Real estate concepts : a handbook /
Credo Reference (Firm),distributor.
Jowsey, Ernie.
"The essential reference tool for all real estate, property, planning and construction students.Real Estate Concepts provides built environment students with an easy to use guide to the essential concepts they need to understand in order to succeed in their university courses and future professional careers. Key concepts are arranged, defined and explained by experts in the field to provide the student with a quick and reliable reference throughout their university studies. The subjects are conveniently divided to reflect the key modules studied in most property, real estate, planning and construction courses. Subject areas covered include:PlanningBuilding surveyingValuationLawEconomics, investment and financeQuantity surveyingConstruction and regenerationSustainabilityProperty management Over the 18 alphabetically arranged subject specific chapters, the expert contributors explain and illustrate more than 250 fully cross-referenced concepts. The book is packed full of relevant examples and illustrations and after each concept further reading is suggested to encourage a deeper understanding. This book is an ideal reference when writing essays, assignments and revising for exams"--
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references.
List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Agency / Andy Dunhill, Jane Stonehouse and Rachel Williams -- 2. Building surveying / Stuart Eve, Minnie Fraser and Cara Hatcher -- 3. Commercial property / Andy Dunhill, Dom Fearon, John Holmes and Becky Thomson -- 4. Construction / Graham Capper, Barry Gledson, and Richard Humphrey, Eric Johansen, Ernie Jowsey, Mark Kirk, Cara Hatcher and John Weirs -- 5. Development / Hannah Furness, Ernie Jowsey and Simon Robson -- 6. Economics / Ernie Jowsey -- 7. Finance / Ernie Jowsey and Hannah Furness -- 8. Investment / Ernie Jowsey and Hannah Furness -- 9. Land management / Dom Fearon and Ernie Jowsey -- 10. Law / Rachel Williams and Simon Robson -- 11. Planning / Andy Dunhill, Hannah Furness, Paul Greenhalgh, Carol Ludwig, David Mcguinness and Rachel Williams -- 12. Property asset management / Cheryl Williamson, Dom Fearon and Kenneth Kelly -- 13. Quantity surveying / Glenn Steel -- 14. Regeneration / Julie Clarke, Hannah Furness, Paul Greenhalgh, Rachel Kirk and David McGuinness -- 15. Residential property / Julie Clarke, Rachel Kirk and Cara Hatcher -- 16. Sustainability / Graham Capper, John Holmes, Ernie Jowsey, Sara Lilley, David Mcguinness and Simon Robson -- 17. Taxation / Ernie Jowsey and Rachel Williams -- 18. Valuation / Lynn Johnson and Becky Thomson.
Description based on title page of print version.
"The essential reference tool for all real estate, property, planning and construction students.Real Estate Concepts provides built environment students with an easy to use guide to the essential concepts they need to understand in order to succeed in their university courses and future professional careers. Key concepts are arranged, defined and explained by experts in the field to provide the student with a quick and reliable reference throughout their university studies. The subjects are conveniently divided to reflect the key modules studied in most property, real estate, planning and construction courses. Subject areas covered include:PlanningBuilding surveyingValuationLawEconomics, investment and financeQuantity surveyingConstruction and regenerationSustainabilityProperty management Over the 18 alphabetically arranged subject specific chapters, the expert contributors explain and illustrate more than 250 fully cross-referenced concepts. The book is packed full of relevant examples and illustrations and after each concept further reading is suggested to encourage a deeper understanding. This book is an ideal reference when writing essays, assignments and revising for exams"--
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