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Real Estate

Real estate is an important part of the small business economy:
  • Landlords purchase and manage commercial and residential properties, often beginning with one property
  • Businesses lease, purchase or build space for their operations
  • Investors hope to profit from the real estate market through financial instruments such as real estate investment trusts (REITS)
Real estate is also an important part of a personal financial plan.  After all, consumers rent apartments, and buy and sell condos, coops and houses in New York City.

Information Resources

The Business Library has a wealth of reference and circulating books and periodicals dealing with the buying and selling of real estate, mortgages and real estate investments. Many titles on real estate can also be found in Brooklyn Public Library's neighborhood libraries and the Central Library.

Subject Guides

Suggested Links


City of New York Property Search
locate block and lot information, owner’s name, billing address, property history, and tax and assessment information on a property.
webapps.nyc.gov:8084/CICS/fin1/find001I
 

CityFeet.com
listings of available commercial property to buy or lease.
www.cityfeet.com
 

Destination Brooklyn
Web site of the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation. One click takes users to Destination Brooklyn, an interactive web map geared to assisting small business owners in making locational decisions.
www.bedc.org
 

Domania
allows the user to search by state or zip code for prices of home sales, mortgage rates, and property taxes.
www.domania.com
 


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