Our BA/MA (Hons) Real Estate Management and Finance programme is not about preparing you to be an estate agent. Although estate agents are the most commonly known occupation, they represent only a small part of the real estate profession.

Real estate is everywhere – it is your home, it is your school, it is your shopping centre, it is where you go on holiday, and it is even the places we want to preserve for future generations. Real estate includes the land and any buildings or improvements built on it – thus, the built environment.

Think about who uses real estate, who owns real estate, and who invests in real estate. All stakeholders involved use the knowledge of real estate professionals. In fact, the largest owners and users of real estate are governments.

The Forbes Magazine 2019 Global Ranking identified Canadian company Brookfield Asset Management as the largest public real estate company with assets worth $256 billion, followed by American Tower, which owns cell towers. Weyerhaeuser Corp, a timber company, was number six. All these organisations need skilled and knowledgeable professional real estate staff to make strategic and operational decisions—such as when to buy, when to sell, whether they are getting enough income, whether expenses are too high, how to negotiate rents, and how to determine values.

Banks, lenders, and equity investors are also major investors in real estate and require the skillsets of real estate professionals.

ACCREDITATION

All graduates receive a British degree that is accredited by Royal Charter in the UK.