Access to the course requires completed courses of at least 60 credits from the bachelor’s program Real Estate Brokerage (or Real Estate Management), or corresponding.

The course does not belong to a main field of study. The course is mandatory for the bachelor's degree in Real Estate Science - Specialization in Real Estate Brokerage

The real estate market is shaped by the institutions that define the conditions for financing, land use and economic development. Design and quality of institutions can vary between different national contexts. At the same time, through global investment and transactions, real estate markets have become more integrated globally. This course analyzes the international real estate market from two perspectives:
- To understand differences and similarities in the national real estate markets, comparative case studies are used where different national real estate markets are analyzed using institutional economic theory.
- International economics is used to analyze the role of the international real estate market and its impact on the global financial system.

The course includes an overview of national real estate markets and global investments in the international real estate market. The course also covers the impact of macroeconomic policy on the national and international real estate markets. The content of the course relates to the global sustainability goals primarily by highlighting the role of institutions in creating transparent and well-functioning real estate markets that promote equality within and between countries as well as sustainable cities and communities.

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

1. identify, analyze and critically assess current issues related to the international real estate market
2. explain and critically assess theories within institutional and international economics within the context of international real estate markets.
3. apply case study and institutional economic theory to comparative analysis of different national real estate markets.
4. understand and assess the interaction between the international real estate market and the global financial system.

Lectures, seminars, and written assignments.

Individual written exam (5 credits) (grading scale A-E, U) (learning outcomes 1,2 and 4)
Individual project (2,5 credits) (grading scale UG) (learning outcome 3)

All learning outcomes are individually assessed.

To pass the course all examining parts need to be passed.

The course grade is determined by the grade on the individual written exam.

• Andersson, M., Palm, P., Bohman, H., Balivet, B., & Akinsomi, O. (Eds.). (2022). The Routledge Companion to International Housing Markets. Routledge.

Supplementary scientific articles will be provided electronically.

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.