Program Brief

Real estate is an attractive investment for those looking to earn a fixed income and grow their capital. This program is designed to provide participants with basic knowledge of the commercial real estate market, and how to best value real estate by evaluating and estimating the real estate asset class.

Program Goals

At the end of the training program, the participant should be able to:

  • Recognize the attractiveness of the real estate sector to investors, including its long-term performance, to identify investment-related risks.
  • Identify and understand the problems facing corporate management to support decision-making to own or rent real estate, and measure the financial impact on operating and financing leases.
  • The ability to identify the main elements of real estate cash flow to arrive at the valuation of real estate assets.
Program Agenda
Module 1: Real Estate Sector Overview
  • 1 Types of commercial real estate: Core asset classes and alternative

    • 2 Performance characteristics:

      • Long-term performance

        • Liquidity

          • Risk-adjusted returns

            • Correlation to other asset classes

            • 3 Entry points into the sector and sector ownership

              • 4 Accounting considerations:

                • Finance vs. operating lease accounting treatment

                  • Forthcoming changes and implications for sale and leasebacks

                  • 5 Corporate ownership: Should a company own property or rent, and how to approach an assessment?

                    • 6 The listed sector:

                      • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) as a tax-efficient wrapper

                        • Entry criteria

                          • Relevance NAV discounts

                            • Premium considerations

                              • Comparison of different REIT landscapes

                              • 7 Real estate cash flows:

                                • The core component parts of a real estate cash flow

                                  • Rental cash flow

                                    • Leasing dynamics

                                      • Service charges

                                        • Letting and renewal fees

                                          • Agent’s fees

                                          Module 2: Real Estate Valuation
                                          • 1 Yield-based valuation methodology: Initial, reversionary, and equivalent yields

                                            • 2 Private equity valuation approach: Targeted Internal Rate of Return (IRR) methodology

                                              • 3 Harmonizing surveyor, investment banking

                                                • 4 private equity valuation approaches

                                                  • 5 Hotel valuation: Worked example of hotel portfolio analysis

                                                    • 6 Land valuation: Worked example of development appraisal/ residual calculation

                                                      • 7 Operating company

                                                        • 8 property company interaction and how to realize value from the separation

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                                                          Program Path

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                                                          Program Method
                                                          • Lecture
                                                          • Case Studies
                                                          • Dialogue Teams
                                                          • Exercises and assignments
                                                          Evaluation Method
                                                          • Pre Exam
                                                          • Post Exam
                                                          Training Type
                                                          • In Class Training
                                                          • Online Training

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