HKSYU Course Resources

"The study and practice of real estate draws on a multitude of disciplines including architecture, urban and regional planning, building construction, urban economics, law, and finance. This diversity of perspectives presents a challenge to the instructor of a real estate principles course. Depending on their backgrounds and training and on the interests of the students, some instructors may choose to emphasize the legal concepts that define and limit the potential value of real estate. Other instructors may focus more on licensing and brokerage issues (popular topics with many students) or on the investment decision-making process. Still others may feel that real estate market and feasibility analysis should be the core topics in a principles class. In short, one of the difficulties in teaching an introductory real estate course is that there appear to be too many "principles." The critical question thus becomes: What framework should be used to teach these principles?"--