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Real Estate Statistics
Real Estate Stats
House Price Index (Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight)
Appreciation history
U.S. Census Bureau / Construction Statistics  -  on a monthly basis tracks the numbers of housing units authorized by permits, started, sold or completed.
Consumer Price Indexes  -  produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

 

Industry News
Loopcom Apartment Industry News
RealFacts Apartment Industry News
FDIC Survey of Real Estate Trends  -  Gives you summarized observations about developments in real estate markets in various metropolitan areas.
STDBonline  -  STDBonline Site Analysis is a resource center for commercial real estate professionals which provides information used to analyze and compare the past, present and future trends of properties and geographical areas.
RealtyRates.com  - Offers a comprehensive resource of real estate investment and development news, trends, analytics, and market research.
Wall Street Journal - Real Estate

 

Government
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)
Credit and equity loan education http://www.consumer.gov/ (see the Home and Community section)

 

Reference / Search
Loopcom  -  a leading information services provider that offers a suite of products and services tailored to the national and local needs of the commercial real estate industry.

 

Technology
IntelliReal - Home valuation solutions. IntelliReal partners with Integrated Asset ServicesTM and other organizations to deliver a suite of products and services to the real estate industry.
ESRI  -  ESRI designs and develops the world's leading geographic information system (GIS) technology. GIS is an important tool-one that helps shape the world around us.

 

Education
CCIM  -  recognized for its preeminence within the industry, the CCIM curriculum represents the core knowledge expected of commercial investment practitioners, regardless of the diversity of specializations within the industry.
NAI  -  a global corporate real estate and investment services firm in more than 300 markets in 40 countries, and a local real estate services firm with 3,500 professionals deeply rooted in and knowledgeable about their communities worldwide.

 

Mindset / Motivation Sites

Robert Kiyosaki
(Rich Dad Poor Dad)
Site News
01/20/10 - Dartnell Investment Academy has a 3 day real estate investment property tour and seminar coming up in Atlanta, GA at the end of January. Click here to get more specific information on how to sign up for this exciting event!
11/10/10 - Welcome to members of SLREIA: Salt Lake Real Estate Investors Association. We enjoyed presenting to the association and we hope members sign up and find value in using the InvestMarq property analyzer, reports and the Cashflow Score.
07/15/2010 - Dartnell Investment Academy has integrated Cashflow Score with their investment listing. Check out their "South Atlantic Property Vault".
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