Department

Finance

Course Code

FIN 351

Course Title

Real Estate Finance & Investment.

Course Credit

3 hours

Prerequisite Course

FIN220

Course Level

Elective course.

Course Description

The first part of this course covers the basics of real estate such as property law, land descriptions and Measurements, land use, and management of real estate. The second part focuses on the different aspects of real estate finance and investment. These include financing instruments, mortgage types, mortgage markets, sources of mortgage funds, and loan underwriting.

Course Material

Real Estate Finance and Investments, William Brueggeman and Jeffrey Fisher, Latest edition.

Reading Recommendation

Websites of national and international financial organizations like SAMA, CMA, TADAWUL, NYSE, LSE, TSE, BIS etc

Some real estate related web based learning may be desirable.

Financial newspapers & journals like Wall street, Financial times etc.

Course Language

English