COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE

REALEST 770

Course Description

A capstone focused on advanced topics in commercial real estate finance. The course is broken into three parts: 1) Financial Derivatives, 2) Risk Management, and 3) Structured Finance. Lectures will address relevant topic areas and develop methodological skills. Industry professionals will provide real world markets perspective. case studies will be used to reinforce material presented in class.

Prerequisties

Graduate standing and REALEST 710

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.35

-8.33% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

Not Reported

-100% from Historical

Class Size

-18.18% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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