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The Center for Real Estate Finance at McCombs The McCombs School of Business
  
ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT CENTER
In November 1999, the Department of Finance at The University of Texas at Austin created the first Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at a major university. The purpose of the Center is to support curriculum development in real estate at UT as well as to support faculty research and faculty development in the Department. The Center is the focal point for the creation of a nationally recognized real estate program.

The Department of Finance in the UT McCombs School of Business believes that real estate and capital markets are undergoing fundamental transformations that necessitate the design of new curricula and imaginative and significant research. Moreover, there is a critical need to better prepare managers to comprehend the role of securitization and capital markets in real estate investment and development. Real estate companies have a growing necessity for well-trained managers in areas such as financial analysis, project evaluation, as well as equity and debt securitization. The Center’s goal is to meet that need at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Our Real Estate Finance and Investment Center is the first research center at a leading university to specialize in the intersection of real estate and finance. With its home in the Department of Finance, the Center takes advantage of the exceptional finance faculty in the Department to cultivate cutting-edge research on finance-related real estate issues such as the valuation of mortgage-backed securities, the financial structure of real estate investment trusts, the agency issues associated with real estate financing agreements, and the efficiency of real estate investment markets. While the undergraduate and MBA educational offerings in real estate will continue to be highly multidisciplinary drawing from finance, economics, law, and community and regional planning, the research emphasis is on real estate finance.

 
 

For more information, please contact Angela Dorsey
The Real Estate Finance and Investment Center, CBA 6.222, 1 University Station B6600, Austin, TX 78712 (512) 232-7385
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