This opening course in commercial real estate finance targets the intersection of property and capital markets.
Introduction to Debt Financing and Financial Analysis
In today’s environment, commercial real estate development only occurs when property markets demand additional space and capital markets are able to provide the needed financing. The opening course in commercial real estate finance targets this intersection of property and capital markets. It highlights the market analysis necessary to support commercial leasing activity, the income and expense analyses flowing from those leases, and the resulting value creation. While addressing equity capital sources, the course focuses more directly on debt capital and understanding loan sources, lenders’ underwriting guidelines, and cash flow analysis. (Equity capital sources and requirements are addressed in detail in the second course in this sequence, Real Estate Finance II.) Finally, participants have an opportunity to complete a commercial development feasibility analysis.
Participants are expected to bring a laptop computer with Microsoft Excel to the course.
Principal Instructor
Richard L. Haney, Jr.
Professor of Real Estate and Finance
Mays Business School
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Haney is a specialist in real estate finance, development, and valuation. A professor of real estate and finance, his teaching responsibilities include graduate courses in real property finance, development, valuation, and mortgage market analysis. He has published widely in scholarly and professional journals and has extensive experience teaching professional development courses, including 25 years of teaching in the ULI Real Estate School.
Haney is a full member of ULI, a fellow of the Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute, and a faculty fellow of the schools of mortgage banking at both Stanford University and Northwestern University. He is also coauthor of three textbooks, including the second edition of the ULI’s Real Estate Development: Principles and Process.
Guest Speakers
John Ayoob
Executive Vice President
CBRE | Brokerage Services
El Segundo, CA
Todd T. Popovich
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager
Wells Fargo Commercial Real Estate
Los Angeles, CA
Registration Fee
ULI Member: $995
Non-member: $1,250
Government and nonprofit: $950
Registration fee includes tuition, course materials, continental breakfast, luncheon, and refreshments.
Cancellations must be made in writing or by e-mail to ULI’s customer service department and are subject to a $100 administrative fee. Cancellations must be received at least seven days before the start of the program to be eligible for a refund. No refunds will be granted thereafter. You may transfer your registration to another member of your organization with no penalty.
Related Reading
Finance for Real Estate Development
By Charles Long
Tips for how to productively manage and complete development projects. Explaining how finances drive each decision in the real estate development process, this helpful industry guide recognizes the complexities and significant risks of each project and illustrates how to reconcile conflicting elements to ultimately achieve success. A 36-year real estate development veteran, author Charles Long shares the practical information and personal insights that he has gained over the course of his career, and weaves relevant real world examples into the text, helping to clarify the principles necessary to effectively manage a project in today’s financial landscape.
Real Estate and the Financial Crisis: How Turmoil in the Capital Markets is Restructuring Real Estate Finance
By Anthony Downs, By Urban Land Institute
Explaining that the current financial crisis began with an unprecedented flow of financial capital into commercial and housing markets, this study by a real estate insider describes the impact of the downturn and assesses the future for real estate markets. Topics of discussion include the credit crunch, problems with the flow of capital, the outlook for commercial property markets, and advice to individual investors for buying and selling while the market is down.
