Real Estate Concepts: A Handbook, (Paperback)

The essential reference tool for all real estate, property, planning and construction students.

Real Estate Concepts provides built environment students with an easy to use guide to the essential concepts they need to understand in order to succeed in their university courses and future professional careers. Key concepts are arranged, defined and explained by experts in the field to provide the student with a quick and reliable reference throughout their university studies. The subjects are conveniently divided to reflect the key modules studied in most property, real estate, planning and construction courses.

Subject areas covered include:

• Planning
• Building surveying
• Valuation
• Law
• Economics, investment and finance
• Quantity surveying
• Construction and regeneration
• Sustainability
• Property management

Over the 18 alphabetically arranged subject specific chapters, the expert contributors explain and illustrate more than 250 fully cross-referenced concepts. The book is packed full of relevant examples and illustrations and after each concept further reading is suggested to encourage a deeper understanding. This book is an ideal reference when writing essays, assignments and revising for exams.