Space Market Databases: CRE Markets and Submarkets

Comprehensive commercial real estate space market data, including forecasts and historical trends for U.S. CRE markets and submarkets.

Enhanced Space Market Databases for CRE Markets and Submarkets offer a new level of transparency and granularity for detailed supply indicators and market scores. Available as forecasts and a history-only package, the Space Market Databases cover inventory, vacancies, stock, absorption and rents. The forecasts are produced by a multifaceted set of equations linked to Moody’s Analytics market-leading macroeconomic forecasts. A full suite of standard alternative scenarios consistent with our economic forecasts enables you to model a range of possible outcomes for your portfolio.

  • Coverage: U.S. national, CRE regions, and CRE markets and submarkets

  • Property Types: Affordable housing, apartment, hotel, industrial, office, retail, self-storage, senior housing and student housing

  • Periodicity:Mostly quarterly and some annual, depending on the series

  • Delivery: Monthly forecast updates delivered via API or the Data Buffet interface for easy downloading, charting and scheduling

  • Variables: 

    • Estimates: Inventory, vacancies, occupied stock, absorption and rent

    • Drivers: Economic drivers of space markets are included in the forecast package

    • Comparative market indicators: Assess relative and projected rent, vacancy, and revenue performance

  • Forecasting: 10-year forecasts with scenarios and all available history

  • History: All available history in a time series format

Space market data are also available at the metro-area level. Learn more

Use Cases

  • Portfolio Analysis: Leverage economic indicators combined with CRE data to evaluate portfolio concentrations across property types, geographies and industries. Easily identify markets where key macroeconomic drivers—such as population, income, housing starts and employment—have robust growth projections.

  • Underwriting—lenders and borrowers: Support well-informed underwriting decisions with comprehensive market performance measures to complete all the key fields in your offering memorandum and investment committee memo. Use submarket cap rates and additional performance scores to calculate the risk and return of a prospective property.

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