Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

An introductory overview of the real estate process covering development, permitting, transactions, economics, financing, valuation, leasing, and management.

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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.

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CONTEMPORARY TOPICS explores subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum.

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Real Estate Finance covers fundamentals of real estate finance and investment, including qualitative and quantitative characteristics of commercial real estate, cash flow projections, valuation approaches, and debt and equity investor.

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Introduction to building real estate models for acquisition and development transactions in residential and commercial sectors using Excel.

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Introduction to real estate modeling using ARGUS for building models of acquisition transactions for office and retail mall properties.

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Covers real estate valuation techniques including property, market, and legal analysis, highest and best use, and the sales comparison, income, and cost approaches applied to commercial property types.

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Analyzes current issues in real estate law focusing on acquisition, leasing, financing, and development of US projects.

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Capstone course in real estate investment analysis focusing on underwriting commercial real estate across multiple property types and professional perspectives.

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Applies investment and real estate concepts to the REIT market with emphasis on analyzing a specific REIT's performance, financing, and value drivers within public capital markets.

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An introduction to real estate private equity investment covering analysis, terms, return metrics, and structures for investment decisions.

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Foundational course on affordable housing development, focusing on LIHTC, financial tools, political context, and strategies to overcome local resistance.

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Real Estate Capital Markets examines the structure and pricing of MBS and REITs, along with strategic considerations for institutional investors in real estate.

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A real-world capstone focusing on real estate investment analysis and presentation, covering the process from project conception to asset disposition.

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The Real Estate Process covers institutional context, urbanization economics, city growth patterns, and decision-making for manufacturing, marketing, managing, and financing real estate space.

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This course covers financing and leverage in real estate investment, alternative financing types, financial structure valuation, equity sources, and mortgage securitization.

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Covers real estate valuation techniques including highest and best use, market comparison, discounted cash flow, income capitalization, cost approaches, and appraisal ethics.

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Commercial Property Development covers creating industrial, office, retail, and hotel properties through strategy, feasibility analysis, site planning, capital costs, construction, and financial structuring, emphasizing case studies.

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A practical guide to real estate law analyzing current issues in acquisition, leasing, financing, and development within specific US project contexts.

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Contemporary Topics explores advanced subject areas possibly to be introduced into the business curriculum.

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Applied Real Estate Investment Track II provides experiential learning in investment processes, underwriting, and portfolio analysis, where students manage a real-money endowment in REITs.

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Private real estate equity investment course focusing on building investment pipelines, underwriting private placements, governance structures, and benchmarking fund returns.

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Advanced course covering theoretical and empirical research in real estate finance, focusing on major contributions, current trends, and methodological advances in recent papers.

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A research seminar exploring cutting-edge urban economics and real estate research through invited speakers who discuss methods, challenges, and data analysis to guide project execution.

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Independent research course for completing the Ph.D. dissertation requirement in Real Estate.

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Urban Economics analyzes spatial relationships in the urban economy, covering land, labor, and housing markets, transport, governance, and regional models with an interdisciplinary focus.

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