Property Investment

Course aim

To provide students with the methods, conceptual foundations, practices and skills necessary to function in the property investment and institutional property markets.

Course content

Property investment evaluation techniques and financing, including the principles of property investment analysis; financial mathematics and computer applications (Excel) for property analysis; measuring investment performance - the concept of returns; property tax analysis; the use of debt and the effects of leverage; after-tax DCF investment analysis (NPV, IRR, MIRR); applied investment analysis; real estate portfolio theory; REITs, disruptive property investment instruments including fin tech and prop tech.

Textbook(s)

Rowland, P J 2010, Australian Property Investment and Financing, 1st edn, Thomson Reuters, NSW, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BANK 2007	Business Finance

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Lecture	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
Lecture (Virtual)	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
Workshop	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours x NA

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Report, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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