Texas Business resources: Real Estate

From the home page, go to "Industry Topics" and select Construction Economics".

From the U.S. Department of Energy, this resource contains statistics on residential and commercial building energy consumption.

Conducted quadrennially by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the CBECS contains data by U.S. census region for energy consumption and expenditures of commercial buildings.

Provides online access to resources such as the Texas Heavy Constuction costbook which detail data for manhours, labor costs and material costs for various construction components.

Provides construction outlook in international markets and compares construction costs by type of property.

QuickCost calculator provides current construction costs for various types of buildings based on square footage and zip code location. Free registration is required to use the calculator.

Colliers International is a leading global real estate services organization and a reliable source for timely information and trends in the real estate industry.

Grubb & Ellis provides cutting edge market information to clients in the commerical real estate industry

Provides reports on the industrial and office properties market with national and Texas market data and analysis.

Produce market snapshots by proporty type and geographic area. Data inlcudes avergae price, sale volume and number of propoerties.

The U.S. Census Bureau collects and compiles data on house building permits by stae, metro area, county and place.

Published by the Population Estimates Program, the Housing Units portion of the U.S. Census provides estimates of housing units for the U.S., states, and counties.

Provides data on the rate of vacancy and homeownership for the United States.

The U.S. Housing Market Conditions (USHMC) collects, analysis and reports on the housing market and trends throughout the United States on a quarterly basis.