The Wisconsin Real Estate Program is committed to undertake and disseminate the highest quality research that addresses timely, relevant and compelling issues pertaining to real estate markets, business and public policy, the urban economy, urban and regional economics, finance, planning, land use, and infrastructure.

Our real estate faculty are top academics in the field and their research interests vary from REITs to institutional investments, land use regulatory policy, mortgage pricing, urban economics, housing and beyond. Internationally recognized for cutting-edge research and innovative teaching, they often advise policy makers on urban land use and other real estate topics.

Publications available:

Annual Reports

  • 2010-2011 Academic Year  Download PDF 
  • 2009-2010 Academic Year  Download PDF 
  • 2008-2009 Academic Year  Download PDF
  • 2007-2008 Academic Year  Download PDF
  • 2006-2007 Academic Year  Download PDF

Our History

Faculty Spotlight

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Morris Davis

Assistant Professor Morris Davis has maintained three databases that he created (with co-authors) over the 2004-2006 period while serving at the Federal Reserve Board. Access the databases directly using the toggles below. Read More.

Rent-Price Ratio

The ratio of rents to prices in the aggregate for U.S. owner-occupied homes.

These quarterly data, starting in 1960, provide the average ratio of estimated annual rents to house prices for the aggregate stock of housing in the United States. The rental data are gross and do not account for income taxes or depreciation.

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Aggregate U.S. Land Prices

The price and value of land and location in the aggregate for all U.S. homes (owner-occupied and rental).

The data provided here contain three sets of estimates of the price and quantities of land, structures, and housing used for residential purposes in the aggregate United States.  Two of the data sets are quarterly, starting in 1975:1.  The third data set is annual covering the 1930-2000 period.  The quarterly data sets are constructed using higher quality data and are more accurate than the annual data.

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Metro Area Land Prices

The price and value of land for owner-occupied homes for 46 large U.S. metro areas.

The data provided here contain estimates of the average value of housing, land, and structures, and price indexes for land and housing, for the average single-family detached owner-occupied housing unit in each of 46 large metropolitan areas in the United States.  The data set is quarterly spanning the 1984:4 – 2011:1 period.

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