USC Lusk Center’s Stan Ross Says Real Estate Will Be Asset of Choice for Fixed-Income Investors in 2004
-- Despite weak property market fundamentals, real estate still a strong performer
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USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Pinpoints Factors Determining Minority Homeownership
Crime and housing affordability can determine if households transition from renters to owners
Los Angeles -- Where a minority family chooses to live heavily influences their decision to rent or own, according to the results of a study at the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate (www.usc.edu/lusk) that examined pathways to minority homeownership.
USC Lusk Center’s Stuart Gabriel, Ph.D. Named President of American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
Los Angeles – The director of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate (www.usc.edu/lusk), Stuart Gabriel, Ph.D., has been named president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA). The largest and most prestigious group of real estate and urban economists from academia, AREUEA begins its 40th year as a leading-edge resource for information and analysis in the fields of real estate development, planning and economics.
“It’s an honor to lead a group of the foremost academic experts in the field of real estate.
USC Ross Minority Program in Real Estate is Searching for More Than One “Apprentice”
Los Angeles – While millions of Americans are watching Donald Trump search for “The Apprentice” to help him build his real estate and business empire, there’s another kind of real estate search taking place in LA this week. Would you believe a train conductor, waiter, schoolteacher, lawyer and civil engineer can make the cut in the search for people who can change the face of depressed, inner-city neighborhoods across Southern California?
USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Study Shows Class of 2004 Landing Jobs Months Before Graduation
Employers have already signed one-fifth of students in graduate programs geared to real estate.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – This spring is prime shopping season for real estate developers and finance firms seeking graduate students steeped in real estate education and training, according to a new survey released by the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate (www.usc.edu/lusk).
USC Casden Forecast Predicts Apartment Rent Hikes Next Two Years in Southern California
Rents at record highs in Los Angeles County and Inland Empire
Initiatives in Transportation Funding & Finance Report Released
Report and Recommendations to Sunne Wright McPeak
Secretary, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency
State of California
March 17, 2004
USC Keston Institute for Infrastructure
Like most states, California is in a budget crisis. We are struggling to supply urgently needed services with diminishing revenues. As in many states, California's transportation funds are being cut to fund other needs. Across the country, fiscal year 2003 was the third straight year states faced budget shortfalls, with a cumulative gap of $200 billion.
USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Pinpoints Factors Determining Minority Homeownership
Crime and housing affordability can determine if households transition from renters to owners
Los Angeles -- Where a minority family chooses to live heavily influences their decision to rent or own, according to the results of a study at the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate (www.usc.edu/lusk) that examined pathways to minority homeownership.
USC Lusk Center Expert Says No Bubbles About to Burst, but Homebuyers Should Pay Attention to Risks of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Los Angeles – Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) are not a concern now, but they could cause problems for Southern California homeowners in three to seven years as these loans convert from fixed to adjustable rates, according to Raphael Bostic, Ph.D., of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.
“If interest rates increase, some buyers may not be able to afford higher payments and may have to sell their homes,” said Bostic, a former Fed economist who specializes in tracking the home mortgage market.
