Provides economic and demographic data on cities with a population of 100,000 or more. Data includes city finances, demographics, economy, income, employment, taxes, commercial and residential real estate, commercial utilities, transportation, businesses, hotels and event sites. Also provides data on the living environment.
This book provides profiles of 179 cities. Data provided includes major industries and commercial activities, incentive programs, development projects, labor force and employment outlook, cost of living, education, health care, and transportation.
Provides annual review of real estate trends for condominiums, cooperatives, and planned unit developments. Details average expenses for buildings in selected metropolitan areas, regionally, and nationally. Also provides analysis by building type, price and age.
Provides a quarterly economic overview of Georgia, Atlanta, and other significant MSAs in Georgia. Heavy emphasis on job growth, housing permits, and exports. Other issues addressed include small business development, healthcare, tax revenues, and industry trends.
Detailed analysis of financial operations for multi-family properties across the United States and Canada. Summarized by building type, the income and expense data for each sample is presented in dollars per square foot of rentable area and as percentage of gross possible income.
Extensive data on housing, building, and economics. Use the resources section and/or the publications section to locate information on building permits, housing sales and production, national and metro home builders forecasts, and other statistics.
Good source for real estate news and research. Research section includes access to economic indicators, housing statistics and an economic forecast. In addition the research section has brief reports on industry issues and consumer trends.
Provides research on apartment market conditions, resident demographics, apartment stock, apartment rents, new construction, ownership and management, and investment returns.
Reconnecting America is a national non-profit organization that is working to integrate transportation systems and the communities. Their website contains numerous reports that address issues related to housing and real estate.
The National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) is the leading voice for affordable housing, advocating on behalf of multifamily property managers and owners whose mission is to provide quality affordable housing.
Market Reports
Access information on real estate trends in a specific market (city).
Registration is required to access free Research Reports that cover nearly every market sector of real estate, including apartment , office, retail, industrial, etc.
Publishes in-depth research reports on the U.S. housing market, with detailed analyses for all metro areas. The Radar Logic Daily™ Price is a single, statistically accurate value representing the price per square foot paid for residential real estate in a defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) on any given day.
Commercial group that provides debt and equity capital, along with advisory services to the multifamily housing, seniors housing, and health care industries. General reports and others by region.
Provides a quarterly economic overview of Georgia, Atlanta, and other significant MSAs in Georgia. Heavy emphasis on job growth, housing permits, and exports. Other issues addressed include small business development, healthcare, tax revenues, and industry trends.
Provides an interactive database of available buildings, a list of foreign based companies with operations in the state, links to existing Georgia industries and a host of other useful data.
Produced by the National Association of Realtors. Provides statistics on sales and prices of existing single-family homes for the nation and the four regions. These figures include condos and co-ops, in addition to single-family homes.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually estimates FMRs for 530 metropolitan areas and 2,045 nonmetropolitan county FMR areas. FMRs are gross rent estimates. They include the shelter rent plus the cost of all tenant-paid utilities, except telephones, cable or satellite television service, and internet service.
Developed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.
NAR releases statistics on state-by-state existing-home sales and metropolitan area median home prices each quarter. This site also includes data on housing affordability, mortgage purchase applications, fixed rate mortgage rate and consumer confidence.
A commercial site that provides access to public records related to real estate. Limited information available for free. Provides a searchable database of foreclosed properties.
Not free. Purchase extensive residential economic reports, new housing profile and statistics, building permit reports, and existing home sales reports.
Not free. A fee-based real estate research and valuation firm. Focuses on national real estate trends. Occassionally provides free access to the executive summary of its research reports.
From the Energy Information Administration. Survey describes; physical housing unit characteristics, types of appliances used, household demographics, and other information related to energy use.
Home Price Indices measures the residential housing market, tracking changes in the value of the residential real estate market in 20 metropolitan regions across the United States.
From the US Census Bureau. Rental and homeowner vacancy rates and homeownership rates are available for the U.S., regions, States, and for the 75 largest Metropolitan Areas. The State and Metropolitan Area data are available annually, while national and regional data are available quarterly
This database provides access to current and historical census data (back to 1790), demographic information, and interactive demographic maps that can be queried and manipulated.
SimplyAnalytics contains over 75,000 data variables covering demographic, historical census data from 1980, real estate, housing, employment, consumer spending, consumer behavior, health data and over 23 million businesses from D&B.
From the Department of Commerce and the US Census Bureau, American Factfinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
