Walter Torous
Senior Lecturer at MIT Professional Education
Professor Emeritus at UCLA Anderson School of Management
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- UCLA Anderson School of Management
- MIT Professional Education
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MIT Professional Education
Dr. Torous is a Senior Lecturer holding a joint appointment in the Center for Real Estate and the Sloan School of Management. As one of the nation’s top scholars and researchers in real estate finance, he teaches a graduate course in Mortgage Securitization and Other Assets.
Walter was the Lee and Seymour Graff Distinguished Professor and is founding director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate. He’s also Professor Emeritus at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he taught managerial finance, real estate finance, and empirical methods in finance. Walter’s research interests include the pricing of financial instruments (options, future, risky debt, mortgages), the reorganization of financially distressed firms, as well as statistical issues in finance.
Currently editor of Real Estate Economics, the official publication of AREUEA; and associate editor of the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, he previously served as associate editor for the Journal of Housing Economics, the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal and Economic Notes.
He previously taught at the University of Michigan and the London Business School. His consulting clients include various banks and financial institutions. Walter holds a BMath in Economics from the University of Waterloo and a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Biography
Walter Torous is founding director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate and Professor of Finance at UCLA Anderson. He teaches managerial finance, real estate finance, and empirical methods in finance. Dr. Torous’ research interests include the pricing of financial instruments (options, future, risky debt, mortgages), the reorganization of financially distressed firms, as well as statistical issues in finance.
Dr. Torous previously taught at the University of Michigan and the London Business School. His consulting clients include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and various thrifts, banks and other financial institutions.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, 1981, University of Pennsylvania
B.Math. Economics, 1976, University of Waterloo
Interests
Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Securities, Options Pricing, Future Markets, Mortgages
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Real Estate Finance (Fundamentals)
MIT Professional Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 2
Real Estate Finance: Advanced
MIT Professional Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 4
Professional Certificate Program in Real Estate Finance & Development
MIT Professional Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 1
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