David Ling is the McGurn Professor of Real Estate and the Director of the Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) program in the Department of Finance at the University of Florida, where he teaches courses in commercial real estate finance and investment at the graduate level. His academic publications have included articles on real estate investment trusts, private commercial real estate investments, performance evaluation, housing policy and economics, and commercial and residential mortgage markets and pricing. Professor Ling’s research has been published in general interest finance journals (Journal of Financial Economics), leading field journals in finance and economics (e.g., Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Banking and Finance, National Tax Journal), as well as the leading real estate focused journals (e.g., Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics).

Professor Ling served as the President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association in 2000 and was co-editor of the Associations’ journal, Real Estate Economics, from 2000-2006. He has also edited special issues for Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and the Global Finance Journal. His textbook (co-authored with Wayne Archer) titled Real Estate Principles: A Value Approach (5th ed.) is the most widely used principles of real estate textbook at universities that offer at least a four-year undergraduate degree.

Professor Ling is both a Fellow and faculty member, as well as the ex-Dean (2007- 2016), of the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate, a non-profit research and educational institute. Ling is also currently a Fellow and advisory board member of the Real Estate Research Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), and an appointed member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust’s Research Council. He recently completed a three-year (part-time) Fellowship in The Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge and has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Reading and the National University of Singapore.

Professor Ling holds an MBA in finance and Ph.D. in real estate and economics from the Ohio State University.