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 2025 Start 25 Aug 2025 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
- Periods
- P1 (7.5 hp)
- Pace of study
50%
- Application code
50053
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
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- Number of places
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- Target group
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Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus AI1144 (Autumn 2024–)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.
Literature
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
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)
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.