Asset-Class Studios
Residential Studio: Market, Product & Sales
Apply the core toolkit to residential: reading residential demand, designing product and unit mix to demand, and running an off-plan launch with pricing, payment plans, and absorption.
The promise
Analyse a residential scheme end to end — market, product, pricing, and sell-out.
By the end you can
- Size residential demand and segments
- Shape product and unit mix to the market
- Set pricing and absorption assumptions
- Model phased revenue to sell-out
Curriculum
Residential Demand & Segmentation
Read residential demand: affordability, primary vs secondary markets, and end-user vs investor buyers.
Product & Unit Mix
Translate demand into product: unit mix, efficiency, amenities, and positioning.
Off-Plan Launch, Pricing & Absorption
Run an off-plan launch: phasing, payment plans, developer cash flow, and pricing vs pace.
Delivery, Handover & the Resale Market
Manage delivery and registration risk, handover and snagging, and the secondary/resale market.
Course assessment
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The capstone project
This course ends in a real professional deliverable. Complete the course — including the capstone — and your certificate is issued automatically.
Your final deliverable
Residential Launch Capstone: Strategy for a Developer
A board-ready launch strategy document containing: a demand read with an affordability band expressed as a monthly instalment; a completed unit-mix/pricing grid (counts, sizes, price/m², unit price, revenue, blended ticket, efficiency ratio) with a coherent positioning statement; a phasing plan and a payment-plan table; a base-case and a downside-case absorption schedule with blended price/m², total units and total revenue for each, and an explicit cash-flow verdict on the downside; and a prioritised risk register (demand, delivery, registration, resale) with likelihood, impact and mitigation. Every figure must be either sourced from stated local data or marked "requires local market data" — no invented numbers. The base and downside must be genuinely different, and the strategy must state the single change the developer should make to survive the downside.
Graded on five criteria
- Method & rigour — The right framework, applied correctly, with the working shown — not just an answer.
- Data honesty — Every figure is sourced, triangulated, or explicitly flagged “requires local market data”. Nothing is invented.
- Analysis & judgment — Assumptions are explicit, at least one alternative is weighed, and the key risks are quantified.
- Recommendation — A clear, decision-useful conclusion a professional could act on — with the conditions that qualify it.
- Communication — Structured, concise, and client-ready — the argument lands.
Pass criteria
A submission passes when it meets the bar on all five criteria — the work is something a competent professional could put in front of a client or committee. The Verified Professional credential is issued on a pass.
Resubmission
Work that isn't there yet comes back marked “needs work” with specific feedback. You revise and resubmit — there is no penalty and no limit on attempts.
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