedules in order to accomplish this goal. In order to increase the quality of apartments demanded, Hal Morgan …show more content…
The amount of apartments demanded became more than the number of apartments available at the current rental rate. Goodlife increased their rental rate causing an upward shift in the supply curve. As the rental rate increased so did the quantity supplied. It was of high importance in this simulation that the management firm carefully analyzes the rental rate, demand, and supplied quantity of apartments. Hal Morgan recommended that it would not be beneficial for Goodlife to lease all apartments at the current rental rate. The maintenance cost increases as the demand for the apartments increase. It would be in the management firm’s best interest to lease the apartments at a higher rate. This will ensure that maintenance costs are met. The revenue rate can be increased by lowering the rental rate and the vacancy rate. More quantity is demanded at a lower price, other factors remain constant. When the rental rate decreases, the demand increases resulting in a lower vacancy rate. When the rental rate decreases, revenue increases eventually and the rental rate and demand is at the maximum. In order for all apartments to be rented the rental rate must be reduced. In year seven, Goodlife started seeing a decrease in the demand of two bedroom apartments. The consumers were starting to have a preference of purchasing a home, rather than leasing an apartment. There was becoming a
Atlantis is a nice neighborhood with services consumers look for. A two-bedroom apartment in Atlantis is presented to show the effects of supply and demand. I am the property manager
However, the rental rate also increases as the supply increases. Leasing all the apartments (which are 2,500), will drive the rental rate to $1,500. As the rental rate and the number of apartments supplied increases, the demand curve shifts downward. So, if the company increases the rental rate to $1,500 the demand for apartments will be lower. In order to reach equilibrium the company will have to lower the rental rate to $1,050. This is where the quantity demanded is equal with the quantity supplied.
The change in expectations of management caused the supply of two-bedroom apartments to decrease. The expectation was that more individuals would prefer to live in a condo vice the two-bedroom apartment. It also eventually occurred and as a result, this factor caused the supply curve to shift to the
When the rental prices going up, which are fixed costs of production, then the profits will be reduced and the business owner will think whether their business is still profitable. The business owners will calculate the total revenue and total cost. If the total revenue it would get less than its total costs, the business owners will decide to exit the market. On the other hand, for the big companies, it is profitable to enter the market since the new community, which is the rich people, is their primary profit target
The supply and demand simulation was based on the management of rental apartments by GoodLife Management. The apartments are in a fictitious town called Atlantis. Topics that will be reviewed in this paper include changes in supply and demand, how shifts in supply and demand affects decision-making, key points from the reading assignments that were emphasized in the simulation, application of the supply and demand concepts at the author’s workplace, how price elasticity of demand affects the decision-making of the consumer and to the organization, and a summary of the results of the
New property managers often make the mistake of deciding what they expect from their rental income before they fully understand their competition or their customers. It seems practical to delve into the numbers first. However, establishing rent tiers, planning property upgrades and getting the marketing strategies down on paper before you define expectations will help you gain valuable insight. A market analysis allows you to know more about what is available in your area and communicate more effectively with your prospects.
External circumstances whether positive or negative can influence the supply and demand of Delta and the airline industry. No matter how good or bad the economic market conditions are they will always have an impact on how Delta deals with specific situations, such as aircraft malfunctions and crashes due to human error or technological problems.
(a) The activity index identifies the activity that causes changes in the behavior of costs. Once the index is determined, it is possible to classify the behavior of costs in response to changes in activity levels into three categories: variable, fixed, or mixed. (b) Variable costs may be defined in total or on a per-unit basis. Variable costs in total vary directly and proportionately with changes in the activity level. Variable costs per unit remain the same at every level of activity. Fixed costs remain the same in total regardless of changes in the activity level. In contrast, fixed costs per unit vary inversely with activity. As volume increases, fixed costs per unit decline and vice versa. (a) The relevant range is the range of activity over which a company expects to operate during the year. (b) Disagree. The behavior of both fixed and variable costs are linear only over a certain range of activity. CVP analysis is based on the assumption that both fixed and variable costs remain linear within the relevant range. This is true. Most companies operate within the relevant range. Within this range, it is possible to establish a linear (straight-line) relationship for both variable and fixed costs. If a relevant range cannot be established, segregation of costs into fixed and variable becomes extremely difficult. Apartment rent is
As more renters look for homes in the area, larger homes have been transformed into multiple units. Investors can also find unique properties that rent retail and residential space within the same building. A number of the buildings in the area house a business on the first floor with a residence on the top floor. At these properties, investors can rent out commercial and residential space for a low investment
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. plan is to be a front-runner in conveying an array of multifamily offerings customized to serve the necessities of the customers in the best-performing US submarkets. AvalonBay executives plan to pursue this strategy by often monitoring investment allocations by geographic market and product type. Development, redevelopment, and acquisition interest in apartment communities in selected markets. Additionally, selling apartment communities that no longer meet AvalonBay’s long-term methodology, and redistribute the earnings from those transactions to generate higher returns. Furthermore, sustain a capital structure aligned with business risks with a perspective of keeping up constant access to sufficient capital.
Chapter 5 Modeling And Simulation Of The Supply Chain Complexity With Product And Demand Characterisation
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The proposed outline and logic of this report are as follows: firstly, the key influencing factors of demand will be identified. The region’s overall economic condition, office employment trends and net absorption are going to be considered. Secondly, various analytical strategies would be applied to further investigate the mechanism of the market. Then quantitative methods such as multiple linear regression would be drawn on to assess the effect of the
Market analysis shows that after 2010 buyers have become cautious about their investment and they are on a lookout for better investment opportunity. The property with rates more than 7500 per sq foot took long to sell.