Research Briefs

New University: UCI Rent Set to Rise Along with OC Housing Price Hikes

Submitted by hoyt on Wed, 07/13/2016 - 14:20

Rent prices for all on-campus UC Irvine housing communities are expected to rise during the 2016-17 academic year, reflecting a predicted spike in Orange County housing prices over the next two years. Average rent in Orange County remains more expensive than in Los Angeles, Inland Empire and San Diego Counties. By 2018, only San Diego County will outpace expected rent increases in Orange County, per a USC Real Estate study released last Tuesday.

Speaker Series: Richard K. Green, Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Submitted by Sonia Savoulian on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 12:34

Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni. Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall portico from 11:00 to 11:20 am. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 100, starting at approximately 11:30 am. There is no charge for Dollinger MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Speaker Series: Marc Castleman and Andrew Clark, Principals, Southern California Student Housing

Submitted by Sonia Savoulian on Wed, 06/15/2016 - 13:22

Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni. Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall portico from 11:00 to 11:20 am. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 100, starting at approximately 11:30 am. There is no charge for Dollinger MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Speaker Series: Jonathan Snow and William Vogt, Partners, 3SC Capital Partners

Submitted by Sonia Savoulian on Tue, 06/14/2016 - 13:45

Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni. Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall portico from 11:00 to 11:20 am. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 100, starting at approximately 11:30 am. There is no charge for Dollinger MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Speaker Series: Hardy Wronske, Partner, The Heyday Partnership

Submitted by Sonia Savoulian on Mon, 06/13/2016 - 12:53

Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni. Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall portico from 11:00 to 11:20 am. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 100, starting at approximately 11:30 am. There is no charge for Dollinger MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Speaker Series: Wilbur H. Smith, Principal, Greenlaw Partners

Submitted by Sonia Savoulian on Mon, 06/13/2016 - 12:52

Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni. Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall portico from 11:00 to 11:20 am. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 100, starting at approximately 11:30 am. There is no charge for Dollinger MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Speaker Series: Babak Ziai, Managing Principal, BrandView, Inc.

Submitted by Sonia Savoulian on Mon, 06/13/2016 - 12:51

Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni. Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall portico from 11:00 to 11:20 am. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 100, starting at approximately 11:30 am. There is no charge for Dollinger MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Speaker Series: B.J. Delzer, President, Melia Homes

Submitted by Sonia Savoulian on Mon, 06/13/2016 - 12:46

Speakers Series is a forum for students to interact with and learn from real estate professionals and alumni. Lunch will be held in the Lewis Hall portico from 11:00 to 11:20 am. The speaker presentation will be held in Lewis Hall room 100, starting at approximately 11:30 am. There is no charge for Dollinger MRED students and GREA members to attend. A $5 fee is charged to all others. To reserve a place, please contact Janet Bustillo, (213)821-2202 or jbustill@usc.edu

Los Angeles Times: Why is L.A. too Pricey? Blame Low Vacancy Rates, not Luxury High-Rises

Submitted by hoyt on Tue, 05/17/2016 - 13:15

What's the root cause of Los Angeles’ affordable housing crisis? Many blame the new luxury housing developments springing up in downtown, Hollywood and Koreatown. New apartment towers and "mega-developments" arrive, driving up interest in the neighborhood and attracting hipsters. Landlords take notice and soon rents start climbing. That’s the story anyway.

But here’s the thing: If booming development in hot markets like Hollywood and downtown is why rents keep going up and up and up, why have the same price increases hit locales with extremely limited development?

2016 Rena Sivitanidou Annual Research Symposium

Submitted by Jeffrey Brown on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 14:39

The 2016 Rena Sivitanidou Annual Research Symposium was held at the University of Southern California University Club on March 25th, 2016.  This symposium featured a panel of more than 20 leading scholars in real estate economics drawn from both academic and policy institutions. Participants came from UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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