Trade Associations
| Appraisal Institute | |
| American Institute of Architects | |
| Site for industry professionals includes listings by community of available commercial real estate | |
| Established in 1969 as the American Land Development Association, ARDA today has close to 1000 members | |
| The American Subcontractors Association is the association of professional contractors. Founded in 1966, ASA serves 6,000 firms through a nationwide network of state and local chapters. | |
| Building Owners & Managers Association | |
| BOMI Institute is a leading provider of adult education programs for commercial property professionals. | |
| Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute | |
| (CRE) is an international group of real estate professionals who provide advisory services to clients on property and land-related matters. | |
| The Data Consortium is an organization for the creation, maintenance, and promulgation of universal communication protocols for the commercial equity real estate industry in the United States in elsewhere in the world where real estate is operated and transacted in a manner similar to the U.S. | |
| Members include: Countrywide Home Loans, Intuit, GE Capital Mortgage, Microsoft, Cendant Mortgage, Chase Manhattan Mortgage, Citigroup Mortgage, E-Loan, Freddie Mac, GMAC Mortgage, Lender Services, Inc., Lending Tree, The Principal Financial Group, United Guaranty, and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. | |
| Exposition Service Contractors Association | |
| International Council of Shopping Centers | |
| Institute of Real Estate Management | |
| Mortgage Bankers Association of America is the preeminent association representing the real estate finance industry. | |
| The NAA represents 27,000 members and 4 million apartment units | |
| National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives | |
| National Association of Home Builders | |
| NAHRO's Directory of Local Agencies will help you find the local housing agencies you are looking for. | |
| National Association of Industrial and Office Properties | |
| NAREIM's members represent both domestic and foreign capital, and include real estate advisors, financial institutions, REITs, opportunity funds, and private investors. | |
| National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts | |
| The NAR is the largest real estate trade association in the US | |
| (NCREIF) is an association of institutional real estate professionals who share a common interest in their industry. They are investment managers, plan sponsors, academicians, consultants, appraisers, CPA's and other service providers who have a significant involvement in pension fund real estate investments. | |
| (NCSHA) was created in 1970 to assist its members in advancing the interests of lower income and underserved people through the financing, development, and preservation of affordable housing. The directory of State Housing Agencies can be found here. | |
| The National Electrical Contractors Association, founded in 1901, represents companies that install communications and electric power systems for business and industry. This segment of the construction market is comprised of over 70,000 electrical contracting firms. The industry employs over 650,000 electrical workers and produces an annual volume of over $65 billion. NECA includes 118 U.S. chapters in addition to others in countries around the world. | |
| (NLHA) is a trade association representing all major
participants - private and public - in the multifamily rental housing industry.
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| The largest apartment association in the US | |
| Pension Real Estate Association | |
| The Property Council of Australia represents the interests of the property community, principally those who use land or invest in the built environment to generate economic returns. | |
| A national nonprofit trade association, that provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas, concerns and experiences between people who conduct commercial real estate transactions. | |
| Society of Industrial and Office Realtors | |
| STAR (Strategic Alliance Roundtable) is a consortium of
architectural, design and contracting firms that have established this
roundtable to work together to improve the project delivery process through the use of new technologies. |
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| A consortium of 20 contractors that will choose an Internet company to develop a common platform for the construction industry to conduct business on the World Wide Web. | |
| US Green Building Council |