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
About course offering
For course offering
Autumn 2024 Start 26 Aug 2024 programme students
Target group
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Bachelor's Programme in Property Development and Agency, åk 2, Mandatory
Bachelor's Programme in Real Estate and Finance, åk 2, Mandatory
Periods
P1 (7.5 hp)Duration
Pace of study
50%
Form of study
Normal Daytime
Language of instruction
Swedish
Course location
KTH Campus
Number of places
Places are not limited
Planned modular schedule
Course memo
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Link to scheduleApplication
For course offering
Autumn 2024 Start 26 Aug 2024 programme students
Application code
50574
Contact
For course offering
Autumn 2024 Start 26 Aug 2024 programme students
Contact
Herman Donner (hermand@kth.se)
Examiner
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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
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)
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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.