EIE222 Real Estate Valuation

Credits (ECTS):10

Course responsible:Sølve Bærug

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:Lectures: ca. 32 hours. Excursion: ca. 2 hours. Structured guidance on the projects ca. 6 hours. Group work: ca. 110 hours. Self-study: ca. 100 hours.

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Spring parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Spring parallel.

About this course

Basic theory (lectures) of valuations, measurement of value, basic economic rent: approximately 35 %. Practical valuation of dwellings, commercial real estate, framland, forest, outlying fields, and more. Valuation of whole or parts of property in the free market: approximately 60 %. Different related topics such as changing of owners, securing deals, etc.: approximately 5 %. Lectures on practical valuation are coordinated with work on the project(s).

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

After completed course, the student should have knowledge of real estate valuation on:

  • Specifics of real estate
  • Terminology and concepts
  • Valuation purposes and valuers
  • Organization and standards
  • Market value, preferences and information
  • Deep knowledge on the sales comparison method
  • Investment method, residual method, profits method, cost based methods
  • When to use which method

Skills:

After completed course, the student should be able to, when sufficient information is known:

  • Appraise the market value of a residential property
  • Appraise the market value of a commercial property
  • Appraise the investment value of farmland according to a schematic metod
  • Appraise the investment value of forest land according to a schematic metod

General qualifications:

After completed course, the student

  • Masters use of references in a report
  • Can critically evaluate a valuation report
  • Can reflect on the ethics of real estate valuation
  • Can reflect on real estate valuation and sustainable development
  • Can reflect on real estate valuation and innovation
  • The course builds mainly on group-based projects in combination with lectures.
    • Some supervision on the project.
    • Study platform Canvas
    • Timetable TimeEdit
  • EIE100 or the equivalent.
  • Final assignment. Collective evaluation for all participants in each assignment. Individual assignment is acceptable.
  • An external examiner participates in the evaluation of all the candidates' examination answers.

    Discussions about the content of the course and how it is conducted are fixed topics during the examination conference.

  • Submission of a project plan and one or more excursions.
  • 32 hours of lectures, 2 hours of excursion. 6 hours of structured guidance on the project.
  • Letter grades
  • Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)