682 - Real Estate Market Analysis

This course includes an introduction to the principles of real property analysis and use. Subjects include the nature of real estate and real property, fundamentals of real property law, public and private limits on the rights of ownership, principles of location theory, an introduction to legal documents, and an examination of the processes used to analyze the supply and demand for real estate.  General methodologies for market studies are developed and then applied to the residential, retail, and office sectors.  The course also explores demographic, technological, economic, and social trends that affect these real estate markets into the future.  Techniques of spatial analysis are introduced.