Norm Miller - Knauss School of Business

Phone: (619) 260-7939

Ernest W. Hahn Chair of Real Estate Finance, Emeritus

PhD, The Ohio State University, Real Estate and Finance
MS, The Ohio State University, Finance
BS, The Ohio State University, Real Estate and Urban Analysis

Norm is the Ernest W. Hahn Chair of Real Estate Finance, Emeritus at the University of San Diego's Knauss School of Business and is affiliated with USD’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate.

He works with the FDIC, DOJ, and Collateral Analytics developing real estate analytic products and tools to support financial institutions and investors. Previously he was vice president of Analytics for the CoStar Group, a leading commercial real estate data and market analysis company. Prior to joining USD, he was academic director and the founder of the real estate program at the University of Cincinnati. He received his PhD from the Ohio State University.

Norm has published numerous academic articles, books and articles in trade market publications on housing, brokerage, mortgage risk, valuation, sustainable real estate and many other topics. His most recent book “Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investment” with David Geltner at MIT, is in its third edition and is the world’s leading graduate-level real estate textbook.

He has lectured around the world, including France, Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand and Russia. He has also worked extensively with various trade associations and became one of the first “Distinguished Fellows” of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). Norm is currently a Homer Hoyt Land Use Institute faculty and board member.

Areas of Expertise

Real estate, valuation, automated valuation models, data mining, real estate market forecasting, sustainability, mortgage risk analysis, sustainable business strategies, public policy issues, real estate financial market outlook, commercial and residential real estate trends, office space and workplace trends