Here are a few of my favorites. Let me know if there are others you would like to see added:


42 Floors - Property Listings and Comps - Now part of CommercialEdge and Yardi
Altyrx - Mapping and site selection software
ApartmentData.com - U.S. Multi-family Data
Apartments.com - U.S. Multi-family Data - Owned by CoStar
Argus Software - Global leader in Commercial Real Estate Software Solutions
Axiometrics - Apartment Data - Now part of RealPage
BEA - U.S. Economic Data
Blackbook Online - Directory of Public Record Directories.
BLS At a Glance - U.S. Employment Data
BOMA - Building Owners and Managers Association International - Good articles and standards
Boxwood Means - Sales Comps for smaller transactions
Bureau van Dijk - Corporate Databases particularly strong for non-U.S. entities - Now part of Moody's
CB Richard Ellis - Commercial Real Estate. Global market coverage
CBRE Econometric Advisors - formerly Torto Wheaton Research/TWR. Econometric forecasting and data.
CCIM - Education and networking
Census Bureau - U.S. census data
Cherre - Connect your real Estate Data
ClientLook - software to increase broker activity communication
Colliers International - Commercial Real Estate. Global market coverage
CommercialEdge - Property Listings and Comps - Now Property Shark owned by Yardi.
Commercial Mortgage Alert - Current and recent history on CMBS markets - Now part of Greenstreet
CompStak - Lease Comps
The Conference Board - Consumer Confidence and other indeces
Costar - Property, tenant, and transaction data
CREXi - Listings and Comps
Cushman & Wakefield - Commercial Real Estate. Global market coverage
Data Axle™ Genie - Company Database
Dismal Scientist - News and Analysis from Moody's Economy.com
Department of Labor - U.S. Employment Data
Eagleview - Oblique aerial imagery
The Economist - News
Economy.com - Economic data and forecasts - Now part of Moody's Analytics
Emporis.com - Global property data, images, and standards - shut down by CoStar September 2022
ESRI - Mapping and Demographic software and data
Europe Real Estate - news and information on European property markets
Factiva - Dow Jones news and company data
First American Data and Analytics - formerly Corelogics - Ownership data
GeoVue - Mapping and Demographic software and data
Global Insight - Economic data and forecasts - Now part of S&P Global
Google Maps API Documentation
Google Earth API Documentation
Grubb & Ellis - Commercial Real Estate. U.S. market coverage - Now part of Newmark
Hanley Wood - Multi-family property data - Now part of Zonda
Hoovers - Easy to use access to D&B Company data.
Jones Lang Lasalle - Commercial Real Estate. Global market coverage
Lexis Nexis - News and company Data
LoopNet - Listings of properties available for sale or lease, and sale transaction data. - Owned by CoStar
MapInfo - Mapping and Demographic software and data. Now called Precisely
McGraw Hill Construction - Data on planned projects - Now sold through CBRE Econometric Advisors
Metrostudy - Multi-family property and land data - Now Zonda.
NAHB Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) - Multifamily Occupancy and construction data
NAIOP - Education, Research and networking
National Cadastral - Mapping the U.S. and extending standards
NCREIF - Data and reports on a set of U.S. properties
OSCRE - Standards and networking
Pictometry - Oblique aerial imagery - Now called EagleView
Pierce Eislen - Multi-family property data - Now called Yardi Matrix
PKF - Hospitality Forecasts and data
PopStats - Monthly updated demographic data - Now owned by Synergod Technologies
Precisely - Mapping and Demographic software and data - MapInfo
Property Shark - Property Listings and Comps - Now part of CommercialEdge and Yardi
RCA - Global Commercial Real Estate Sales data
REIS - U.S. Commercial Real Estate data - Now owned by Moody's
Reonomy - AI public data analysis - Owned by Altus Group
RS Means - Construction data and tools
SalesGenie - Company Database - now called Data Axle™ Genie
SIOR - Education and networking
Smart Scholar - Economics Education Resource Guide
SNL - Data on REITS
SRC - Mapping and site selection software - now called Alteryx
Thirty Capital - Creator of Defease With Ease and Lobby CRE software
Thomson Reuters Deal League Tables - Useful data on debt and equity public markets
Total Commercial - Listings
Trepp - CMBS Data
Trrend - Deal tracking software
UBS Investment Research
VTS
Wall Street Journal Economic Forecasting Survey
Wells Fargo Research
World Green Building Council - Creators of LEED certification and industry thought leaders
Yardi Matrix - Multi-family property data


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