The Real Estate Board Research Department investigates and reports on issues of vital
importance to the industry. The department has done definitive studies on such subjects as residential conversion trends and energy conservation techniques used in high-rise office buildings. The Research Department also publishes several important periodicals: The Cooperative Sales Report is the city’s only quarterly and annual survey of residential cooperative transactions. The Board’s Condominium and Townhouse Report is published on the same schedule. The biannual Retail Report examines store asking rents and related trends on Manhattan’s major shopping corridors. The Statistical Profile, published in the Annual Banquet Journal, summarizes and interprets the year’s economic and realty data. Other Board publications include the REBNY Reporter, which tracks our organization’s efforts and accomplishments. The Annual Diary & Manual contains a directory of all Board members and a wealth of reference material that can be used to solve a wide variety of business problems. The Diary & Manual is considered the industry’s almanac.

The REBNY Legal Line is a service which provides free legal advice from one of New York’s leading experts in brokerage and real estate law to all REBNY members.

ResidentialNYC.com is a collection of exclusive sale and rental residential real estate listings available to the public through a website that is maintained through the partnership of The Real Estate Board of New York and Trulia, Inc. All the exclusive listings shown on the site are brokered by participating members of the REBNY Listing Service (RLS) which co-brokes on average 10,000 New York City listings a day. Each company participating in both the RLS and ResidentialNYC.com are held to a strict code of ethics and all brokers are licensed with the State of New York. Brokerage firms wishing to enroll in ResidentialNYC.com must be a member of the RLS (non-REBNY members can join the RLS for an additional fee) and must fill out an additional enrollment form. Click here for more information.

The Real Estate Board Services Desk sells (at a special discount to members) the standard REBNY commercial and residential lease forms which are used throughout the city (also available online at www.rebny.com), as well as the Board's Standard Co-op and Condo Purchase Application Form, its Building Data Form and Standard Alteration Agreement (all available on disk), and the Board's Annual Diary & Manual which contains a directory of all REBNY members and a wealth of reference material that can be applied to solve many business problems. The Annual Diary & Manual is regarded as the industry's almanac.

Education
REBNY’s continuing education programs for brokers and salespersons, and for applicants seeking those licenses are accredited by New York’s Department of State. Courses are scheduled conveniently and priced reasonably for members who must satisfy the states various education requirements. Arrangements can be made for taking instruction on-line. The classes, taught by industry leaders and senior government officials, give members a special perspective on important realty issues.

Seminars
REBNY members can improve their sales skills, learn about changes in laws and regulations, and acquire valuable information about real estate practice at Board seminars.

REBNY’s Member’s Only Web Site, found via www.rebny.com, contains a directory of Real Estate Board members and a calendar of upcoming events of interest to members. The site’s page offers exclusive access to our property and membership databases, our Research Department’s reports, texts of various Board publications and bulletins legislatives and regulatory matters. The page also has links to the sites of government agencies and other useful applications. In addition, brokerage firms can provide other REBNY members with direct access to their own Web pages via www.rebny.com.

The Real Estate Board Staff is on call to help REBNY members make the best use of the library and data base, and to give advice about such problems as securing permits, obtaining and retaining broker and salesperson licenses, threading one's way through bureaucratic red tape, and analyzing government programs of special interest to the real estate profession.

Membership Lunches and Dinners present as speakers both senior public officials and
industry leaders who keep REBNY members current on issues that affect their businesses.

The Board's Affiliations with Other Professional Real Estate Institutes make qualified REBNY members eligible to participate in the programs of such organizations as the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, the Institute of Real Estate Management, the Association of Real Estate Women and the Society of Industrial Realtors.

Real Estate Board Awards are highly respected insignias of professional achievement.
Among the most well-known REBNY awards are the annual Henry Hart Rice and Robert T. Lawrence prizes given to commercial brokers who negotiate complicated agreements with noteworthy inventiveness, and the Residential Deals of the Year and Retail Deals of the Year for similar accomplishments in their respective sectors.