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Last updated: February 15, 2022 @3:50 pm
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Tsur Somerville

Associate Professor
Sauder School of Business
Strategy and Business Economics Division
Vancouver Campus
Fields
Economics, Real Estate
Expertise

Housing, real estate development, mortgages, urban economics

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tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca
phone: 604–822–8343
http://blogs.ubc.ca/tsur/
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