Introduction

Market Overviews

Canada
Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation. Housing Market Information. Detailed market data on many topics
Sauder School of Business. Canadian Metropolitan Area Data Website. Quarterly data on real estate conditions
Datamonitor. Canadian real estate industry. Business Source Complete
Hospitality Trends. Lodging Industry Trends. Hotel occupancy rates
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board. Fraser Valley Housing Statistics and Market trends
Investext Plus includes analyst reports on the Canadian real estate industry.
RealNet Canada Inc.
Royal Lepage. Reports, including the Survey of Canadian House Prices, and Recreational Property Report
Statistics Canada. Find statistics in CANSIM, E-Stat

British Columbia
BC Stats. Very detailed real estate, demographic and municipal data
Central Area estimated future growth to 2021 (Vancouver)
David Lam Library. BC Real Estate subject guide

By City
Avison Young. Canadian commercial real estate markets by city
CB Richard Ellis. Local market reports
Colliers International. Market Reports
Emporis. Global office and commercial high rise information and values, by city

United States
US Census Bureau. Housing and Household Economic Statistics
US. Census Bureau. NAICS codes US.
Harvard University. Joint Center for Housing Studies. The State of the Nation's Housing.
Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
National Real Estate Investor

Associations, Boards & Institutes

British Columbia
BC Assessment Authority
BC Real Estate Association
Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, Sauder School of Business
Real Estate Council of British Columbia
Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board

Canada
Appraisal Institute of Canada
Canadian Real Estate Association
The Land Centre
Real Estate Institute of Canada

United States
American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
Appraisal Foundation includes Standards
Directory of Real Estate Centers. University of Cincinnati
National Association of Realtors
Real Estate: National and International Trade Associations - University of Cincinnati
Freddie Mac

International
Appraisal Institute
Urban Land Institute

Industry / Financial
Data

Performance Plus - allows you to create financial reports on the real estate industry
Financial Post Investor Suite - compare real estate company financials
Global Market Information Database International market reports & statistics.
Statistics Canada Electronic - UBC Library-licensed database. See "Services Indicators" reports, for real estate industry data
Real Estate Industry profiles, Strategis, Industry Canada
Real Estate Operator and Insurance Agent Sector, Lower Mainland/Southwestern BC Industrial Profiles 2000 Version 2.

Statistics

E-Stat, easy to use interface to Statistics Canada's Census and CANSIM databases. Use it to find demographic, business, and economic statistics.
Home Price Comparison Index, compiled by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. It allows consumers to compare recent house and property prices in over 300 regions of the USA and Canada.

Journal and News Article
Databases

ABI/Inform
Academic Universe - for real estate news, click on "Business", then "Industry & Market", select "Real Estate News" from the drop-down menu
Business Source Complete
CBCA Reference
Canadian Newsstand Full-text of major Canadian news sources
Econlit
Geobase - global literature on earth science, ecology, geography, and marine science.
HUD User Bibliographic Database - abstracts of research reports, articles, books, monographs, and data sources in housing policy, building technology, economic development, urban planning
Tablebase

Listings

Canadian MLS listings
CLSlink.ca, commercial real estate in British Columbia.
Realtor.com - National Association of Realtors
Space 4 lease Canadian commercial properties for lease.

Mortgages

Average residential mortgage lending rates - 5 year , Bank of Canada. Monthly from 1953 to present
Mortgage Centre

Websites

Jack Brause Library, Real Estate Institute, New York University
The Land Centre - searchable directory of real estate information
Rebuz - real estate industry directory and search engine
National Real Estate Investor
US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Faculty or Department

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