Field Guide to
Directory of Real Estate Research Centers
By Anne-Marie Siudzinski, Information Specialist
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C O N T E N T S
National, State & Local Resources
University & College Research Centers
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NAR members have access to a wealth of information relating to the real estate industry from our website, Realtor.org. Now we are providing members with alternate resources to assist in their success. Various academic institutions and independent organizations around the U.S. have established research centers to study real estate-related issues and trends. These resources include state and local association library/research sources, as well as Internet sites. The following directory includes contact information for many of these research centers.
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Florida Association of REALTORS®,
7025 Augusta National Drive
Orlando, FL 32822
phone: 407/438-1400
email: media@planetrealtor.com
Contains Florida existing home sales statistics.
Illinois Association of REALTORS®,
3180 Adloff Lane, Suite 400,
Springfield, Illinois, 62703
phone: 217/529-2600
fax: 217/529-3904
email: IARaccess@iar.org
Contains Illinois housing statistics, including median prices, volume of home sales and quarterly and year-end charts.
Massachusetts Associations of REALTORS®,
256 Second Avenue,
Waltham, MA, 62703
phone: 781/890-3700
fax: 781/890-4919
email: johnd@marealtor.com
Lists Massachusetts housing market trends and forecasts, foreign investment in real estate, Bay State Metro market reports and quarterly and annual data.
Virginia Association of REALTORS®,
Contact: Lisa G. Noon, ABC, CAE
Director of Communications & Marketing
Virginia Association of REALTORS®
10231 Telegraph Rd., Glen Allen, VA 23059
(804) 264-5033
email: Iisa@varealtor.com
Provides local statistics and prices, and a Survey of Virginia homebuyers and sellers. |
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Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center
Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center
Culverhouse College of Commerce and
Business Administration
University of Alabama
127 Bidgood Hall Box 870221
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0221
phone: (205) 348-4117
AREREC produces monthly housing statistics and the Alabama Housing Affordability Index.
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Arizona Real Estate Center
Arizona State University
7001 E. Williams Field Rd.
Wanner 140D
Mesa AZ 85212
phone: 480.727.1300
fax: 480.727.1407
AREC analyzes the Arizona real estate market, conducts research and develops education courses.
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California
Lusk Center for Real Estate
University of Southern California
331 Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
phone: 213.740.5000
The Lusk Center supports real estate education, conducts forums and symposia and produces working papers and research briefs.
Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics
F602 Haas School of Business
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1900
phone: 510.643.6105
FCREUE publishes research on non-residential real estate, housing markets and the internet and real estate.
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Richard S. Ziman Real Estate Center
The Anderson School
University of California
110 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
phone: 310.206.9424
The Zirman Center sponsors Faculty Research Fellows, compiles the CRSP-Zirman Data Series and organizes research symposia.
Real Estate Research Council
College of Business Administration
California State Polytechnic University
3801 West Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768
phone: 909.869.2410
RERC provides California housing, construction and mortgage lending factual information.
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Florida
Center for Real Estate Education and ResearchThe College of Business
Florida State University
248 Rovetta Business Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110
phone: 850.644.8214
The Center for Real Estate Education and Research sponsors the Real Estate Trends & Networking Conference and conducts academic research by staff, and research for public and private organizations.
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Center for Real Estate Studies
Warrington College of Business Administration
University of Florida
100 BRY
Gainesville, FL 32611
phone: 352.392.1330
CRES researches in the areas of affordable housing, land use and mortgages, for both Florida and the United States.
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Illinois
Office of Real Estate Research
University of Illinois
304 David Kinley Hall
1407 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
phone: 217.333.2330
The Office of Real Estate Research publishes the Illinois Real Estate Letter, supports faculty research and compiles real estate data.
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Guthrie Center for Real Estate Research
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
Evanston, IL 60208
phone: 847.491.3564
The Guthrie Center is involved in "research projects that involve real estate markets, public and private finance, project management and the development process."
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Indiana
Center for Real Estate Studies
Kelley School of Business
Indiana University
1309 East Tenth Street,
Suite 746
Bloomington, IN 47405-1701
phone: 812.855.7794
CRES is assessing Bloomington's housing needs, is creating a database of commercial and industrial properties in the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Zone and develops real estate websites.
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Kansas
Center for Real Estate
Wichita State University
Barton School of Business
Wichita State University
1845 N. Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0077
phone: (316) 978-7120
The Center for Real Estate compiles a local data series, the Housing Price Index and the Benchmark Home Price Series.
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Kentucky
Center for Real Estate Studies
Gatton College of Business & Economics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0034
phone 859.257.7726
Gatton's Center for Real Estate Studies has produced research on REITs, mortgage-backed securities, and provides local real estate indices.
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Louisiana
Real Estate Research Institute
E. J. Ourso College of Business
Louisiana State University
2164 CEBA Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6308
phone: 225.578.3211
RERI runs the annual Trends in Baton Rouge Real Estate and publishes academic research.
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Massachusetts
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Harvard University
1033 Massachusetts Ave., 5th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: 617.495.7908
The JCHS publishes The State of the Nation's Housing, and researches in the areas of homeownership, rental housing, industry studies and international studies.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
113 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-3400
phone: 800.526.3873
The Lincoln Institute works in the areas of land-related taxation and land policy and publishes research.
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Center for Real Estate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building W31
120 Massachusetts Ave., 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone: 617.253.4373
The MIT Center for Real Estate sponsors faculty research in the areas of regulation, property markets and sources of equity and debt financing.
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New York
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
New York University School of Law
40 Washington Square South,
Suite 314-H
New York, NY 10012-1099
phone: 212.998.6713
The Furman Center is concerned with housing development, land use and public policy and real estate.
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North Carolina
Center for Real Estate Development
Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 3440, The Kenan Center
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3410
phone: 919.962.1499
The Center for Real Estate Development pursues research in such areas as smart growth, real estate law, corporate and international law.
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Ohio
Center for Real Estate Education & Research
Fisher College of Business
Ohio State University
218 Fisher Hall
2100 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1144
phone: 614.292.7312
The Center has published on such topics as toxic mold, commercial mortgage-backed securities and real estate mentoring.
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Pennsylvania
Institute for Real Estate Studies
Smeal College of Business
Pennsylvania State University
409 Business Administration Building
University Park, PA 16802-3004
phone: 814.865.4172
The Institute publishes working papers and articles on such areas as private property, land values and buyer brokerage.
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The Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at Wharton School
Wharton School of
University of Pennsylvania
Suite 1400, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6302
phone: 215.898.9687
The Zell/Lurie Center runs academic research, scholarships, meetings, lectures and globalization outreach.
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South Carolina
South Carolina Center for Real Estate
Moore School of Business
University of South Carolina
Columbia, S.C. 29208
phone: 803.777.5960
The South Carolina Center for Real Estate sponsors academic research on real estate issues through a grant program.
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Texas
The Center for Research in Real Estate and Land Use Economics
Cox School of Business
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
phone: 214.768.3548
This Center sponsors a Fall and Winter Conference, along with research conducted through two outside institutes.
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Real Estate Center
Mays Business School
Texas A&M University
2115 TAMU
College Station,TX 77843
phone: 979.845.2031
Research is conducted on local real estate issues and statistics and publishes a quarterly magazine and online software directory.
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Updated Aug. 2006
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