Real Estate Resources

SIBL has a variety of resources for information about the real estate industry in general, and New York City property and buildings. Find books and journals in the Research collections (lower level at SIBL) and search the online catalog CATNYP for onsite use. Find books to borrow in the Cullman Reading Room, by searching LEO, the Branch Libraries catalog. The Library licenses several real estate information databases for onsite use only, while many general business databases are made accessible to remote users with a library card.

Online database for New York City building/ property information

Mighty Map Front page offers information on recent property sales. (Professional edition is accessible onsite at SIBL through subscription. Ask a staff person to log in). Search by address, intersection, borough and block level, or locate a property on the map locator. Select and email site reports on NYC buildings and property including owners, tax liens, auctions, foreclosure sales, zoning, land use, traffic counts, subway locations, lis pendens, building permits, tax values and comparables. Includes data on building residents and businesses. Comps (deed transactions) are updated monthly.

Current print directories and reference sources

Latest editions on open shelves, lower level at SIBL, unless otherwise indicated.

Diary & Manual of Real Estate Board of NY	HD1361 D4
Directory of 2,500 Active Real Estate Lenders	HG2040.15 A27
Directory of Real Estate Development...	HD1381.5 U5 D57
European Directory of Property Developers	HD581 A1 E934
Gabriel's Apartment Rental Guide	McGraw Desk (HD7287.67 G3 R4)
Gabriel's Apartment Sales Guide	McGraw Desk (HD7287.67 G3 S3)
Goldbook: Comprehensive Guide	HD1361 G65
Income/expense & Analysis Office Building	HD1394.I577
Internet Resources...International Real Estate..	HD1380.6 C485
Investor's Guide to Publicly Traded REIT	HD1382.5 C7
Manhattan Cooperative & Condominium Directory	McGraw Desk (HD7287.72 U6 N56)
Membership Directory (Inst Real Estate Mgt)	HD1394 I57
National Referral Roster	HD253 N34
Nelson's Directory of Institutional Real Estate	HD251 N38
Northeast industrial development resource guide	HD1393.5.N67
Office buildings	HD1393.55 .O140
Real Estate Directory of Manhattan	Delivery Desk (HD268 N5 R3)
U.S. Real Estate Register	HD1394 I45
Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate	HD278.W47

NYC property maps- Current and historical sources in print and microform

Sanborn Building and Property Atlas of Brooklyn, Queens Staten Island, and other real property maps are available in print (and microform) in the Map Division, at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library.

Property/Real Estate Internet Websites and magazines

ACRIS (Online NYC City Register)
Find a property by Borough, Block and Lot (BBL) or Address. Search NYC property records and view document images.

RealQuest (subscription database for U.S. property)

City Feet.com (Commercial real estate space)

The Cooperator: Coop and Condo Monthly – Print and web publication with a focus on the New York Metro area.

Corcoran Group (Broker)

Costar Group (Commercial real estate listing and real estate information. Subscription required).

Council of New York Co-operatives and Condominiums

Freddie Mac (Mortgages and financing)

Government National Mortgage Association (Ginniemae- Mortgages)

Habitat Magazine (About cooperatives and condominiums)

Halstead’s New York (Broker)

Housing- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

MyCITI Map Portal (NYC)
Through a partnership between the Municipal Art Society and the City of New York, users can access an enhanced New York City Map Portal for detailed maps, building and property data, subway information, community statistics and more.

Netronline (Real Estate and Public Records online) Property information website, subscription required

NYC Buildings Information System (New York City Department of Buildings) Search for information on a property including recorded complaints and violations, actions, applicatons, and inspections.

NYC OASIS (Open Access Space Information System for New York City)
Create NYC maps by zip code, borough, tax block and lot or neighborhood.

NYC Property Information System
Search by borough-block-lot.

International Real Estate Directory (Link to web directories for property around the world)

LoopNet.com (commercial listing service)

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs – investing)

National Real Estate Investors Association - Real estate investors clubs

New York Times Real Estate Section (search current listings and view articles)

PropertyShark.com (Property website. Search by address, borough, block level. Registration required, and subscription for more than a few searches per day)

Real Estate Rental and Leasing (rankings) from Gary Price’s List of Lists

Yahoo Real Estate (Directory listings for real estate rentals, new houses, rentals, real estate agents, and mortages)

Online sources for historical property research

For NYC, New Jersey and Connecticut Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970.
Access to large-scale historical maps for towns and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. (Proquest.) Sanborn fire insurance maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, architects, geographers, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. (Accessible onsite at SIBL and in the Map Division, Humanities and Social Sciences Library)

Photographic views of New York City

NYPL Digital Gallery. More than 54,000 New York City archival photographs (and their captioned versos) from the 1870s-1970s arranged by borough and street; the majority are exterior building views and neighborhood scenes from the 1910s-1940s.

Also see: Researching an Architectural Structure, a library research guide by the New York Public Library’s Art & Architecture Collection.