Real Estate

This course note introduces and surveys the major public capital market real estate vehicles, REITs and MBS (with primary emphasis on CMBS).

This lecture note is an introduction to the most fundamental concepts, principles, analytical methods and tools useful for making investment and finance decisions regarding commercial real estate assets.

This note covers the following topics: Property Ownership, Tenancy in Common, Joint Tenancy, Death Intestate�Without a Will, Testate Distribution, The Probate Process, Considerations in Holding or Disposing of Property, Installment Sales, Private Annuities, Gifts During Life: The Federal Gift Tax, Valuing Property for Federal Estate Tax, The Gross Estate, Planning to Save Federal Estate Tax, Federal Estate Tax Planning Strategies, Estate Settlement Costs, Liquidity Planning, Tools for Estate Planning: Trusts, Implementing the Estate Plan.

This lecture note provides an introduction of real estate finance and investments. covered topics are: basic property and contract law, urban economics, appraisal, brokerage, property management, finance, and investment analysis.

This course note introduces and surveys a selection of cutting-edge topics in the field of real estate finance and investments. It follows an informal seminar format to the maximum degree possible, with students expected to take considerable initiative.

This note focuses on developing an understanding of the macroeconomic factors that shape and influence markets for real property. Topics covered includes: Residential land markets, Residential development, Industrial location, Local government and land markets, Regulating development, Macro analysis of housing, Time series analysis of real estate markets, Regional growth and real estate markets.

This book online covers the following topics related to Real Estate : Real Estate 2020: Building the future, Building the future of Africa � Drivers for real estate growth, Country analysis, Country profiles: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Namibia, Mauritius, Zambia.