MGT 374
Real Estate Analysis
College
of Business
AlfaisalUNIVERSITY
Poverty
is a lack of
Rights
What is Real Estate?
physical, bundle, industry
Three markets
user, capital, property
Review
IRV
Income, Rate,Value
Different
heterogeneous (age, building,
design), immobile,
illiquid, localized, segmented,
private complex negotiations
Chapter 2
Legal Foundations
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Chapter 2
Legal Foundations
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Value is
a function of rights
no rights = no value
Rights
government protected claim
non-revocable
enduring
Rights
claims the
government
enforces
Rights
non-revocable
Rights
enduring
Two kinds of Rights
Personal
Property
Personal or Civil
life
expression
assembly
others
Property
Exclusive Possession
Enjoy Use
Dispose
Two kinds of
property Rights
Personal
Real
Real
rights in land and permanent
structures
Personal
everything else
Surface
Buildable Air Space
Subsurface
Air Traffic Space
oil, gas, mines,
water
MetLife Building
NewYork City
Build above the
railroad right-
of-way entering
Grand Central
Station
Subsurface rights can be extremely valuable
Fixtures
personal property
that has become
real property
Four Fixture Rules
attachment
adaptation
intention
relation
Sale Contracts
must be clear what
are personal
fixtures
Bundle of Rights
Interests
Can separate interests
different people can hold
Possessory Interests
Estates
fee simple absolute
tenancy at sufferance
Fee Simple Absolute
complete
limited by
government and
prior owners
Fee Simple
Conditional
fee simple
as long as …
Life Estate
fee simple
until someone dies
Remainder Estate
Legal Life Estate
special rules for
couples with children
Leaseholds
limited in time
no disposition
no title
temporary right
Estates
owner
freehold
renter
leasehold
Ownership Estates
with inheritance
without inheritance
Ownership with inheritance
fee simple absolute
conditional with reverter
interest
Ownership without
inheritance
life estate
legal with remainder interest
Leasehold Estates
tenancy for years
periodic tenancy
tenancy at will:
tenancy at sufferance
Tenant at Sufferance
a former tenant
does not leave
Leasing Laws
repair
right of entry
deposits
notifications
Non-possessory
Interests
rights that do not
include possession
Non-possessory
Interests
easements
restrictive covenants
liens
Easement
right to use land for
a specific and limited
purpose
Easement
Right
License
Permit
Easement Appurtenant
dominant - servient
runs with the land
Driveway
Easement
Dominant
Parcel
Servient
Parcel
Easement
Easement Appurtenant
driveways
water, sewer, power,
phone
parking
Restrictive
Covenants
clause in the deed
limit uses
Lien
security for an
obligation
Would you build if you didn’t own the land?
Would you loan someone the money to build
if you could not get the property if they
failed to repay?
property rights
provide incentives to create wealth
Lien
taxes
mortgage
mechanic’s
court
order
Co-Ownership
business entity
tenancy in common
joint tenancy
Condominium
fee simple to area
common to elements
can mortgage
Condominium
create a little
government for your
building

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