Real Estate Finance

A required course in the Certificate Program in Real Estate Licensure.

The Real Estate Finance surveys the concepts, methods, and techniques of financing real estate transactions. Instruction covers sources, characteristics, and parameters of mortgage capital; fixed- and variable-rate mortgages; government-assisted financing, including VA and FHA; documentation; amortization, loan constants, present value, compound interest, APR, and debt coverage ratios; loan underwriting, including credit analysis and qualifying; loan processing, closing, and servicing; foreclosures; and construction, permanent, gap, wraparound, and leasehold financing. Case studies for financing proposals for single-family and multifamily transactions are featured. This course applies toward the mandatory educational requirements for obtaining the California State Real Estate Salesperson and Broker License.