ELE 3736 Real Estate Finance

APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

ELE 3736 Real Estate Finance


Responsible for the course
Knut Sagmo

Department
Department of Financial Economics

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
7,5

Language of instruction
English

Introduction
Everybody is exposed to real estate - because we all need a place to live. The main focus of Real Estate Finance is the valuation and financing of different types of real estate properties ranging from residential (private) homes to commercial, income-generating investments. Large investment banks' securitization of real estate mortgages has - with various degrees of success - turned the contracts into tradeables in world capital markets.

Learning outcome
Acquired knowledge
Upon completion of the course, students are required to master tasks such as:

  • calculating present values and internal rates of various cash flow streams
  • value fixed rate and floating rate debt securities
  • residential break-even analysis
  • valuation and financing of commercial, rent-generating, real estate properties
  • portfolio analysis and risk adjusted rates of return for commercial real estate

Acquired skills
Students having completed the course are required to master tasks such as:
  • estimating required rates of return on various types of real-estate investments
  • structure the financing suited to the various types of real-estate investments
  • demonstrate how derivatives may accommodate and/or modify risk-exposure

Reflection
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to demonstrate attitudes characterised by an uncompromising integrity towards clients and authorities and a strict focus on accuracy and the particular details of every transaction executed on behalf of clients.

Prerequisites
BØK 3411 Finance and Managerial Accounting I, BØK 1113 Managerial Accounting or EXC 3442 Managerial Accounting and BØK 3421 Finance and Managerial Accounting II, BØK 1121 Finance or EXC 3451 Financial Reporting and Analysis or equivalent.

Compulsory reading
Books:
Brueggeman, William B. and Jeffrey D. Fisher. 2011. Real estate finance and investments. 14th ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Recommended reading
Books:
Geltner, David M ...[et al.]. 2013. Commercial real estate : analysis and Investments. 3rd ed. Cengage Learning. 250

Course outline
  1. Introduction to real estate economics
  2. Financial mathematics of real estate
  3. Measuring returns and investment performance
  4. Real estate valuation and investment analysis at the micro-level
  5. Real estate investment analysis of risk and the use of leverage
  6. Real estate development, land value and use of real-options

Computer-based tools
Excel spreadsheets and basic statistical software.

Learning process and workload
The course consists of 36 lecture hours including instructor-guided problem solving in class. Allocation of studying-hours are suggested as follows:

Activity
Hours
Attendance in class
36
Problem-solving in class
9
Independent reading/preparation for class
120
Three work assignments
9
Final exam preparation
26
Sum
200

During lecture series, three work assignments, posted on Its Learning, will be given. Three Home Assignments are also given during the lecture series. Further administrative details are provided in class.


Examination
A five hour written, individual and closed-book, exam concludes the course.

Examination code(s)
ELE 37361 Written exam counts 100% towards the final grade in ELE 3736 Real Estate Finance, 7,5 ECTS credits.

Examination support materials
No aids allowed except the BI-defined exam calculator TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BA Plus and interest rate tables.
For more information, please visit our web-based Student Handbook at http://bi.edu/studenthandbook/examaids

Re-sit examination
Re-sit examiniation is offered at the next scheduled course.

Additional information

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