Real Estate Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2007
News

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

Investment Banking: 10.5% Investment Management: 7.3% Hedge Funds: 5.3% Private Equity/LBO: 12.4% Sales & Trading: 2.0% Venture Capital: 2.5% Other: 4.4% Consulting 21.1% Manufacturing 17.3% Biomed/Pharma: 3.7% Consumer Products: 4.9% Technology: 6.0% Other: 2.7%... View Details

19 May 2019
News

Zumper Co-founder Seeks an Airbnb for Tenants, Landlords

Keywords: Real Estate

07 Jan 2019
News

One Lesson Led This Entrepreneur To Raise $90 Million From The Top Venture Capital Firms

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Jun 2009
News

The Power of Prayer

These days, getting money and housing together is a tricky issue. So there was good news from Florida, one of the hardest hit real-estate markets, when the Miami-area chapter of the Collective Banking Group (CBG) renewed its partnership with, and received commitments... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

16 Oct 2013
News

Progress Through Preservation

Will Rogers by Maureen Harmon Every year, Will Rogers (MBA 1985) packages honey from his backyard beehive operation and doles it out to major supporters of the Trust for Public Land, where he serves as president and CEO. The hives, which he's kept for more than 40... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; Real Estate

08 Apr 2011
News

Investing in the Family Brand

Keywords: Real Estate

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Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips

information in Bloomberg? Real Estate Investment Securities How can I get real estate information in Bloomberg? Short Interest Data How can I... View Details

22 Sep 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

In his work managing real estate investments at Samson Investment Partners in New York, Lloyd Zuckerberg (MBA 1990) often draws on the same sensibilities that guide his leadership of the nonprofit New York... View Details

03 Jun 2022
Blog Post

HiHome Sweet HiHome

full time engineer. “SEAS and Harvard more broadly has been absolutely critical to HiHome,” Shu said. “Without SEAS and Harvard, HiHome probably wouldn’t exist right now.” Parker and Shu met by chance, but it didn’t take long for them to connect. Shu, A.B. ‘21, was a... View Details

04 Mar 2009
Op-Ed

Credit is Not the Bogey

commercials. From one vantage, the credit industry is to blame for our economic woes. The solutions have centered on tightening credit—loaning only to homebuyers who can make a 20 percent down payment, returning to the standards of 20... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. Belsky; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

June 1981 (Revised August 1983)
Case

Goldman Sachs Realty Corp.

By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.

Keywords: Real Estate Industry

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May 2024
Article

Housing Policies and Energy Efficiency Spillovers in Low and Moderate Income Communities

By: Omar Isaac Asensio, Olga Churkina, Becky D. Rafter and Kira E O'Hare

Housing policies address the human dimensions of increasing urban density, but their energy and sustainability implications are hard to measure due to challenges with siloed civic data. This is especially critical when evaluating policies targeting low- and... View Details

Keywords: Energy Efficiency; Public Policy; Climate Change; Energy Conservation; Housing; Analytics and Data Science; Policy; Income; Environmental Sustainability; Real Estate Industry; United States

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October 1984
Teaching Note

Hays Properties, Teaching Note

By: Henry B. Reiling

Keywords: Real Estate Industry

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June 1984
Case

National Property Investors

By: Jay O. Light

Keywords: Real Estate Industry

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July 2019
Case

Lovango Cay: Developing a Boutique Resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands

By: Charles F. Wu, Levi Abramson, Anne Jacobs and Briana Richardson

Keywords: Finance; Real Estate Industry

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March 2018
Supplement

China Vanke: Battle for Control (D)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo

In the battle for control over China Vanke, the Chinese securities regulator steps in to censure Vanke and Baoneng for acting against the interests of the market and minority shareholders. The Chinese insurance regulator also finds Baoneng to be in violation of... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; China

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June 2016
Case

The Redevelopment of Palazzo Tornabuoni (B)

By: Sid Yog, Arthur I Segel and Ricardo Andrade

On December 16, 2010, Byrne Murphy received a call from his Italian partner at Fingen Group. The recently renovated Palazzo Tornabuoni, an iconic 15th century palace in the heart of Florence, Italy, had been seized by the local police. While Murphy tries to understand... View Details

Keywords: Palazzo Tornabuoni; Private Residence Club; Florence; Italy; Timeshare; Fractional Ownership; Property; Real Estate Industry; Italy; Europe

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July 2012 (Revised July 2012)
Case

RMS: Investing in Chinese Timberland

By: Andre F. Perold

The protagonist is considering acquiring a timber property located in rural China, a region where almost no timberland investment has taken place. The question is how to value the property, including understanding the appropriate risk-adjusted return. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Property; Foreign Direct Investment; Real Estate Industry; China

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