80 Real Estate Industry Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1986 U.S. law created the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, a major incentive for affordable rental housing?
Answer
Tax Reform Act of 1986
Which index, launched in 2000, tracks U.S. housing prices in 20 major metropolitan areas?
Answer
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index
Which Manhattan skyscraper briefly became the world's tallest when it opened in 1930?
Answer
Chrysler Building
Which New York City skyscraper became the world's tallest residential building when completed in 2021?
Answer
Central Park Tower
Which New York City building, completed in 1870, was the first office building designed with passenger elevators?
Answer
The Equitable Life Building
Which English new town, founded in 1967, was planned as a “city in the forest”?
Answer
Milton Keynes
Which English town became the world's first garden city when it was founded in 1903?
Answer
Letchworth Garden City
Which 1968 U.S. law made discrimination in the sale or rental of housing illegal nationwide?
Answer
Fair Housing Act
Which architect designed the glass-and-steel Farnsworth House, completed near Plano, Illinois, in 1951?
Answer
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled in 1926 that zoning could be a valid exercise of police power?
Answer
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
What is the real-estate term for a loan secured by several properties under one mortgage?
Answer
Blanket mortgage
Which U.S. agency insures mortgages made by approved lenders through its Federal Housing Administration program?
Answer
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
What was the name of the first skyscraper generally recognized as having a steel skeleton?
Answer
Home Insurance Building
Which Chicago building was the world's tallest when completed in 1973?
Answer
Sears Tower
Which organization owns the REALTOR trademark?
Answer
National Association of Realtors
What does the real-estate acronym REIT stand for?
Answer
Real estate investment trust