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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 Services
TM 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)