FIN:9230 Real Estate Finance and Investments: Home
Use the links below to help conduct an analysis of a geographic region. If you have any Qs, please contact the librarians listed on this guide.
Guide content supports the teaching and research goals of multiple departments on campus. Content represents a non-exhaustive selection of essential resources and tools for engaging a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints.
US Census web site: Useful Links
- American Factfinderfind popular facts about a zip code, city, or county.
includes: population, age, business & industry, education , housing, income, poverty. - Census Quick FactsFast, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography
Online Maps/Spatial Data
- SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new windowSimplyMap is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. [Not compatible with Internet Explorer 9]
- Arc/GISAvailable on computers in the ITCs and the Business Library
Please contact the Kari Kozak, Engineering librarian, for help using this source. kari-kozak@uiowa.edu
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowan online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history. The site currently includes the entire US Census history from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000.
Reference USA: Company Listings and maps
- ReferenceUSA (SEE new title Data Axle) This link opens in a new windowDirectory information on U.S. and Canadian business, health care, and residential listings. Search by company name, geographic area, business type, SIC code, yellow page listing, revenue, location, number of employees or any combination of the above. In addition to address and phone number, each entry includes officer names and titles, corporate affiliation, business type and size of yellow page advertising. Toll free and fax numbers are given for some companies.
City and County Web sites
Real Estate Web Sites
- Baeacon: Commercial and Residential parcel search and sale infoProvides land information. Searchable by county.
To find commercial property info and recent sale information, select state and county and then click on the Comp Search tab. Scroll to Commercial Comp Search. - National Association of Realtors.Offers a Research and Statistics section with commercial real estate data.