The Hoyt Group
Welcome to the Hoyt Wiki
The Hoyt Wiki is an area of the Homer Hoyt Institute website that is designed be used in the spirit of Web 2.0 to facilitate sharing of knowledge between Hoyt and Weimer Fellows. This will include exchanging ideas for research and other projects, dissemination of current information about real estate markets of interest to the Fellows, and tools to allow collaboration among the Fellows.
The Wiki uses the same software (WikiMedia) that is the engine behind the popular Wikipedia website which has allowed millions of contributors around the world to use their collective knowledge to create an online encyclopedia that anyone can access, contribute to or provide comments on the articles. One difference with the Hoyt Wiki, however, is that while most of the Wiki can be viewed by the public, only Hoyt and Weimer Fellows or invited parties can add or edit the content in order to maintain the highest level of credibility to the information on the site and maximize its relevance to the Fellows.
Hoyt and Weimer Fellows are encouraged to add their biographical information to the "Fellow Bios" area of the wiki so that others will know more about their area of expertise which will facilitate networking among the Fellows.
We also encourage the Fellows to provide summaries of research projects & other reports they would like to share with other Fellows in the "Articles" area of the Wiki.
The Wiki will also have an "op ed" section for Fellows to post commentary on current events, and areas designed to facilitate collaborative work on projects whether it be writing an article, writing a book, or other joint efforts. Links to initial projects underway can be found in "Hoyt Wiki Topics" listed on the right.
One of the objectives of the Homer Hoyt Institute is to encourage research that recognizes that we are dealing with a "Complex Real Estate System" that is dynamic and constantly evolving. Thus, we encourage research and other programs that might lead to the development of models such as the use of "agent based models" or "system dynamics" to complement traditional econometric models and equilibrium models used in real estate. This wiki is therefore being designed to facilitate collaboration among Fellows and others as we work to expand the body of knowledge that is relevant to our understanding of real estate markets.