Dr. Rena Mourouzi-Sivitanidou was an award-winning lecturer and researcher, teaching courses in Real Estate Market Analysis, Real Estate Economics, and Real Estate Development. This book is a compilation of her lecture notes and handouts for the very successful course "Market Analysis for Real Estate," which she taught for nine years in the Master in Real Estate Development program at the University of Southern California. The effort of compiling her lectures into a book was initiated after she passed away in 2000, following the recommendation of her colleagues who recognized the value of the excellent teaching material that she had created. The full responsibility for any omissions or mistakes that may be found in the book lies exclusively with the editor.

A Note on the Editors:

Dr. Petros Sivitanides is Associate Professor of Real Estate and Director of the Real Estate Department at Neapolis University Paphos, Cyprus. He has a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Real Estate Economics and a Master in City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. He has many years of research experience in some of the leading real estate advisory companies in the United States and the United Kingdom, such as CBRE Global Investors in Los Angeles, CBRE Econometric Advisors in Boston, and AXA Real Estate in London. He has also published many articles in popular international journals in Real Estate and won the Emerald Literati Award for the outstanding paper that was published in the Journal of Property Investment and Finance in 2018.

PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Market Analysis In Perspective 2. Real Estate Economics PART B: METROPOLITAN GROWTH ANALYSIS 3. Metropolitan Growth Patterns 4. Analyzing Metropolitan Economies PART C: ANALYZING RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS 5. Residential Real Estate Markets 6. Macroeconomic Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: Accounting Techniques 7. Macroeconomic Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: The Basics of the Econometric Approach 8. Macroeconomic Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: Applying the Econometric Approach 9. Analyzing Residential Projects: A Micro Perspective 10. Analysis of Residential Real Estate Markets: An Example PART D: ANALYZING THE MARKET FOR RETAIL SPACE 11. Retail Markets and Retail Market Studies 12. Analyzing the Market for Retail Space 13. Analyzing the Market for Retail Space: Synthesis and Market Studies PART E: OFFICE MARKET ANALYSIS 14. The Market for Office Space 15. Office Market Analysis: A Macro Perspective 16. Micro Analysis of Office Markets 17. Office Market Analysis: Synthesis and Market Studies PART F: INDUSTRIAL MARKET ANALYSIS 18. Industrial Space Market PART G: DATA SOURCES 19. Data Sources for Real Estate Market Analysis