Urban Land Economics and Real Estate Market Dynamics

This Coursera course starts from the history of cities and the land use planning systems that govern how land is developed. It links those systems to the market forces that drive real estate investment and growth.

From planning to market

Land use management and planning decide what can be built and where, and those rules shape commercial real estate markets. The course connects them to the economics of land, market analysis and the investment returns that follow.

Skills gained

• Land management and market analysis
• Commercial real estate fundamentals
• Investment and market dynamics

Pitched at beginners, it is a good route into how property markets work before studying financial models.

Its wide view makes it a useful companion to more numerical property courses, since it explains the market conditions that sit behind the figures.