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External Resources

Knowledge Decision Services
Extensive data and statistics on outstanding Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae MBS. Subscription.
Mortgage News Daily
Live Agency MBS pricing and other real-time market data. Free.
Inside Mortgage Finance
Extensive mortgage-related data, including an annual breakdown of Agency MBS bondholders. Subscription.
Federal Reserve MBS Holdings
Weekly data on the Federal Reserve's holdings of Agency and non-Agency MBS. Free.
Fannie Mae Monthly Summaries
Monthly data on Fannie Mae's portfolio, outstanding Fannie Mae MBS, and delinquency rates. Free.
Freddie Mac Monthly Summaries
Monthly data on Freddie Mac's portfolio, outstanding Freddie Mac MBS, and delinquency rates. Free.

Prices, Rents, Vacancies, Returns:

U.S. Energy Information Administration
National number of commercial buildings by property type and building size for 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003. Free.
CB Richard Ellis
Quarterly research report on vacancies and industrial real estate availability. Free.
National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries
National returns by property type and location, from 1978 onwards. Free.
Torto Wheaton Research
Market reports available on national and metro levels, including data on inventory, construction, vacancy, employment and rents. Subscription.
Property and Portfolio Research
Research reports on inventory, construction, vacancy, employment and rents, listed by metropolitan area and property type. Subscription.
Cushman and Wakefield
Yearly reports on office, industrial and retail properties. Subscription.
Marcus and Millichap
Yearly research reports on trends in industrial real estate by property type and metropolitan area. Subscription.
REIS
Reports on inventory trends, trends, sales, cap rates, vacancies and absorptions available on national, metropolitan and submarket levels. Subscription.
Emerging Trends in Real Estate
An annual forecast of the real estate industry, published jointly by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the Urban Land Institute. Subscription.

Construction and Market Size:

U.S. Census of Construction
Annual value of construction put in place, separated into categories of private, public, residential, non-residential, federal, state and local. Free.
RS Means
Historical costs of construction by building type and metropolitan area. Subscription.

Office Demographics:

Moody's
Office-using employment available on the national, census division, state and metropolitan levels from 1939 onwards. Subscription.

Housing Price Indices:

S&P/Case-Shiller
A monthly index of residential house prices for 20 metropolitan regions. Free.
Federal Housing Finance Agency
An index of single-family house prices on the national, census division, state and metropolitan levels. Free.
National Association of Realtors
Median sales prices of single-family homes by metropolitan area, updated quarterly. Free.

Housing Construction:

U.S. Census of Construction
Number of buildings, units and construction costs for new privately-owned residential building permits, updated monthly. Free.
National Association of Realtors
Housing starts and summary of trends, updated monthly. Free.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Data on new home starts, from 1968 to the present. Free.
U.S. Census of Construction
Sales of new homes by price bracket, reported on a quarterly basis for the past four years. Free.
RS Means
Historical costs of construction by building type and metropolitan area. Subscription.

Sales of Existing Homes:

U.S. Census Bureau
Data on homeownership, housing affordability and housing patterns. Free.
National Association of Realtors
Historical data on home sales, forecasts and reports. Data free, research reports by subscription.

Housing Demographics:

U.S. Housing Market Conditions
A quarterly publication compiling statistical data on housing market conditions by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Free.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Federal and state tax liabilities, tax model files and historical tables from the NBER. Free.
U.S. Census Bureau
Data on housing affordability, vacancies and market absorptions. Free.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Data on personal income on national, state and local levels. Free.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data on wages and employment on national, state and local levels. Free.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Interest rates for 30-year mortgages, updated on a weekly basis. Free.
The Livingston Survey
Administered by the Federal Reserve, this survey summarizes the forecasts on expected inflation of economists from industry, government, banking and academia. Free.
Fannie Mae
A statistical summary of housing and mortgage finance activities. Free.
Federal Housing Finance Board
A survey of rates and terms on conventional mortgage loans, conducted monthly. Free.
Mortgage Bankers Association
Statistics and analysis on trends in mortgage finance, including CMBS spreads, prime and subprime rates. Subscription.

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
Data on REIT performance: domestic, global and by industry. Free.
Invest in REITS
Data on REITs for investors. Free.
Barron’s / John B. Levy National Mortgage Survey
Quarterly CMBS spreads and prime rates from 1983 onwards. Free.
Commercial Mortgage Securities Association
Statistics on CMBS issuance, investors and market comparisons with other asset classes. Free.