About:

The Real Estate Research Institute was formed to encourage, support, and conduct research in real estate. The Louisiana Real Estate Research Institute was established in 1985 with funding from the E. J. Ourso College of Business and the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.

Core Focus:

FIN 3351 Real Estate Principles FIN 3352 Real Estate Valuation FIN 3353 Real Estate Finance FIN 3354 Special Topics in Real Estate FIN 3930 Internship FIN 7300 Graduate Real Estate Principles FIN 7310 Graduate Real Estate Finance FIN 7320 Graduate Real Estate Special Topics FIN 7930 Graduate Internship

Program Highlights:

In terms of professional outreach, the RERI, along with the Baton Rouge Association of Realtors, hold the annual Trends in Baton Rouge Real Estate which typically between 300-500 attendees. In terms of academic research, Ong, Ooi, and Wong (2001) ranked LSU as second in terms of publishing in US real estate journals. Dombrow and Turnbull (2002) ranked LSU as third out of 40 institutions for publications in the core real estate journals.

Source: http://bus.lsu.edu/centers/reri/

*This information is based on the school's fall/2008 program and may not reflect changes, updates or deletions to the programs.