Team.

​The platform consists of MIT faculty, researchers and industry partners.

MIT Team

Dorinth van Dijk, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT Center for Real Estate

Dorinth van Dijk is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the MIT/CRE affiliated to the Real Estate Price Dynamics Platform. He received his PhD in Finance from the University of Amsterdam in February 2019 with the thesis “Commercial and Residential Real Estate Market Liquidity”. He also works as an economist at De Nederlandsche Bank.

Anne Kinsella Thompson
Visiting Lecturer and Research Scientist, MIT Center for Real Estate

Anne Kinsella Thompson is a Visiting Lecturer and Research Analyst at the MIT/CRE. She teaches Real Economics & Real Estate Finance at MIT/CRE. Anne also does research examining the spatial relationships between real estate and other data utilizing GIS. In addition, she works with Robert Shiller of Yale University annual Home Buyer Survey.

David Geltner, PhD
Faculty Adviser to the Platform
Professor of Real Estate Finance, MIT Center for Real Estate & DUSP

Professor David Geltner has been at MIT since 2002 where he has held the George Macomber Chair and currently is Professor of Real Estate Finance in the Department of Urban Studies & Planning.​

Felipe Dutra Calainho
Visiting PhD Student, MIT Center for Real Estate

Felipe Dutra is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam and a visiting researcher at MIT. The main goals of his research in Real Estate are price prediction models using machine learning, construction of market indices and modelling non-numerical data for market insights. His backgrounds are Data Science and Finance. ​

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PARTNER

Real Capital Analytics, Inc. (RCA) is a leading authority on the deals, the players and the trends that drive the commercial real estate investment markets. Data is at the forefront of RCA's business – having recorded over $18 trillion of commercial property transactions linked to over 200,000 investor and lender profiles, and providing RCA subscribers a full micro to macro view of any chosen market. Across the globe, the most active investors, lenders, brokers and advisors depend on RCA’s unique insight to formulate their strategies, source new opportunities, and execute their deals. An industry pioneer since 2000, and MIT/CRE Industry Partner firm since 2005, RCA has earned a reputation of having the most timely and reliable transaction data and providing valuable intelligence on market pricing, capital flows and investment trends. RCA combined with the MIT/CRE to develop the world's first repeat-sales commercial property price indices in 2006 (the first CPPIs), and regularly publishes the series of widely-read Capital Trends reports (Global, US, Europe and Asia Pacific) which are frequently quoted in industry news and academic research. RCA is privately held and headquartered in New York City with offices in San Jose, London and Singapore.

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RESEARCH AFFILIATES

Alex van de Minne, PhD
Professor of Finance and Real Estate, University of Connecticut

Alexander van de Minne received his PhD in Finance at the University of Amsterdam in 2015. Alex joined MIT/CRE in 2015. During his time as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Research Scientist he founded the MIT/CRE Price Dynamics Platform. Alex is now Professor of Finance and Real Estate in the University of Connecticut School of Business.
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Chihiro Shimizu, PhD
Professor, Nihon University

​Chihiro Shimizu is  Professor of Economics and Statistics at Nihon University in Japan. His areas of expertise are Index Theory, Real Estate Economics, Applied Econometrics and Machine Learning. Apart from his university position professor Shimizu is an Expert Member in the Statistics Commission of the Cabinet Office of Japan and Chair of the  Advisory Board for the Official Property Price Index of Japan at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (JMLIT).

Marc Francke, PhD
Professor Real Estate Valuation, University of Amsterdam

Marc Francke is Professor of Real Estate Valuation at the University of Amsterdam. He has done extensive research on mass appraisal models, the calculation of property price indices in thin markets, and the impact of credit conditions on house prices. Apart from his university position professor Francke is Head of Real Estate Research at Ortec Finance.

John Clapp, PhD
Professor of Finance and Real Estate, University of Connecticut

​John Clapp is Professor of Finance and Real Estate in the UConn School of Business, where he teaches Real Estate Markets as a Source of Cash Flows. Professor Clapp’s current research seeks to value the option to redevelop the existing bundle of property characteristics. This work establishes that traditional valuation methods omit variables designed to capture the proportion of value related to redevelopment options.