Real estate investments, the financial system, financial intermediaries, credit market instruments, short- and long-term interest rates, financial leverage, present value mathematics, mortgage markets, loans with fixed and variable rates, loan amortization schedules, interest rate margins, yield curves, financial analysis of debt-financed property investments, banking, capitalization rates, credit risk, interest rate risks, financial stability and financial regulations, financial crisis.
AI1144 Fundamentals of Residential Real Estate Finance 7.5 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Autumn 2024 Start 26 Aug 2024 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 26 Aug 2024 - 27 Oct 2024
- Periods
- P1 (7.5 hp)
- Pace of study
50%
- Application code
50574
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
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- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
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- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
Contact
Herman Donner (hermand@kth.se)
Course syllabus as PDF
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student should be able to:
- describe basic concepts and situations in residential real estate finance,
- solve problems that arises in residential real estate finance.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Knowledge in economics 7,5hp corresponding to the content in course AI1128 Economics of the Built Environment 7,5hp
and
Knowledge in mathematics 3,0 hp corresponding to completed part INL1 (Assignment 3,0hp) in course AI1178 Applied Mathematics and Statistics for Economists.
Recommended prerequisites
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Literature
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Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- INL1 - Assignment, 3.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 4.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Coursework 3,5 credits (INL1)
Written exam 4 credits (TEN1)
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Built Environment, Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Add-on studies
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Contact
Herman Donner (hermand@kth.se)