Real Estate
OUR GOAL
Leading real estate innovations. Shaping cities of tomorrow.
Our Vision is to be the global leader for real estate education and research centred in Asia.
Our Mission is to foster the next generation of thought-leaders for the global real estate industry.
Educational Scholarship



Excellence in Research
Taxing the Rich to Finance Redistribution - Evidence from a Permanent Tax Increase in Singapore
In this paper, Professor Sumit AGARWAL, Professor QIAN Wenlan, Professor Bernard TAN Yin Yeung and Assistant Professor ZHENG Huanhuan study the consumption and savings response to a 2015 permanent increase in the marginal income tax of the high-income taxpayers.
The Real Impact of FinTech: Evidence from Mobile Payment Technology
In this paper, Professor Sumit AGARWAL, Professor QIAN Wenlan, Assistant Professor Hsin-Tien Tiffany TSAI and Professor Bernard TAN Yin Yeung utilize the introduction of mobile payment technology by the largest bank in Singapore in 2017 to study how mobile payment technology reshapes economics activities and stimulates business creation.
Sea Level Rise Risks, Adaptation Strategies, and Real Estate Prices in Singapore
This paper contributes to three aspects of the rapidly growing literature on the associations between climate change and property prices and is written by Professor Sumit AGARWAL, Professor SING Tien Foo, Associate Professor QIN Yu and ZHAN Changwei.
Water Conservation through Plumbing and Nudging
In this paper, Professor Sumit AGARWAL, Associate Professor EDUARDO Araral, Assistant Professor FAN Mingxuan, Associate Professor QIN Yu and Assistant Professor ZHENG Huanhuan investigate two solutions to urban water security challenges: plumbing and nudging.
OUR PROGRAMMES
Our undergraduate and graduate programmes prepare students in both the private and public real estate sectors for challenges in shaping the life and liveability of cities of tomorrow.
OUR FOCUS
Our committed and dedicated faculty members work closely with industry partners in nurturing future leaders for the real estate and urban sustainability fields through rigorous, industry-relevant and multi-disciplinary programmes.

Our Initiatives
The department works closely with Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies (IREUS), a research institute at National University of Singapore (NUS) that strives to advance global thought-leadership in real estate and urban studies through research that is multi-disciplinary, relevant and rigorous. Ng Teng Fong Chair Professor Qian Wenlan is currently the Director and Professor Ooi Thian Leong Joseph is the Co-Director.
A Good Foundation
Our programme equips real estate students with holistic skillsets and knowledge in professional fields ranging from public housing and land use policies formulation, urban and master planning, real estate valuation, development and marketing, to real estate portfolio investment, finance and asset management.

OUR PEOPLE
Our professors are dedicated to high-quality teaching and research in areas related to real estate finance, urban economics and urban sustainability.
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World-class Faculty
Our faculty are committed to excellence in real estate education, practice and research.
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