Chapter Solutions

Just a reminder that all of the end of the chapter solutions are posted on the course homepage (just below the link for the class notes).

Exam 1

Exam 1 is this Tuesday at 7 PM. You will have most of the class period for the exam. The exam will cover chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 11, and the Review Packet for Real Estate Analysis supplement. Please note that you are responsible for every topic in the "Review" packet with the exception of the material on Duration.

The exam format: primarily multiple-choice (50 questions) with an essay question and a problem. Please note that the multiple-choice questions can also be problem style questions (in fact, 12 of the 50 multiple-choice question require some type of calculation).

Please bring a Scan-tron form, pencils, and your personal TVM calculator. No calculator sharing during the exam. Please bring a basic financial calculator and no computer devices.

Exam grades will be posted on WebCT and we will review the exam during the following class.

Office Hours Today

I have an Undergraduate Assembly meeting today at 2 PM. Typically, I am back at the office around 3 PM, but these meetings vary in length. Please note this if you are planning to stop-in during office hours (2 to 4 PM) today. Sorry for any inconvenience.

WebCT update

Ooops, my bad. I didn't release the name columns in WebCT. Now your name and quiz grade should be viewable in WebCT. Sorry!

Quiz 1 Stats

Statistics: Quiz1
Graded out of: 23.00
Number of records: 17 Highest grade: 23.00
Lowest grade: 5.00 Mean grade: 15.41
Median grade: 17.00 Standard deviation: 4.61

Check your score on WebCT (see Links in upper right corner of blog).

Blog post schedule

Note: You will be posting on our main program blog realestateprogram.blogspot.com.

Here is the list of REAE 5311 bloggers with self imposed due dates (10% per week penalty after the due date). Remember, you can always post early, especially the November 20th crowd.

Sept 22 Richard Bowen Suburban sprawl

Oct 7 Ramya Aroul New Urbanism

Oct 14 Jordan Goslee No topic yet, Ross McCuistion No topic yet

Oct 20 Julio A. Rivas Real estate and international diversification

Oct 21 Joe Carey Short Sales

Oct 28 Kevin Jacobi Rural Real Estate Prices in West Texas

Oct 31 Wade Dennis No title yet

Nov 10 Alex Papavasiliou Building Information Management

Nov 14 Delon Mollett DFW: Comparative Effects of the Real Estate Bubble in Major Metro Areas

Nov 15 Fahad Almudhaf Relationship between real estate and stock market: international evidence

Nov 17 HsiangYu Yan No title yet

Nov 20 Traci L. Yates Housing and economic act of 2008

Nov 20 Hum Nathpanta Effects of real estate on stock market: evidence from the US stock market

Nov 20 William Kim Multiple city centers

Nov 20 Lisa Briggs Barnett Shale: effects on property values in DFW

Nov 30 Sanjukta Kar Sub prime mortgage crisis

WebCT: Grade Reporting Only!

The class roster has been loaded into WebCT.  Please log on at www.uta.edu/webct using your UTA user name and ID to make sure that you are on the roster.

Please never contact me through the WebCT e-mail function.  Since I only use WebCT for posting grades, I do not check the WebCT e-mail on a regular basis.  Thank you.