C15.0039.00 Professor Crocker H. Liu                                       Spring 1999
Real Estate Finance                                                                       9-10 Tisch Hall
4-5:15 pm TuTh in UC62                                                                Ofc Hrs: Open Door (Mo-Thu)
(212) 998-0353 Office
(212) 995-4233 FAX
email: cliu@stern.nyu.edu
Seminar in Real Estate Finance

Texts: The bookstore has all of the following material
Brueggeman and Fisher (BF), Real Estate Finance and Investments, Irwin 1997 10th Ed (Required)
Jones and Simmons (JS), Location, Location, Location, Methuen 1987 (Recommended)
Harvard Business School Case Studies and Notes: Real Estate Lecture Outlines: Professor Crocker H. Liu

Grading Policy:
 
Case Study 1: Angus Cartwright (Due February 23, 1999) 25%
Case Study 2: Locational Analysis (Due March 23, 1999) 15%
Case Study 3: Anderson Street Case (Due April 22, 1999) 20%
Midterm Exam: March 9, 1999 20%
Final Exam: 20%
                      
The Angus Cartwright Case is an individual case. You are allowed to work on the Locational Analysis and the Anderson Street case studies in a group of not more than 2-3 people.  However, each person in the group will have to do one part of the project which includes analysis and spreadsheets.  Point: unlike most group projects wherein one person does the work and another person does the typing with the rest of the group being remoras, each member of the group is responsible for a specific part of the project.  You will get 2 grades for group projects.  One is an individual grade for your particular section and one is a group grade.  Grading is based on the class curve. This means that if you score 60 out of a 100 points and yours is the top grade in the class, you receive an A. For each case, you will receive 3 grades for the case: 1) Quantitative Ability, 2) Analytical Ability, and 3) Grammar (Writing Ability)/Presentation Skills.

Course Objective: This course is not designed to provide an overview of general real estate principles and practices. Rather, this course is tailored for the serious student who wants an in depth perspective of the theory and applications of financing and investing in real estate with an emphasis on commercial real estate. However, residential real estate will also be covered. This course is not a how to get rich quick in real estate with no money down.


Topic Schedule

1 The Real Estate Finance Process

1.1 Analogy to Risk Management
1.2 Overview, History, and Current Trends

1.3 Nature of the Mortgage 2 Introduction to Mortgage Mathematics 3 Analysis Of Income Property

3.1 Bricks, Mortar, and the Building Envelope
3.2 Tests of Financial Solvency (Static Analysis)

3.3 Tests of Profitability (Dynamic Analysis) 3.4 Location Analysis 3.5 Participation Mortgages, Leases and Sale-Leaseback Financing 3.6 Appraisal of Income Property 3.7 Construction and Land Development Loans 4 Analysis Of Residential Property

4.1 Borrower Analysis and Housing Affordability

4.2 Alternative Mortgage Instruments 5 Securitization and the Secondary Mortgage Market (If time permits)

5.1 Real Estate Debt Securitization: MPTs, CMOs and REMICs, Strips, and Floaters

5.2 Real Estate Equity Securitization and Investment Performance
Calendar of Events
 
Week
Date
Assignment
1
1/19
Form Groups of 2-3 People, Read Sec 1.2 (BF Chapter 1) and Section 1.3 (BF Chapter 2)
2
1/26
Read Section 2 (BF Chapters 3-4)
3
2/01
Begin Angus Cartwright Case; Read Sec 3.1-3.3 (BF Chapter 8 and Chapter 10)
4
2/09
Turn in Preliminary Angus Cartwright Exhibits
5
2/16
Finish Write-up of Angus Cartwright
6
2/23
Turn in Angus Cartwright; Read Sec 3.4 (JS Entire Book)
7
3/02
Start studying for midterm; Start on Locational Analysis project; Read Sec 3.5 (BF Chapter 11)
8
3/09
Midterm Exam on 3/09 (Bring 2 one-sided formula sheets); Read Sec 3.6 (BF Chapter 9)
9
3/16
Spring Recess (You should finish Locational Analysis project over this period at the latest)
10
3/23
Locational Analysis Project Due (3/23); Read Sec 3.7 (BF Chapters 15, 18, and 12)
11
3/30
Read Sec 4.1 (BF Chapters 6-7)
12
4/06
Turn in Preliminary Anderson Street Exhibits; Read Sec 4.2 (BF Chapters 4-5)
13
4/13
Read Sec 5.1 (BF Chapters 18 and 22)
14
4/20
Anderson Street Project Due (4/22); Read Sec 5.2 (BF Chapters 17,20-21)
15
4/27
Start Studying for Final
16
5/04
Last Day of Spring Classes (5/03 Monday)