Established in 1950 to examine in depth a series of major changes and issues involving urban land and real estate markets, the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics (FCREUE) continues to be one of the major university centers in the United States for research on real estate markets, financial institutions, the California economy, and other urban and regional economy topics. FCREUE supports an in-house research program, research by faculty associates, and dissertation research by doctoral students. Research findings are made available in the form of books, working papers, reprints from scholarly journals, monographs and a research newsletter. The Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Research is an organized research unit of the University of California at Berkeley.
