Data Sources

• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

  One of the largest macroeconomic databases with thousands of series including mortgage rates, housing starts, construction spending, and home prices. (FRED)

• FHFA House Price Index

  Tracks U.S. home price changes across states, metro areas, counties, and ZIP codes using repeat-sales data going back to the 1970s. (FHFA.gov)

• Case-Shiller Home Price Index

  Benchmark index measuring changes in residential home prices across major metropolitan areas. (FRED)

• U.S. Census Housing Data

  Includes housing starts, building permits, population growth, and household formation metrics.

• American Community Survey

  Detailed annual demographic and housing cost data used for neighborhood analysis.

• HUD Housing Data

  Housing affordability, rental markets, public housing statistics, and fair market rents.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

  Employment, wages, and economic indicators affecting housing demand.

• Bureau of Economic Analysis

  GDP, income, and economic growth data by region and metro.

• Zillow Research

  Housing values, rent estimates, inventory data, and migration trends. (FRED)

• Redfin Data Center

  Market supply, demand, median price, and migration data by metro. (Redfin)

• Realtor.com Research

  Housing inventory, price trends, and market “hotness” indexes.

• National Association of Realtors

  Residential and commercial real estate market statistics. (National Association of REALTORS®)

• MSCI Real Estate Data

  Institutional-grade real estate investment indexes and performance benchmarks. (MSCI)

• Real Capital Analytics

  Global commercial real estate transaction database used by institutional investors. (MSCI)

• CBRE Research

  Market forecasts, sector outlooks, and investment analysis. (CBRE)

• JLL Research

  Global commercial real estate investment trends and market outlooks. (JLL)

• CoStar

  The largest commercial real estate property database with extensive property-level analytics. (CoStar)

• CompStak

  Commercial lease comps and property data used by brokers and investors. (CompStak)

• Reonomy

  Commercial property ownership, mortgages, and property intelligence data.

• LoopNet

  Commercial property listings and transaction data.

• Moody’s CRE

  Commercial property analytics and economic forecasting.

• CoreLogic

  Housing price indexes, mortgage data, and risk analytics.

• ATTOM Data

  Property ownership, foreclosure, mortgage, and tax data.

• Placer.ai

  Foot traffic analytics used for retail real estate.

• SafeGraph

  Location intelligence and mobility data for commercial property analysis.

• Esri Demographics

  Location intelligence, demographics, and market segmentation.

• Social Explorer

  Census visualization and demographic mapping.

• City-Data

  Local economic and demographic profiles.

• Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

  Housing market research and datasets.

• Urban Institute Housing Data

  Mortgage market data and housing affordability research.

• Freddie Mac Research

  Mortgage rate surveys and housing market outlooks.

• Fannie Mae Housing Insights

  Mortgage trends and consumer housing surveys.

• Mortgage Bankers Association

  Mortgage application volumes and financing trends.

• Trepp

  CMBS and commercial mortgage analytics.

• ConstructConnect

  Construction pipeline data and development projects.

• Dodge Construction Network

  Real estate construction project data.

• NAHB Housing Market Index

  Builder confidence and housing construction trends.

• Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker

  Consumer spending, employment, and migration metrics.

• INREV Global Market Insights

  Global institutional real estate investment trends. (INREV)

• Knight Frank Research

  Global real estate investment reports.

• Cushman & Wakefield Research

  Global property market analytics.

• Colliers Research

  Commercial real estate sector reports.

• CBRE Investment Management

  Global real asset investment insights. (CBRE Investment Management)

• Data.gov Housing Datasets

  Aggregated government real estate datasets.

• Google Dataset Search

  Search engine for open real estate datasets.

• RentCafe Research

  Rental market trends and construction pipeline data.

• ApartmentList Research

  Rent indexes and migration patterns.

• Zumper Rent Index

  Rental price indexes by city.

• BatchData Property API

  Property ownership and MLS-derived data.

• RentCast Data API

  Rental estimates and property market analytics.

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