The Vega real estate expert network consists of academic and industry leaders who have extensive experience in real estate transactions, automated valuation models, appraisals, real estate investment trusts, mortgage loan servicing, and real estate-backed securitization instruments.

Our experts have been engaged to conduct analyses for class action lawsuits and have extensive experience addressing issues in post-crisis litigation, including estimating the performance of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities.

Below is a list of example engagements for our Real Estate practice:

Sumit Agarwal

Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance and a Professor of Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore

  • Real Estate
  • Consumer Finance
  • Financial Institutions
Daniel I. Castro

Founder of Robust Advisors, Inc.

  • Real Estate
  • Securities & Finance
  • Financial Institutions
Andreas D. Christopoulos

Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate at Yeshiva University and CEO of WOTN

  • Real Estate
  • FinTech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency
  • Insurance & Risk
  • Valuation
  • Securities & Finance
  • Financial Institutions
Richard W. George

Principal at Bank Experts Group

  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Finance
  • Securities & Finance
  • Financial Institutions
  • Corporate Governance
Andra Ghent

Professor at University of Utah

  • Real Estate
  • Securities & Finance
  • Consumer Finance
Paul Habibi

Continuing Lecturer of Finance and Real Estate at UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management and Lecturer in Law at UCLA School of Law

  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Finance
  • Valuation
  • Financial Institutions
  • Private Equity
  • Accounting
Paul Hanouna

Associate Professor in the Department of Finance of the Villanova School of Business at Villanova University

  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Finance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Securities & Finance
  • Financial Institutions
  • Data Science & Statistics
  • Antitrust & Competition
Hans R. Isakson

Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Northern Iowa

  • Real Estate
  • Securities & Finance
  • Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources
  • Valuation
Thomas Z. Lys

Eric L. Kohler Professor Emeritus at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

  • Real Estate
  • Valuation
  • Securities & Finance
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Accounting
Alexei Tchistyi

Associate Professor of Finance at Gies College of Business, University of Illinois

  • Corporate Finance
  • Real Estate
March 23, 2022 | News
The CFPB Seeks Comments on its Proposed Rules on the Use of AVMs

The CFPB has recently published the proposals it is considering implementing as part of its regulatory responsibility to create regulations requiring AVM quality control standards. This summary addresses some of the issues presented in the CFPB outline and Vega's expertise in this space.

December 27, 2021 | Article
The Regulatory Landscape of the Mortgage Origination Industry

Keeping abreast of regulatory compliance issues is a crucial component of doing business in the mortgage origination industry. This article offers a background and retrospective on several of the regulations and relevant enforcement entities involved in legal and compliance issues pertaining to residential mortgages.

June 7, 2021 | Featured Expert
Dr. Thomas Lys, Eric L. Kohler Professor Emeritus at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Our featured expert, Dr. Thomas Lys is is an expert in areas including accounting, corporate finance, corporate governance, real estate, and finance. Dr. Lys was recently supported by Vega to rebut plaintiffs’ damages calculations in seven cases brought against RMBS servicers and master servicers.

February 1, 2021 | Article
CMBS Litigation: What Is Coming Next?

Vega expands on our November publication Looking Forward: the CMBS Litigation Landscape, and discusses the trends in CMBS, the key players in the market, and potential claims that may arise in litigation.

May 5, 2020 | Article
How Will Covid-19 Affect Commercial Real Estate

Vega expert Dr. Andra Ghent recently shared her thoughts on the outlook for retail real estate via her latest article “How will Covid-19 Affect Commercial Real Estate,” published on Kenan Insight. 

February 14, 2020 | Article
Principle for Calculating AVM Performance Metrics

We congratulate Vega expert Dr. Hans Isakson for his forthcoming publications, “Principle for Calculating AVM Performance Metrics,” which will appear in the Winter 2020 edition of The Appraisal Journal.

Originally Published January 9, 2021 | Securities & Finance
CMBS COVID-19 Alert

Interactive dashboard that includes CMBS properties where servicers included COVID-19 alert in the servicer commentary for investors to do further analysis.