Campus Lands Real Estate Research Center

After much prodding by some Cal State Fullerton alums, Orange County now has its own real estate research center on the campus. The upstart Real Estate and Land Use Institute, like other centers in the Cal State system, is devoted to local research, forecasting and trend spotting. The center is headed by finance professor Donald Valachi and has been funded by a combination of college grants and money from companies like the Irvine Co. and E&Y; Kenneth Leventhal.

According to real estate consultant Walter Hahn, one of the center’s first tasks will be to pool more local real estate data to add to the widely followed forecasts and economic updates prepared by Cal State Fullerton economist Anil K. Puri. It will also schedule seminars on different real estate topics and provide job networking services to real estate professionals.

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Melinda Fulmer covers real estate for The Times. She can be reached at (714) 966-7832.