Real Estate Investment and Finance Strategies, Structures, Decisions

Global real estate markets have changed significantly in the years since the financial crisis of 2008-2009. As real estate asset prices move past pre-crisis levels, and debt and equity capital become more available, many institutions are re-entering global markets.

Reflecting current market trends and practices, the latest edition of Real Estate Investment and Finance features extensively revised content throughout, including a new chapter on real estate development, expanded examples and case studies, a re-designed companion website and numerous improvements based on direct feedback from instructors and students. Emphasising practical solutions rather than complex theory, this market-leading textbook offers:

• Explanations of basic economics and finance theories in the context of global real estate investing
• Techniques used to evaluate real estate investments at the property level, from simple heuristics to complex and dynamic valuation models
• Descriptions of modern international investment structures, such as unlisted real estate funds and real estate operating companies
• Up-to-date coverage of performance measurement, real estate debt markets and building and managing real estate portfolios

The fully revised and updated version of the leading textbook on real estate investment, emphasising real estate cycles and the availability and flow of global capital

Real Estate Investment remains the most influential textbook on the subject, used in top-tier colleges and universities worldwide. Its unique, practical perspective on international real estate investment focusses on real-world techniques which measure, benchmark, forecast and manage property investments as an asset class. The text examines global property markets and real estate cycles, outlines market fundamentals and explains asset pricing and portfolio theory in the context of real estate.

In the years since the text’s first publication, conditions in global real estate markets have changed considerably following the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Real estate asset prices have increased past pre-crisis levels, signalling a general market recovery. Previously scarce debt and equity capital is now abundant, while many institutions once averse to acquiring property are re-entering the markets. The latest edition – extensively revised and updated to address current market trends and practices as well as reflect feedback from instructors and students – features new content on real estate development, improved practical examples, expanded case studies and more. This seminal textbook:

• Emphasises practical solutions to real investing problems rather than complex theory
• Offers substantial new and revised content throughout the text
• Covers topics such as valuation, leasing, mortgages, real estate funds, underwriting and private and public equity real estate
• Features up-to-date sections on performance measurement, real estate debt markets and building and managing real estate portfolios
• Includes access to a re-designed companion website containing numerous problems and solutions, presentation slides and additional instructor and student resources

Written by internationally-recognised experts in capital management and institutional property investing strategies, Real Estate Investment, Second Edition: Strategies, Structures, Decisions is an indispensable textbook for instructors and students of real estate fund management, investment management and investment banking, as well as a valuable reference text for analysts, researchers, investment managers, investment bankers and asset managers.