MSRED Courses
11.346: Housing Markets
Spring 2007
Instructor
Lynn Fisher, Assistant Professor, Department
of Urban Studies and Planning
W31-310
phone:
617-252-1685
e-mail: lfisher@mit.edu
Lecture
Tuesdays 12:00-2:00
Room W31-301
Course Information
The analysis of domestic housing markets is complicated by the fact that real estate assets are
heterogeneous, durable and fixed in location, the fact that housing involves joint consumption
and investment decisions with important social implications, and the fact that “private” housing
markets are heavily influenced by special institutions including government policy and
regulation. The goal of this course is to explore some fundamentals of U.S. housing markets,
including issues of affordability and related policy, with a focus on helping students develop a
research topic in this area. Hedonic modeling will be introduced. Students will be required to
write a term paper on a housing topic of their choice.
Download the syllabus (pdf 22k) for a list of dates, readings and assignments.
