The course is an introduction to property development and real estate agency and therefore contains a number of important aspects of the real estate market.
The objective of the course is to provide the students with insights into how real estate agents and real estate developers work with meeting the demands from customers, sellers and authorities in their daily operations. Among the course contents is the real estate broker act along with other important legislations. Furthermore, the important role of the financial market will be analyzed.
The students will get practical experience of collecting and analyzing information in a scientific correct way in writing a written report.
After completed course the student should be able to:
- Describe the real estate agency process and the process of developing property
- Describe the development and sustainability of the real estate market in terms of function, financing and management
- Describe the history, sustainability and development of the financial sector, the actor of the financial system and the role of the financial markets in the planning and building process in society
- Describe foundations for investment calculations and explain how they are different from socio-economic calculations
- Do an exercise in geodetic surveying
- Find, use and evaluate different sources of information
- Write a well-structured and informative essay and orally present the results
