Real Estate Economics: Land Value and Investment

This lecture covers the economic analysis of land value and real estate investment decisions. Starting with a problem where a landowner evaluates an investment offer based on future land rent growth, the lecture explores the concept of direct yield rate and total return rate. It delves into the investor's perspective, discussing the equivalence between land income streams and financial investments. Special cases are examined, including scenarios with and without rent growth. The lecture also explains how an infinite sum of future incomes can converge and the conditions for convergence. It concludes with a synthesis of the key concepts and hints at the upcoming topics to be covered.