Guides to Business Subjects

No. 16 Real Estate

This is a guide to information sources related to the real estate industry. Most materials listed are located in the Business Library Reference collection unless indicated otherwise.

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Last updated 06/2010.

Guides/Handbooks
Statistics
Real Estate Finance
Market Data
Income/Expenses
Trade Associations

Category	Sources
Guides and Handbooks	Search the UCB library catalog, OskiCat, for reports, books, journals in the library that cover real estate. Barron's real estate handbook Jack P. Friedman, Jack C. Harris, Barry A. Diskin Reference HD1375.H349 2005 Other real estate handbooks in library collection Encyclopedia of real estate terms Abbott, Damien HD1365.A23 2000 Reference Encyclopedia of mortgage & real estate finance Newell, James E. HD1365.N425 1991 - Book stacks (lower level)
Analyst Reports	* Business Source Complete database for articles on all aspects of real estate in trade publications , business newspapers and magazines, and research journals. Emerging Trends in Real Estate Real Estate Research Corp. Analyzes outlook for real estate in the U.S. HD251 .E47; Latest in Reference Emerging trends in real estate. Europe. Urban Land Institute : PriceWaterhouseCoopers HD581.A1 E44 Reference; Emerging trends in real estate. Asia Pacific. Urban Land Institute ; PricewaterhouseCoopers BUSI: HD841 .E44; in Book stacks * Factiva See Subject - Editor's Choice - Construction/Real Estate for judiciously selected real estate articles. Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics (FCREUE) at UC Berkeley Research reports and working papers on real estate markets, financial institutions, the California Economy, and other urban and regional economy topics. HUD User U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research publishes research reports, articles, books, monographs and data sources in housing policy, buildiing technology, economic development, urban planning, etc., including the quarterly, U.S. Housing Market Conditions National Association of Realtors Reports, trends, news in commercial and residential real estate, housing and economic indicators. National Real Estate Investor Commercial real estate, major industry news, leading trends and market profiles of key markets.
Statistics	* Lexis/Nexis Statistical References to statistics from international to place level. SRI microfiche are shelved in the cabinets across from the Reference Desk. * RAND California The Rand Corporation database includes statistics on California real estate including prices, vacancy, and construction. U.S. Census Housing Data Statistics and reports on construction, building permit activity, housing, demographics at the national, regional, and metropolitan levels. CONSTRUCTION Building Permits and Construction Activity U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturing, Mining and Construction Statistics Monthly data on national, state, country, and place building permits issued and construction activity. Construction Statistics U.S. Census Bureau. Monthly. Starts, completions, sales, permits, and value. Construction Indices - national annual data * Engineering News Record (ENR) Annual historical construction costs are published in the March issue. Covers the construction of buildings and other support infrastructure. News from Washington and the federal government's impact on construction. Coverage of costs, materials and equipment, wage rates and the costs of borrowing money. Print journal in Engineering Library TA1 .E61 Reserves - Unbound issues
Real Estate Finance	Federal Housing Finance Board Monthly interest survey Interest rates, loan terms, and house prices by property type, by loan type, and by lender type, as well as information on 15- and 30-year fixed-rate loans. Quarterly information on conventional loans by metro area. * Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics * Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management Portfolio construction techniques, risk analysis, identifying buy/sell decisions, portfolio revision, past real estate investment studies, asset allocations for mixed-asset portfolios etc. Loan amortization calculator McGraw-Hill's compound interest and annuity tables Jack C. Estes, Dennis R. Kelley. HG1626.E82 1993 Reference * Mortgage Banking Mortgage Bankers Association of America. Monthly Mortgage servicing news : MSN National Delinquency Survey Mortgage Bankers Association of America. Quarterly. Delinquency and foreclosure measures by loan type (prime, subprime, VA and FHA) and fixed and adjustable rate products. Other details. About NDS SRI microfiche A6450-1 * National Mortgage News Real Estate Economics Journal American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. Research and studies in real estate, mortgages, contracts, etc. Real Estate Finance Journal Current issue in Current Periodicals Stacks; older issues in Book Stacks HD251 .R325 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Market Data	ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS Bureau of Labor Statistics Wages & employment. National, state, metro areas California Employment Development Department California economy and employment conditions Census of Population and Housing Cost of Living - Bay Area CPI - National, regional and metropolitan areas County Business Patterns COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS Colliers International real estate market reports for cities and countries Commercial Property News News and analysis - investment, development, lending, management and brokerage opportunities in commercial properties. Lists and rankings of top companies. Grubb & Ellis reports Commercial real estate market research report summaries Economic Census - Real Estate Rental and Leasing 2002 is latest, the next detailed one will be from 2007, available in 2009. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) Housing market indicators, house price indices, and reports on housing markets Studley and SERI Reports Studley Report - office and industrial leasing statistics and investment and development trends for major US markets SERI Report or the Studley Effective Rental Index - effective rental rates for prime Class A office properties in the U.S. CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE Trends in California Real Estate California Association of Realtors. Monthly. Statewide and regional housing prices and sales, housing market indicators, median home sales price, housing supply, unsold inventory index, affordability index. HD7285 .C345 Reference Real Estate and Construction Report Real Estate Research Council of Southern California at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Quarterly. Statistical data for Southern California counties. Construction costs, historical data, housing prices, price changes, market prices, building permits, and construction. HD266 .C2L63 Reference Northern California Real Estate Report Real Estate Research Council of Southern California at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Quarterly. Housing, mortgate lending, construction, home prices, changes, building permits, construction activity for Northern California. HD266 .C225 Reference
Income/Expenses	Expense Analysis, Condominiums, Cooperatives, & Planned Unit Developments Chicago, Institute of Real Estate Management, National Association of Realtors Expenses and financial facts involved in operating various types of condominiums. HD7287.67.U5 E96 Income/Expense Analysis: Conventional Apartments Institute of Real Estate Management of the National Association of Realtors. Annual. Expenses and financial facts involved in operating various types of apartment buildings. HD7287.6 .U5I622 2006 Reference Income/Expense Analysis: Office Buildings Institute of Real Estate Management. Financial facts of property operation by metropolitan area and region. Data by building size, type, age group and rental range. For figuring out income streams by location, revenues expected, market conditions, etc. HD1394 .I523 2006 Reference BOMA Experience Exchange Report. Income/Expense Analysis for Office Buildings Building Owners and Managers Association International. Annual. Provides operating costs and expenses for office buildings, broken down by metropolitian areas. TX980 .O3 2006 Reference
Trade Associations	National Association of Realtors - housing affordability index California Department of Real Estate Information for the consumer and the professional in California. Includes Real Estate Bulletin and Reference Book, a Real Estate Guide. Real estate law and license status of salesperson, broker, corporation. Society of Office and Industrial Realtors Comparative Statistics of Industrial and Office Real Estate Markets was discontinued in 2005. Available on SRI microfiche A8916-1. National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Links to US and international real estate information. NAIOP Foundation has research reports.