David Higgins

David teaches on the following courses: 

• BSc (Hons) Real Estate
• MSc Real Estate Management

He is also a PhD Supervisor and active researcher.

• Real estate markets
• Property forecast modelling
• Housing analysis
• Property fund management
• Corporate real estate

• PhD, University of Technology, Sydney
• Master of commerce in Land Economy, University of Western Sydney
• Bachelor of Science in Building Surveying, Leicester Polytechnic, England

• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor (FRICS)
• Associate of the Australian Property Institute (API)
• Assessor for the Australian Research Council (ARC)
• Editorial member of the Pacific Rim Property Journal (PRPJ)

•   Research Project (co-ordinator and lecturer)
•   Research Methods and Design
•   Property and Capital Markets
•    Securitised Property
•   Asset Management
•   Property Investment
• Property Funding and Portfolio Management

• Property market performance and strategies
• New concepts of property risk
• Property finance
• Social housing covering development and performance challenges

Since moving to BCU external supervisor to many PhD students.

• Higgins, D.,Moore, T. (2016). Mixed tenure housing developments: Salt and pepper versus silo design In: , Sunshine Coast, Australia, 17-20 January 2016
• Moore, T.,Higgins, D. (2016). Influencing urban development through government demonstration projects In: , 56, 9 - 15
• Higgins, D.,Perera, T. (2016). Corporate real estate black swan strategy: Beyond probability and resilience In: , 5, 226 - 247
• Higgins, D.,Moore, T. (2015). What gives to keep that price point? High-density residential developments In: , 21, 37 - 49
• Higgins, D.,Reddy, W. (2015). Examining the performance of commercial property in changing economic conditions In: , Sydney, Australia, 8-10 July 2015
• Higgins, D. (2015). Defining the three Rs of commercial property market performance: return, risk and ruin In: , 33, 481 - 493
• Higgins, D. (2015). Black swan events and property asset management: redefining place and space on global organisations property decisions In: , Zurich, Switzerland, 7-10 September 2015
• Reddy, W.,Higgins, D.,Wakefield, R. (2014). An investigation of property-related decision practice of Australian fund managers In: , 32, 282 - 305
• Higgins, D. (2014). Fires, floods and financial meltdowns: black swan events and property asset management In: , 32, 241 - 255
• Higgins, D. (2014). The value of debt on property investment: Market performance In: , 20, 45 – 54

For more outputs please contact David Higgins

David’s research is industry focused and in the past he has undertaken research for leading Australian property institutions, for example: Commonwealth Bank, Mirvac Group, Westpac Bank and AXISS Australia (Australian Government initiative) and covers a broad spectrum of innovative research, for example: Corporate Real Estate: Private Finance Initiatives, Portfolio Allocation Across the Four Quadrants of the Property Investment Market and the development of an on-line property market forecast model. 

Recently, research funding success included an ACFS research project 'Australian Commercial Property Investment Market: Styles, Performance and Funding'.