General Resources
Annotated Web Resources
- Academic Libraries
Jack Brause Library at the New York University's Schack Real Estate Institute – An excellent guide to real estate information.
Baker Library at Harvard Business School – A wealth of business information from the library that serves the Harvard Business School.
Real Estate Center at Texas A&M – Features links to their reports.
Rotch Library at MIT – Guide to real estate information, from MIT.
The Global Real Estate Project – Developed by the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction management at the University of Denver, this tool allows you instant access to worldwide information by country, such as geography, currency, real property issues and real estate trends.
- Corporate Finance
Business Finance Magazine a blog of finance blogs: blog squared?
- Economics
New York Academy of Sciences if there is a heaven for nerds, welcome to the pearly gates. An amazing collection of fun events and information for those who wear hats with propellers and are proud.
- Real Estate Industry News
Apartment Finance Today
Commercial Property News
Commercial Property Executive
Globe Street a great source of current information on the Real Estate business, worth a daily visit
Mortgage Banking Magazine
Multifamily Executive
Multi-Housing News
National Real Estate Investor
PikeNet – A comprehensive real estate resource that covers items of interest to developers, including jobs, software and news.
The Real Deal great data on NYC and the ultimate real estate porn, for those who know and those that wish they knew whats cooking in the big apple
Real Estate Portfolio NAREIT”s magazine, everything REIT
Retail Traffic
Shopping Centers Today
Urban Land
- Real Estate Industry News Global
- Real Estate Trade Groups
American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA)
American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE)
Building Owners and Managers Association
Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Finance Council
The Counselors of Real Estate Market Information – Click on "market information" to find articles on national and local real estate issues.
CREW Network women executives in the Real Estate industry
International Council of Shopping Centers
Mortgage Bankers Association
National Apartment Association (NAA)
National Association Industrial Office Properties
National Association Realtors
National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM)
National Multifamily Housing Council
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
Pension Real Estate Association (PREA)
Real Estate Roundtable
The Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- Real Estate Investment Companies
Prudential Real Estate Investors– great source of real estate research
Principal Insurance: Real Estate Investors
- Real Estate Service Companies
Cushman & Wakefield
CBRE
DTZ publishes Money into Property is the go to research source on global capital flows. Not to be missed
Jones Lang LaSalle
Studley Real Estate Glossary– Click on "market information" and "real estate glossary" for a dictionary of real estate and leasing terms.
Studley Real Estate Issues– Click on "real estate issues" for excellent help guides on the current issues in real estate development.
- Real Estate Software
Argus Cash flow modeling
JD Edwards Real Estate ERP software
MRI Software Real Estate property management software
Yardi Software Real Estate property management software
- Financial Modeling Tools
- Geographic Information Systems
MapQuest – Provides maps and directions to locations all over the world.
Google Earth
ESRI
- Demographic data
- Econometric Data
St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED
Conference Board– confidence measures, economic indicators and great basic economic forecast
Bureau of Labor Statistics
US Census
- Housing Data
Hanley Wood
Urban Institute; Housing Finance Policy Center excellent monthly data book on all aspects of the US housing market
National Association Home Builders great data on homebuilding, some data requires membership
Zillow property level valuation data by locatoion
Investment Companies
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Investment Company Institute Mutual funds, ETFs, Unit Trust data
Preqin Information on the world of private equity
Property Funds World newsletter dedicated to property funds
Law
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Mondaq Source of white papers on current legal issues written by major law firms, great resource, requires registration
Rating agencies
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Kroll Bond Rating Agency new entrant into the ratings market from a global leader in the security and investigations business
Moody’s “everybody missed something that day” famous line about 9/11 from the opening to the TV series Homeland and what can I say, if the shoe fits?
S&P
Real estate pricing / return metrics
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PREA Compendium of Statistics A deep and wide source of RE market intelligence
REIT Watch REIT pricing data
Real Cap Analytics Global cap rates and market data
Trepp MBS data source
General Online Research
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The Internet Public Library’s Newspaper Links – Catch up on global news and information with these links to newspapers from the United States and around the world.
LibrarySpot – A guide to finding information on the Internet.
Rebuz White Papers – A great site full of information on ecommerce, real estate topics and market research.
TechStreet - This site features a searchable database that allows you to find information on standards including construction and hardware.
YourDictionary.com – A source of definitions for every interest and profession! Click on "Specialty Dictionaries" and access sections devoted to real estate, construction, engineering and more.
Career Information
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AFinanceCareer – Extensive career advice and tools for working in the finance industry, including case studies and news.
Indeed.com- aggregates positions from multiple job boards, including Monster
SelectLeaders.com job site focused exclusively on the real estate industry