B8331-001: Real Estate Finance
TR - Full Term, 09:00AM to 10:30AM
Credit hours: 3.0
Location: URI 333
Previous Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Instructor: Brian Lancaster
Prerequisite(s): B6300: Corporate Finance
Corequisite(s): B8306: Capital Markets & Investments
The course focuses on the set of concepts and techniques used to analyze and finance income-producing real property. It starts with the characteristics that make real property different, including cash flow uncertainties, debt sources and tax features. It then considers the available strategies and structures of real estate finance, including capital structure choices for construction and permanent financing. Extensive use is then made of cases to illustrate the range of choices and outcomes.
Brian Lancaster
Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Finance and Economics in the Faculty of Business
Brian P. Lancaster is a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Finance at the Columbia University Business School. Professor Lancaster teaches the following courses: Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Debt Markets, Residential Real Estate Finance, Capital Markets, Real Estate Entrepreneurship, and Debt Markets in the MBA and EMBA programs. He is also a faculty sponsor of Chazen Global Study Tours, most recently...