Property Investment G

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

Real estate as an investment; present value mathematics for real estate; long and short term leases; nominal versus effective interest rates; measuring investment performance - the concept of returns; market value versus investment value, the use of debt and the effects of leverage; after-tax investment analysis; real estate investment capital structure; real estate portfolio theory; equilibrium asset valuation; reits; data and performance measurement

Textbook(s)

Rowland, PJ 2010, Australian Property Investment and Financing, 1st Edn, The Law Book Company, Sydney

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Directed Study	3 hours x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Examination, Report, Weekly tests

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.