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FIN-4154: Real Estate Finance

Description: This course introduces the fundamentals of both real estate financing and investment. Conventional mortgages as well as more creative financing methods will be analyzed. The secondary market for mortgages and relevant institutional factors also will be examined. Investment analysis of real estate will be viewed in a capital budgeting framework; appropriate tax law will be discussed as it affects real estate cash flows.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: FIN-3134

Required By: REAL-4064, REAL-4044, REAL-4076

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 56

Average GPA: 3.35 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 34.20%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.50%

Vittorio A Bonomo201650.5%39.6%8.0%1.1%0.5%0.2%3.4129
Raman Kumar201518.7%55.3%21.7%2.5%0.0%1.8%2.903
Brian N Murray202156.9%38.4%3.2%0.0%1.2%0.4%3.4617
Zhi Sheng202428.0%60.0%12.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.161
Jonathan L Everett202328.9%45.5%21.8%1.5%0.0%2.2%3.025
Meir I Schneller200750.6%25.8%13.5%5.6%4.5%0.0%3.101

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