Field Guide to Office Property
(Updated December 2007)
Find out NAR's views on the commercial market. What is the impact of property tax on commercial property? How is the economy affecting office buildings? Get the latest on office building trends and much more in this updated Field Guide. (A. Siudzinski, Information Specialist)
Contents:
Office Property Trends | Property Taxes | Useful Websites | Books, eBooks & Other Resources
Featured Information Area
Area for Featured information
Source: The 2008 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile, (NAR - Research, 2008).
Office Property Trends
Office romance, (Commercial Investment Real Estate, Sept./Oct. 2007).
Lineman's take on the credit crisis, (National Association of REALTORS®/REALTORS® Commercial Alliance, Aug. 23, 2007).
Office exodus?, (Commercial Investment Real Estate, May/June 2007).
Why office owners can't resist the quick flip, (National Real Estate Investor, Mar. 1, 2005).
Property Taxes
Class A towers paying B taxes, (Indianapolis Business Journal, Aug. 4, 2007).
Tax increases ravage commercial property, (Real Estate Journal/Wall Street Journal, Feb. 2, 2005).
Keep business property taxes fair, (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Minnesota Chapter, 2005).
Appeal of taxes cost city, (Philadelphia Business Journal, June 4, 2004).
Property tax appeals, (Atlanta Office & Commercial Real Estate Magazine, Summer 2003).
Useful Websites
www.irem.org, (Institute of Real Estate Management, 2007).
www.ccim.com, (Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute, 2007).
www.sior.com, (Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®, 2007).
www.uli.org, (Urban Land Institute, 2007).
www.boma.org, (Building Owners and Managers Association, 2007).
www.naiop.org, (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, 2007).
www.crewnetwork.org, (CREW, 2007).
eBooks & Other Resources
eBooks.realtor.org
The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
Commercial real estate investing (Adobe eReader)
Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
The resources below are available for loan through Information Central. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.
Income/expense analysis: office buildings, (Chicago, IL: Institute of Real Estate Management, 2006). HD 1394 In7i
Green office buildings: a practical guide to development, (Washington D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 2005). NA 6230 G74
Before disaster strikes, (Chicago, IL: Institute of Real Estate Management, 2005). HC 62 In7bd
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