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Real Estate and Business Related Databases
*CityAdmin: A library of decisions made by New York City agencies
http://www.nyls.edu/centers/harlan_scholar_centers/center_for_new_york_city_law/cityadmin_library/
· Searchable database with decisions from 15 city agencies including:
o Board of Standards and Appeals
o Department of Buildings
o City Planning Commission
o Landmarks Preservation Commission
*Commercial Mortgage Alert CMBS Database
www.cmalert.com (ask at the reference desk to be logged on)
The CMBS (Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities) Database captures the initial terms of all rated securities collateralized by commercial and multi-family properties. It covers issues from the inception of the CMBS market in the mid-1980’s through the end of the last week. The database is provided in three Excel files that include general information, tranche-by-tranche pricing details, collateral and other notes. The database includes issues sold to investors in the U.S. and to other countries. To be included, an issue must be secured by mortgages or leases on income-producing properties, either commercial or multi-family, have a rating from a major agency and a trustee.
*Community Information Technology Initiative
· Tax maps with optional color-coded land use overlay
· Zoning information for each building in the five boroughs, including FAR
· Community Board information, including links to CB websites
· Links to Census data, NYC tax assessment roll and Building Information System
*Department of Housing Preservation and Development
http://167.153.4.71/hpdonline/provide_address.aspx
· Search for building registration
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Search for Housing Maintenance Code violations
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View housing vacancy surveys
*Economy.com/Metro Precis – Economic Indicators – Historical and Forecasts:
Quarterly spreadsheets of economic indicators for 100 United States metropolitan areas. Please bring a disk to download any spreadsheets – Request the download at the Reference Desk.
High resolution satellite images (close-up views @ the rooftop level) of over 80 U.S. cities and 24 international cities. Area analysis features such information as transportation lines, school districts and businesses.
*National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Member Resources:
www.nareit.com (ask at the reference desk to be logged on)
Online Monthly Newsletter, News Brief ;
Online version of the NAREIT Handbook, detailed information about NAREIT member companies.
*New York City Department of Buildings
Building Information System (BIS)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/bis.html
· Search for complaints or violations
· Obtain a list of recent jobs performed on the property
· Determine census tract number and community board number
· Search for skilled trades licensees
*New York City Department of City Planning
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/home.html
· View zoning maps and zoning resolution text
· Access redevelopment and rezoning proposals and plans
· Read NYC neighborhood profiles with statistical reports
· GeoQuery database: NYC Map Portal, Address Translator, Census FactFinder, CITI
*New York City Department of Design and Construction
Project Browser
http://ddcftp.nyc.gov/pb/index.asp
· Search for construction projects by borough, zipcode, Council district and project code
· Information includes project location, scope of work, dollar value, and phase
*New York City Department of Finance,
Office of the City Register
Automated City Register Information System (ACRIS)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/jump/acris.shtml
· Search for property records online by block and lot numbers, document type, or party name
· View scanned images of documents online
· Determine block and lot numbers of an address and vice versa
*New York City Housing and Neighborhood Information System
http://www.nychanis.com (free registration
required)
· Current and historical housing, commercial and industrial property data
· Demographics by census tract, zipcode, community district, neighborhood, borough or city-wide
· Create charts, graphs and tables with selected data
*New York City Property Information System
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/jump/nycproperty.shtml
· Access the Real Estate Tax Assessment Roll
· Determine the property tax rate and amount, and assessed value of any property in the five boroughs (note: assessed value may or may not correspond to market value)
· View lot and building size
· View full text of Housing Maintenance Code online
· View complete list of buildings with rent stabilized units
· Read various RGB reports including income and expense studies, housing supply reports and mortgage affordability studies
*Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Members only
Section
www.rebny.com (as at the reference desk to be logged on)
REBNY Property Database, New Construction Reports, Co-op/Condo Reports, Mahattan Market Profiles (Statistical Abstracts for the Local Economy, Hospitality, Residetial, Office, Retail), REBNY Market Reports, selected other reports by REBNY.
*Urban Land Institute (ULI) Development Case Studies
Database
www.uli.org (ask at the reference desk to be logged on)
Case studies for real estate development projects.
*Win2Data (First American Real Estate Solutions):
(ask for the CD-ROMs at the reference desk)
Obtain sales and ownership information on properties in New York City. Search by address, block and lot, or create a search for properties using specific criteria. Database has a comparables search function.(updated monthly)