Certificate in Understanding Real Estate Market Cycles

The Certificate in Understanding Real Estate Market Cycles is designed to give learners a deep, practical understanding of how real estate markets move through predictable phases over time. Rather than reacting emotionally to market headlines, students will learn to recognize economic signals, interpret data, and anticipate shifts in residential, commercial, and investment property markets.

This course explores the four primary stages of real estate cycles—recovery, expansion, hyper-supply, and recession—and explains how each phase affects property values, rental demand, financing availability, and investor behavior. Learners will examine historical market cycles, analyze current trends, and apply cycle-based strategies to buying, selling, holding, and developing real estate.