Brent C. Smith Ph.D.
Brent C. Smith ( Ph.D. Indiana University 2001 MBA University of Notre Dame 1994 ) is an Associate Professor of Real Estate in Virginia Commonwealth University's Real Estate and Land Development Program. His research interests include Connecting the economy and public policy to real estate markets - equity issues in homeownership, quantitative modeling of markets . Dr. Smiths ’ articles have appeared in various scholarly journals, including Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Real Estate Economics and the Journal of Housing Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration. His professional experience include Real Estate counseling services to public, nonprofit, corporate and institutional clients on topics ranging from finance package development, tax allocation, capital asset/real property management and valuation, lease residual income, mergers and acquisitions, stock transfers, and trust development . Dr. Smith teaches Undergraduate, Graduate and Ph.D. quantitative analysis research design, Real Estate Development and Real Estate Principles courses
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Selected Publications
- Residential Property Tax Inequity, with Mark Sunderman and John Birch, forthcoming in the Appraisal Journal (with with Mark A. Sunderman and John W. Birch. )
- Tax Increment Financing Impacts on Localized Real Estate: Evidence from Chicago’s Multifamily Markets, Journal of Housing Economics, 15(1), 21-37 .
- Analysis of Economic Depreciation for Multi-Family Property, Journal of Real Estate Research ( with Jeffrey D. Fisher, Jerald J. Stern, and R. Brian Webb) 2005.
- Economic Depreciation of Residential Real Estate: Micro Level Space and Time Analysis. Journal of Real Estate Economics 32(1)
- Identifying and Removing Inequity in Property Taxation: A Neighborhood Based Analysis. ( with Mark A. Sunderman and John W. Birch) The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 29(1) 2004.
- Economic Depreciation of Residential Real Estate: Micro Level Space and Time Analysis. Journal of Real Estate Economics 32(1). 2004 .
- Relating Neighborhood Characteristics to the Assessment Process: Property Tax Inequities with Spatial Variation, in the Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration 8(1). 2003 .
- Sources of Variation in County Property Tax Inequities. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Symposium on Revenue Challenges, Practices and Trends for the New Millennium. (with Mark A. Sunderman and John W. Birch. November 2003).
- The Impact of Community Development Corporations on Neighborhood Housing Markets: Modeling Appreciation. 39 (2): Urban Affairs Review. 2003
- How the Business Valuation Professional Can Work Effectively with Non-Business Valuation Appraisers. National Litigation Consultants Review, March 4 (10) ( with Bradley H. Minor. 2005
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Working Papers
Interest Areas
- Connecting the economy and public policy to real estate markets
- Equity issues in homeownership
- Quantitative modeling of markets
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