This course applies the latest economic thinking and research to the task of analyzing real estate markets and forecasting supply or demand.
Requirements
In addition to the lectures and readings, the course involves five computer-based exercises, a midterm and a final exam. Their weightings on a student’s course grade are shown in the table below.
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The course materials are two. First, there will be 12 lecture PDF files that represent the material in the lectures. This material represents a significant update and expansion of the text:
DiPasquale, Denise, and William Wheaton. Urban Economics and Real Estate Markets. Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN 0132252449.
Second, there is a reader of journal articles, available to students at the MIT copy center.