The American Real Estate Society (ARES), founded in 1985, is an association of real estate thought leaders. Members are drawn from academia and the profession at large, both in the United States and internationally. The Society is dedicated to producing and disseminating knowledge related to real estate decision making and the functioning of real estate markets.
The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) is the trade association for the commercial real estate finance industry. Member firms include balance sheet and securitized lenders, loan and bond investors, private equity firms, servicers and rating agencies, among others.
The Real Estate Center and the department provide not only traditional academic programs, but also high-profile conferences of specific interest to the real estate community, as well as valuable programs and services to support graduate and undergraduate students as they advance through the program and prepare to enter the workforce.
FHFA provides regulation and oversight of federal housing finance organizations. This website includes research and analysis including the house price index, housing market indicators, market data, public use data, and research papers.
Produces a wide range of working papers, research briefs, and major reports about home ownership, rental housing, affordability, aging, remodeling, and more.
The Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) is a research center situated in the Real Estate Center at DePaul University. IHS’s mission is to provide reliable, impartial, and timely data and research to inform housing policy decisions and discussions about the state of housing in the Chicago region and nationally. IHS’s work in particular focuses on affordable housing issues and understanding the changing dynamics of neighborhood housing markets.
Membership is composed of residential and commercial brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, counselors, and others engaged in the real estate industry. This website includes Research & Statistics, and Education tabs that can be useful.
Serves the entire residential mortgage industry, including depositories, nonbank lenders and servicers, brokerage firms, vendors and regulators. In addition to providing news analysis and perspective, NMN convenes industry participants to provide insight on topics including regulation, compliance, technology and loss mitigation.This website includes a Data & Resources tab.
An industry group focused on the apartment industry including ownership, development, management and financing. This website includes links to research and statistics.
The leading global professional office and industrial real estate association. See their resources and education pages. They report the SIOR Commercial Real Estate Index.
A national search engine that provides housing/neighborhood information and community insights, including crime statistics, amenities, census data, rental prices, for sale properties, market trends, and more.
Historical housing data are provided by the U.S. Census Bureau and other agencies, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).
The Census Bureau’s housing data present a comprehensive picture of housing in America. You’ll find a wide range of data on the size, age and type of American homes; home values, rents and mortgages, the housing and construction industry, and more.