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The library will reopen on Monday, January 6th.

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Introduction to Real Estate Research

This research guide introduces many resources across different subject areas associated with real estate and provides guidance on how to locate relevant books, trade publications, research materials, and more. NYU's real estate collections are located in the Jack Brause Library, within the NYU Midtown Center at Bryant Park (Midtown).

New Resources

Moody's CRE (formerly REIS) This link opens in a new window
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Provides in-depth commercial real estate property data and analytics, including vacancy rates, rent levels, cap rates, new construction, rent and sales comps, valuation estimates, and capital market trends. Includes quarterly updated trends and forecasts of rent, vacancy, and inventory for apartment, office, retail, warehouse, R&D, and additional sectors in up to 275 US metropolitan areas and more than 6,300 markets and segments. Formerly known as REIS
Use your NetID email - not an email alias - to log in. On the Moody's site, select the "Login with email" option -- not the "Create an account" option -- and enter your NetID email on the ensuing screen.
Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
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Data on public and private companies, financial statements, M&A/deals, PE/VC, LBOs, and executives and boards worldwide. Use the screening and charting features to create lists of firms for tasks such as investment analysis coursework or your job search.
Important: All third-party cookies must be enabled in the web browser setting while accessing Capital IQ.

Using an incognito or private window is highly recommended.
The Real Deal This link opens in a new window
The Real Deal is one of the major US real estate news outlets. The publication includes original reporting, market intelligence, custom research, proprietary rankings, deal analysis, profiles, trends, and more.
Preqin This link opens in a new window
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Includes private real estate coverage encompassing investors, funds, fund performance, fund terms, assets, deals & exits, service providers, and more. Preqin also includes information and data on private equity and venture capital, private debt, hedge funds, infrastructure, sustainability/ESG, and Preqin's Insight+ analysis.
Users may request large data downloads (that require delivery via a custom Preqin link) via Preqin's live chat. Preqin's private equity and venture capital data is also accessible via WRDS.
Create your free New York Times Account This link opens in a new window
Current NYU students, faculty, and staff can activate complimentary access to The New York Times digital news content using their NYU email address. After using this link to create an account, NYU users should access NYTimes content by directly logging into the NYTimes site. This complimentary access includes New York Times audio, but excludes NYTimes cooking and puzzles.

Please disconnect from any VPNs and open an incognito or private browser to create a NYTimes account. For additional help and troubleshooting, see our step-by-step sign up instructions.
Create your free Wall Street Journal account This link opens in a new window
Current NYU students, faculty, and staff can activate complimentary access to The Wall Street Journal digital news content using their NYU email address. After using this link to create an account, NYU users can access Wall Street Journal content by directly logging into the WSJ site.
For additional help and troubleshooting, see our step-by-step sign up instructions.

For additional help and troubleshooting with NYT and WSJ, see our step-by-step sign up instructions.

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