The USC Price School’s Wilbur H. Smith III Department of Real Estate Development is home to three powerhouse organizations — The USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, the USC Ross Program in Real Estate and the USC Casden Multifamily Forecast. The annual Casden Forecast is a widely cited source of information about trends in the multi-family residential real estate market.
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L.A. County housing market shows modest improvement amid persistent problems
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Los Angeles Times
Green interviewed for a story about the financial benefits of renting instead of owning a home in L.A
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Los Angeles Times
Green featured in a story that ranked the affordability of California cities
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USA Today
Green and his research cited, about how L.A.’s “mansion tax” has failed to reach its objective of funding affordable housing
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Green interviewed for a story about mortgage rates rising since the start of the U.S. war with Iran
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Los Angeles Daily News
Green interviewed about the City Council considering changes to Measure ULA, a real estate transfer tax
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Real Estate Faculty
Industry leaders appreciate our interdisciplinary reach. We fund research across the USC campus and bring useful, rigorous information to them that’s not found anywhere else. And, they bring to our faculty and students a depth that nobody else can match.
Richard K. Green
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Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
Chair, Wilbur H. Smith III Department of Real Estate Development
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Lusk Center for Real Estate
Affiliated with both USC Price and the USC Marshall School of Business, the USC Lusk Center conducts a broad array of research activities, conferences, forums, published reports, and educational programs. Established in the early 1980s, the center addresses issues and opportunities in real estate, development, planning, infrastructure, and finance in the new arena where public, private, and nonprofit interests converge. The Lusk Center also houses the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast.
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