Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice

The Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice is the primary focal point for interaction with the real estate community.

The center will create and establish a leading interdisciplinary resource that inspires and fosters excellence in real estate education, research and service. The center will be designed, developed and guided with the advice, insight and leadership of Arizona’s and the nation’s real estate community. Academics from multiple disciplines and leading industry experts will collaborate on research that transcends the traditional capabilities of more narrowly focused enterprises. The center’s scholars will excel as the nation’s thought leaders in real estate as they:

• Create compelling research agendas with applications that help create, transform and sustain the environments in which we live and work.
• Take a leading role in addressing the wide range of social, political and economic issues that revolve around real estate. These may include rapid urbanization, financing mechanisms, home ownership affordability, environmental sustainability and new financial vehicles for real estate companies.
• Conduct research that results in data and knowledge essential to informed discussions that shape public policies about issues vital to the real estate industry.
• Establish a Real Estate Roundtable, bringing together members who are industry leaders dedicated to world-class professional execution.
• Deliver cutting-edge certificate programs and executive education courses that bring together leading practitioners and the nation’s best scholars.
• Assemble and host a board of advisors, made up of respected leaders from around the globe and based in one of the world’s great desert-city environments, that will enhance the center’s education, research and service missions.
• Facilitate knowledge exchange among real estate academics, researchers, students and practitioners through extraordinary seminars and conferences that provide unparalleled opportunities to meet industry leaders.
• Involve accomplished and respected practitioners in the classroom to inspire the next generation of sophisticated professionals and leaders.
• Direct students as they apply their classroom knowledge and innovation to real-world industry opportunities.

The center’s programs will create knowledge that improves the quality of life and transforms communities. Thought leaders and practitioners will be influential in planning our cities and ensuring that our communities are sustainable. We will raise the level of knowledge and dialogue surrounding such topics as design, construction, portfolio strategies and public/private initiatives.

Real Estate Valuation Theory

Real Estate Valuation Theory Series: Research Issues in Real Estate , Vol. 8 Ko Wang; Wolverton, Marvin L. (Eds.) 2002, 456 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7663-7 Order now, and we will ship when available. (Your credit card will not be charged until we ship).

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About this book

Is real property appraisal evolving, or have all of the "big ideas" already been conceived? This question has been circulating among the leaders of the Appraisal Institute during the past several annual meetings, usually encountering little in the way of satisfying answers. This is not too surprising, because grand ideas and new knowledge do not typically evolve from off-hand conversation. They are the product of focused intellectual activity and hours of difficult work.

This unquenched thirst for new knowledge is the primary reason for assembling this collection of new manuscripts dealing with valuation theory, which was financially underwritten by the Appraisal Institute. Their generosity and willingness to partner with the American Real Estate Society made this collection of thoughtful and thought provoking essays possible. They are the result of a global response to a worldwide call for papers, and demonstrate that real estate valuation is indeed an international discipline. The United States, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Rim, and Europe are all represented by this impressive collection of authors. Together, the eighteen essays that make up this volume demonstrate that there are a sufficient number of "big ideas" to challenge and improve the appraisal profession for years to come.

Real Estate Valuation Theory is organized around five categories of intellectual contribution to the whole-appraiser decision making and valuation accuracy, application of nontraditional appraisal techniques such as regression and the minimum-variance grid method, appraising contaminated property, ad valorem tax assessment, and new perspectives on traditional appraisal methods. One common thread is that all of the papers are exceptionally well written and thought provoking.

Real Estate

A major mission of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics is educating real estate professionals and providing real estate practitioners with the information they need to stay on the cutting edge of the real estate field. The Center is committed to developing well-rounded, technically trained real estate analysts and managers, and is dedicated to providing real estate professionals with frontier information through executive education programs targeted for people involved in all aspects of the real estate industry. Like the Center's academic programs and research, our executive education programs are geared towards promoting understanding and encouraging innovation in real estate finance and construction, land use, and urban and regional development. The Center provides a dynamic context where academics and practitioner professionals can work together in a stimulating environment that integrates research, teaching and professional development. Our research provides intellectual support for program development, and our faculty and staff researchers are active participants as organizers and instructors, ensuring that our executive education program remains at the forefront of real estate theory and practice. The Center applies for continuing education credit from professional organizations for our executive education programs to further benefit attendees. Past programs have been approved for between 7-9 hours of Consumer Protection Credit from the California Department of Real Estate, 7-9 hours from the California Office of Real Estate Appraisers, and 1 unit from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. The executive education programs are vital to the Center’s interaction with the real estate community and we continue to strive to develop and provide practical, professional programs. Suggestions from real estate industry professionals for program content or speakers are always welcome.

Real Estate Dictionary of Real Estate Terms.

Are you confused and overwhelmed by the extensive lexicon of real estate terms and words? Every person working in real estate or planning to buy or sell real estate can benefit by using our free real estate dictionary. This dictionary of real estate terms is one of the most extensive in the industry and is used by many real estate agents, real estate brokers, mortgage brokers, and instructors in major real estate schools across the country. While great care and research was undertaken to provide accurate explanations and definitions for the thousands of real estate terms and words in our real estate terms dictionary, one real estate vocabulary dictionary cannot be 100% accurate in all jurisdictions. The definitions are for general purposes only and should not be used for legal purposes. We disclaim any responsibility for any liability, loss or risk that may be claimed or incurred as a consequence of using this information. We hope you benefit from using our concise online real estate dictionary.

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