Research Guides: .Real Estate: Market Overviews and Statistics

Market Overviews

EMIS Intelligence This link opens in a new window
Business news and intelligence, and company, industry, financial, economic and political information from emerging market countries in Latin America and Asia. Tip: Click on link to a particular country and then enter 'real estate' in the search bar.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Features industry overview reports on various areas of real estate. Tip: Enter 'real estate' in the search bar on the landing page.

S&P/Case Schiller Home Price Indices from FRED
S&P/Case Schiller Home Price Indices from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) at Federal Reserve Bank St. Louis
HPI (Housing Price Index)
Housing price index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Business statistics on range of industries, including real estate.

American Fact Finder
Statistics from the U.S. Census on number of housing units by characteristics of occupants; also included are home values, costs for rents, mortgages and maintenance.
US Census Bureau Building Permits
Has information on building permits by state, county and metropolitan area.
US Census Bureau Construction Statistics
Information on the number of housing units authorized by permits, started, sold or completed.
US Census Bureau Housing Vacancies and Home Ownership
Has home ownership patterns, vacancy and historical housing statistics.
Trulia
Residential real estate list and sales prices by zipcode.
Zillow