Real Estate, Housing and Community Development in Context

The Economic Development and Housing Specialization trains students for careers in housing, community development, real estate and economic development. The major goals of this specialization are to:

  • Teach underlying economic theory governing real estate markets, politics surrounding the development process, and social theory underpinning the role of community organizations and residents.
  • Provide historical perspectives needed to understand and analyze current planning and policy issues, as well as the practical skills, such as real estate finance, needed to work in these fields.

Courses in the Wagner School

Please note: Some courses are taught every other year.

Courses Outside the Wagner School

In addition to the recommended Wagner School courses, students may choose electives offered through the Law School, Stern School, and the Schack Institute of Real Estate. Refer to the registration procedures for courses outside the Wagner School for more information.

Courses in the School of Law

See the School of Law web site for course descriptions.

Courses in the Stern School of Business

  • BSPA-GB.2300, Real Estate Transactions
  • ECON-GB.3375, Urban Systems
  • FINC-GB.2329, Real Estate Primary Markets
  • FINC-GB.2339, Real Estate Capital Markets
  • OPMG-GB.2360, Real Estate Development and Entrepreneurship

See the Stern School of Business web site for course descriptions.

Courses in the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

  • REAL1-GC 1005, Principles of Real Estate Accounting and Taxation
  • DEVE1-GC 1035, Real Estate Finance
  • DEVE1-GC 1045, Real Estate Economics and Market Analysis
  • DEVE1-GC 1050, Legal Principles and Practices
  • DEVE1-GC 1055, Real Estate Valuation and Feasibility Analysis
  • DEVE1-GC 1060, The Development Process
  • REAL1-GC 1070, Corporate Finance
  • REAL1-GC 1080, Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
  • REAL1-GC 3400, Seminar in Community Development
  • REAL1-GC 3015, Affordable Housing Development
  • DEVE1-GC 2105, Green Building & Sustainable Development
  • REAL1-GC 3185, Urban Economic Development
  • DEVE1-GC 2115, Applied Project in Sustainable Development
  • DEVE1-GC 2300, Community and Civic Engagement in Real Estate Development

See the Schack Institute web site for course descriptions.

Principal Faculty Advisors:

Ingrid Ellen Mitchell Moss Hilary Ballon

Ingrid Ellen

Mitchell Moss

Hilary Ballon


"There is no better place to study and understand the 21st century city than New York, where government has created the conditions that allow more than 8 million people to call it "home." New York is proof that even in the age of the internet, there is a powerful need for face-to-face communications."

—Professor Mitchell Moss, Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy & Planning