Guides: Real Estate Market: Industry & Market Reports

Industry Overviews (Library Subscription Databases)

The resources listed below are the subscription databases best suited for learning about the overall industry. Access is limited to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.

Statista This link opens in a new window

Statista.com consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources and provides hundreds of industry reports and dossiers, market forecasts and infographics. Two relevant industry reports are:
Real Estate in the U.S. 2020
Office Real Estate in the United States
Emerging Trends in Real Estate - United States and Canada 2019
IBIS World This link opens in a new window

IBIS World industry reports contain an industry description, industry structure, market share, operations, cost benchmarks, outlook, life cycle, supply chains, business locations, statistics, etc. Coverage for US, China, and the Global market. Access extensive research reports on many real estate related industries including:
Real estate loans
REITs
Real estate appraisal
Sales and brokerages
Asset management
Apartment rental
Commercial leasing
Land leasing
Land development
Storage and warehouse leasing
Property management
Landscape services

IBIS World also provides one page Business Environment Reports. Tip: To locate these, go to US Business Environment Profiles and use the terms listed above to perform a keyword search. Some relevant reports specific to residential real estate include:
Existing Home Sales
Housing Starts
Rental Vacancy Rates
Private Fixed Investment - Residential
Mortgage Interest Rates
Private New Residential Building Permits
Property Yields - REIT Dividend Yields
Residential Buildings - Value of Construction
House Price Index
S and P Net Advantage (Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage) This link opens in a new window

Industries are analyzed from an investment point of view and include financial comparisons of the largest players in each industry. There is a section detailing what to look for in a company's performance for each industry, another on trends and another detailing how the industry operates. Related industry surveys include:
Thrift & Mortgage Finance
REITs
Refinitiv Workspace This link opens in a new window
Refinitiv Workspace is a library database that provides financial news, financials, global pricing data and analytics, analyst research reports, and more, including investment reports from prominent banks. These reports provide in-depth analysis and forecasts for publicly-traded companies.

This database is available to Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff only for non-commercial, academic research, and access requires prior registration. For registration instructions, please visit this guide.