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URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS

ECON/REALEST/URBRPL 420
Course Description

Focuses on the study of the allocation of scarce resources across space. Uses economic methods to analyze urban real estate. Topics covered include the determinants of real estate values, the location decisions of households and firms, land use, urban growth and agglomeration, real estate pricing, cycles, development, housing market and policies, and sustainable development.

Prerequisties

(ECON 101 or ECON 111 ) or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program

Satisfies
Credits

3

Offered

Fall

Grade Point Average
3.47

3.58% from Historical

Completion Rate
99.47%

1.1% from Historical

A Rate
37.97%

17.89% from Historical

Class Size
187

104.93% from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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