Datamonitor reports via Business Source Premier

A series of Datamonitor Real Estate and Construction reports are available via the aggregator database Business Source Premier.  Each report covers:

-5 year historical and 5 year forecast market values
-market segmentations
-company and product market shares
-explanatory text identifying major trends and significant growth points
-analysis of each market's competitive landscape, including main players, distribution channels and regulatory issues

Access Business Source Premier via E-Resources > By Alphabetical order .
Choose Business Searching Interface, then Industry Profiles (under Browse). Choose Industry > Construction or Real Estate

Selected reports:

Real Estate Management & Development Industry Profile: Global 

Real Estate Industry Profile: Global 

Real Estate Management & Development Industry Profile: Europe 


Investment banks and brokerage firms reports via Investext Plus

Investext is the source to go to for tens of thousands of industry reports from names such as Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank Securities and other analysts and banks.
We recommend that you search using the industry search in the easy search mode. Select “Real Estate” in the drop down menu. Try fitting your industry into the broad choices given under industry search and add a qualifying term under keyword search.

Access Investext Plus from Library > E-Resources > By Alphabetical order . This service is available both on and off campus.

Selected reports:

Global Real Estate: Where in the world are all the properties?
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Mar 16, 2007, 36 p.

Real Estate- Global Heating
ABN Amro Bank. Feb 6, 2007, 129 p.

On the web

Knight Frank Worldwide Research Reports

The Knight Frank Research portal offers free annual reports and forecasts providing an overview of the world’s major property markets, such as the Global Real Estate Markets. Annual Review and forecasts .

Jones Lang LaSalle Research

Jones Lang LaSalle publishes on the web several free real estate and investment strategy research pages on the web. It is particularly known for its study of real estate market transparency in 56 markets worldwide: Real Estate Transparency Index .

PricewaterhouseCoopers Research on Investment management and real estate 

PwC offers a free section devoted to information on the Investment management and real estate industry sector. Don’t forget to read its quarterly on-line magazine with the latest industry developments: Global real estate now .