Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics

Haas Real Estate students have access to one of the leading real estate research and outreach centers in the country. The Fisher Center educates students, trains professionals, and conducts research on real estate markets, financial institutions, urban economics, and the economy of the state of California. The center regularly hosts practicums, conferences, and symposia for academic and business leaders and government officials—and Haas students are frequently invited. This gives students the opportunity to interact with industry leaders and become engaged in the cutting edge research that is one of the hallmarks of the Fisher Center.

Faculty Excellence

The Haas School of Business Real Estate and Urban Economics faculty includes some of the most accomplished professors in the field. The low student-to faculty ratio provides students in the Real Estate Program with individual attention from some of the most highly regarded professors and professionals in the business.

• Robert Edelstein, Professor and Fisher Center Co-Chair, studies real estate economics, finance, and property taxation; energy and environmental economics; public finance; and urban financial problems.

• Robert Helsley, Professor, Haas Chair in Real Estate Development and Fisher Center Co-Chair, studies the development of urban areas, land markets, and government tax, spending and regulatory policies.

• Dwight Jaffee, Professor and Fisher Center Co-Chair, studies real estate finance, catastrophe insurance and the subprime mortgage crisis.

• John Quigley, Professor, studies the integration of real estate, mortgage and financial markets; urban labor markets; housing; spatial economics; and local public finance.

• Kenneth T. Rosen, Fisher Center Chairman, is directly responsible for revitalizing the Fisher Center. Revered for his real estate and economic forecasts, he also studies real estate securitization, REITs, commercial real estate dynamics, and real estate e-commerce.

• Alexei Tchistyi, Assistant Professor, focuses on mortgages, mortgage backed securities, mortgage contract design, financial innovations, dynamic contracting, agency theory and corporate finance.

• Nancy Wallace, Professor, Group Chair and Fisher Center Co-Chair, studies asset-backed securitization and real estate investment analysis, strategy, and finance

• Lecturers David Nelson (Wells Fargo’s Corporate Properties Group) and Dennis Williams (Northmarq Capital) augment Haas’ Real Estate faculty group.


Curriculum

Students in the Real Estate Program take core classes in the Berkeley MBA Program, as well as electives in the Real Estate track. These targeted course offerings, in the form of lectures, projects, case studies, and customized individual projects, include:

• Real Estate Finance and Securitization
• Real Estate Development
• Real Estate Investment Strategy
• Real Estate Finance
• Business and Legal Issues in Real Estate Development
• Practicum: Real Estate Speaker Series
• Practicum: Valuation and the ARGUS tool

Enhancing the curriculum, the Fisher Center provides a dynamic context where academics, students and professionals can work together in a stimulating environment that integrates research, teaching and professional development. Active members of the Fisher Center’s Policy Advisory Board, comprised of influential leaders in both the private and public sectors, are frequent guest lecturers and provide valuable support for real estate educational activities, faculty and student research, and job placement. The long list of eminently successful graduates and Fisher Center advisors attests to the ultimate practicality of this approach.


Contact Us
Haas Real Estate Group or FCREUE:
F602 Haas School of Business
University of California
Berkeley CA 94720-6105
Tel: (510) 643-6105
Fax: (510) 643-7357
Email: creue@haas.berkeley.edu