Real
Estate: Selected Resources
Research Consultations
Professional reference service is
available at both St. Paul and Minneapolis Libraries. While walk-in service is often
available, appointments should be made for lengthy reference consultations or
tutorials. If you are interested in a research consultation, call (651)
962-4664 for
an appointment in Minneapolis.
Locate Articles and Statistics
Using Electronic Databases
Browse a list of
real estate journals available in print or online at UST here.
To conduct topical searches, try the following databases:
Business Source Premier
Factiva
Proquest Newsstand Complete
PAIS International
Identify Books Using Online Catalogs
CLICnet
http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/databases/catalog/catalog.htm
This is the book catalog for UST
Libraries and several other local Universities.
Land use and real estate works
can be found in the stacks in LC call numbers HD101-HD1395.5
Find Real
Estate Electronic books and journals in CLICnet.
General Reference Works
Dictionary of Real
Estate. REF HD 1365 .S48
Definitions for 3,000 real estate-related terms. Diagrams and
illustrations enhance the entries.
The Encyclopedia of
Housing. REF HD 7287 .E53
Features over seven-hundred pages of encyclopedic entries from
"abandonment" to "zoning."
Colliers Turley Martin Tucker market report. Minneapolis/St.
Paul. (formerly known as the "Towle Report.")
REF HD 269 .T9 T69 http://www.colliers.com/Markets/Minneapolis/MarketReports/
This is an annual analysis of the office, industrial, and
residential real estate market in the Twin Cities. Narrative accompanies the tables
and statistical data.
Comprehensive Real Estate
Web Sites
Construction Statistics (U.S.
Census Bureau)
http://www.census.gov/const/www/index.html
Housing Statistics (U.S. Census
Bureau)
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/housing.html
Energy Information
Administration (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Residential and Commercial
Building Statistics
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/consumption/index.html
Buildings.com: the Source
for Facilities Decisionmakers
http://www.buildings.com/default.asp
Colliers International:
Market Reports
http://www.colliers.com/Corporate/MarketReports/
International Real Estate
Digest
http://www.ired.com/
National Association of Realtors
http://www.realtor.com
National
Real Estate Investor
http://www.nreionline.com/
SiteNet:
Information for Corporate Real Estate & Economic
Development
http://www.sitenet.com
Urban Land Institute
http://www.uli.org
Minnesota Real Estate Web
Sites
Minnesota Real Estate Journal
http://www.mrej.com
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
http://www.mhfa.state.mn.us
Minneapolis Community
Planning and Economic Development (CPED) Department
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped/
St. Paul Department of
Planning and Economic Development (PED)
http://www.stpaul.gov/depts/ped/
Realtor Public Policy
Partnership: Housing Statistics
http://www.realtorpublicpolicy.org/twincities/housing_statistics_6454.asp
You may also wish to consult our
Guide
to the Business Valuation Collection.
Email your comments to:
reference@stthomas.edu
Last Revision: 10/05 jph
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