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AI272U Real Estate Investment Analysis 7.5 credits

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus AI272U (Spring 2023–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Students should after the course be able to answer questions like

  • What investments should the investor make (the investor’s investment decision)?
  • How do investors determine the price they are willing to pay for an office building?

To be able to answer these questions, one need to be able to:

  • Identify and explain the basic steps in the investment process.
  • Derive and understand the origin of the major formulas used in present value calculations.
  • Evaluate different investment alternatives.
  • Critically assess different investment criteria.
  • Define and compute different return measures.
  • Develop MS Excel spreadsheets for investment decision making.

Intended learning outcomes

The overall aim of this course is to provide students with the mathematical and practical tools needed to evaluate different investment alternatives, i.e. provide students with basic theoretical and practical knowledge of investment decision making, with emphasis on direct equity investments in income-producing real estate. Furthermore, this course prepares students for further studies in real estate finance and economics.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Higher education in engineering, economics or equivalent knowledge through work experience.

Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

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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

P, F

Examination

  • PRO1 - Project Work, 2.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Exam, 5.0 credits, grading scale: P, 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.

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

Profile picture Åke Gunnelin

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

ABE/Real Estate Economics and Finance

Main field of study

Built Environment

Education cycle

Second cycle

Add-on studies

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Contact

Carl-William Åström, cwa@kth.se

Supplementary information

Commissioned Course. Admittance to the course can only be purchased by a legal entity who appoints course participants