Residential For Sale
We analyze and forecast the residential for-sale market at the metro, regional, and national levels to provide clients with the information they need for a competitive edge.
Expertise
Residential For Sale
WHO WE HELP
We help our clients make the most informed and confident decisions possible.
Home Builders
Make informed housing industry investment decisions by understanding market fundamentals, trends, and economic drivers. Our consultants help home builders determine what to build and what revenues to expect based on competitive positioning, real-time research, and consumer preference analysis.
Master Plan Developers
Develop thriving and enduring communities by staying up-to-date on trends, economic drivers, and local housing market conditions. Our housing segmentation and strategic positioning optimize home prices and sales volumes, as well as provide lifestyle and amenity strategies for the largest and most complex master plans in the US.
Neighborhood Developers
Understand your market's fundamentals when planning and developing your next project. From urban infill sites to new suburban neighborhoods, we guide developers with the right market positioning strategy to succeed in a competitive market.
Private Equity
Evaluate new investments in land and homebuilding with our housing market analysis and forecasts. Our market expertise and unbiased research strengthen the due-diligence process for private equity investors.
Institutional Investors
Trade with confidence using our timely research, analysis, and surveys. Whether entering new markets or making acquisitions, we help set realistic expectations for institutional investors exploring housing opportunities.
Lenders and Capital Sources
Mitigate risk and increase confidence in your decision-making process using our industry-leading analysis.
Single-Family Rental and Build-to-Rent Operators
Understand the for-sale market fundamentals that will impact your rental business. Keep up to date on new construction trends within the markets you are acquiring, bundling, or operating.
Building Products Companies
Understand both new and resale market fundamentals to forecast your supply chain, materials, and orders from builders and consumers.
How We Help
Get timely, reliable, and actionable insights
Our experienced team of analysts and consultants helps our clients identify the best risk-adjusted investment opportunities.
Data
Access unparalleled insight into the for-sale market with extensive data elements and forecasts of 100+ markets.
Proprietary Indices and Models
Get a unique view of the for-sale industry dynamics with JBREC’s proprietary indices and models. Some important metrics and forecasts include home price appreciation, affordability, permits (single-family and multifamily), and more.
Proprietary Surveys
Receive timely and accurate market trends with JBREC’s proprietary Builder Survey, Residential Land Survey, and Resale Agent Survey. Get both quantitative and qualitative insights for the most important inputs to the new home construction and for-sale residential industry.
Residential For-Sale Custom Consulting
Develop the right strategy for your next project, using JBREC as an extension of your team. Our consultants specialize in providing forward-thinking analysis to give executives a unique advantage in the market.
Consumer Trends
Receive consumer trend analysis and recommendations for future amenities, home design, and community theming with the help of JBREC's dedicated team of consumer research analysts.
Local Market Expertise
Get local insight into new home market conditions through our proprietary rating system, which marries sales and pricing data with boots-on-the-ground insight from our market experts, consultants, and clients.
Public Home Builder Earnings Summary
Understand how some of the largest public builders performed every quarter with our analysis of earnings performance and calls.
Active-Selling Communities Database
Leverage JBREC’s geocoded database of public and private builders’ active-selling communities to unlock a comprehensive view of supply and competition in each market.
Invitations to Client-Exclusive Events and Webinars
Receive exclusive invitations to our hosted events, where you’ll learn and network with a wide variety of industry experts. Our monthly webinar provides a forward-looking summary of the changing housing market.
Recommended Research & Consulting
Research Memberships
Metro and Regional Housing Package
This package provides a complete picture of housing supply, demand, and affordability through local insight, proprietary surveys, and extensive data analysis. We currently offer an overview of major housing and economic trends across 100 MSAs nationwide.
included in this package
- Metro Analysis and Forecast*
- Regional Analysis and Forecast*
- US Housing Analysis and Forecast
- Home Builder Survey
- Interactive Dashboards
*You can choose between one of the flagship reports or subscribe to both depending on your coverage needs
Geographic Overview of the Public Home Builders Package
This package is designed for those who compare publicly-traded builders (including securities investors) to each other. Every month we rank each publicly-traded home builder based on the past, current, and forecasted performance of its geographic footprint.
included in this package
- Home Builder Analysis and Forecast
- Regional Analysis and Forecast
- US Housing Analysis and Forecast
- Home Builder Survey
- Interactive Dashboards
New Home Trends Institute Membership
CONSUMER AND DESIGN TRENDS
Backed by deep-dive research at JBREC and supported by our experts across the nation, the New Home Trends Institute pairs design inspiration with exclusive insights into the “why” behind consumers’ housing choices.
included in this Membership
- Monthly Survey Insights Reports
- DesignLens™ Database
- Customized Partnership Plans
- Annual New Home Trends Summit
- Exclusive Members-Only Councils
Consulting Services
Real Estate Consulting
Home Building, Land Development, Master Plans
Our experienced team of consultants thrives on helping our clients make great investment decisions. We will be an extension of your team, helping develop the right strategy for your next project.
capabilities
- Market Feasibility
- Home Price Recommendations and Absoprtion Targets
- Housing Product Recommendations
- Master Plan Segmentation by Product Type
- Housing Demand Analysis
- Consumer Targeting
- Amenity Analysis
- Market Expansion Strategy and Rankings
- Acquisition Due Diligence
- Portfolio Valuations and Cash Flows
- M&A Analysis
- MUD, CDD, and CFD Underwriting Support
- Highest and Best Use
- Mixed-Use Strategy
- Home Design Trends
Case Studies
Solving today to help you navigate tomorrow.
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Completed Consulting Projects
in 2022
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143
Metro Areas Visited
in 2022
What our clients say about us
John Burns is our primary resource for up-to-date industry trends and has proven their unique value as a trusted partner in evaluating growth opportunities. When we started looking to expand our geographic footprint, there was no question who we would engage with. Working with John and his team was a great decision for our company.
Our first step on researching new BTR projects is to check John Burns market reports. It is the “level-set” we need to assess whether or not the project is aspirational or grounded in real-time metrics.
John Burns has been a significant resource for our teams across the Southwest region, assessing new business and evaluating existing developments. Their market-specific knowledge has been a great value-add for our local teams!
John and his team of housing experts provide the best and most accurate information on all of our housing markets and their forecasts are invaluable in guiding our business plans and investments
We highly value our business relationship with the entire John Burns Research and Consulting team who is always hyper responsive, approachable, polished and proficient. We highly cherish our partnership with JBREC, the housing industry’s top real estate research firm.
The JBREC reports, data and forecasts are a critical component to our decision making process as you are only as good as the information you rely on. JBREC are the foremost experts in our growing asset class and we are grateful for their long time support and pursuit of better information to serve the broader real estate market.
John Burns’ research is consistently comprehensive and thoughtful providing valuable insight into current and future market conditions. John Burns’ research and data is unmatched in quality and timeliness and is invaluable to successful execution in today’s residential real estate market.
John Burns Research and Consulting consistently provides our executive team invaluable research and insight strategies to successfully navigate the market on a consistent basis.
We have been using and working with the JBREC group since the early days, dating all the way back to 2014. They have been a phenomenal resource in providing market intelligence before the rest of the world caught on to what we were up to. Today, they continue to be a beacon and leader nationally.
JBREC really is the industry reference for SFR data and research. The breadth of detail in the monthly US Housing Analysis and Forecast reports is really impressive, with 350+ pages of well presented data, analysis and insights every month.
We find JBREC to be an invaluable partner. Their collection of data is the most comprehensive in the SFR industry, but on top of that, the John Burns Research team is incredibly responsive. Whenever we have custom requests (or just need help locating information in their voluminous collection of publications) the team there consistently delivers.
JBREC provides more rigorous data and analysis on US housing than any other firm. John and team have been trusted advisors to our team for decades.
No research platform is as comprehensive as John Burns–our subscription has been invaluable and informs the strategic decisions we make on a daily basis. Their platform combines market sentiment and backs it up with concrete empirical data. We will continue to rely on their research to help direct our decision making.
We are very active investors in building products companies and highly value JBREC for their insights and custom studies of specific building product segments in support of our deals. They are critical sources of information in helping us understand the latest housing market trends and outlook for our areas of investment.
For the past 5 years, the team at John Burns Research and Consulting has been a valued partner, providing us with vital research and market trend information that has allowed us to stay ahead of the curve
John Burns is our primary resource for up-to-date industry trends and has proven their unique value as a trusted partner in evaluating growth opportunities. When we started looking to expand our geographic footprint, there was no question who we would engage with. Working with John and his team was a great decision for our company.
Our first step on researching new BTR projects is to check John Burns market reports. It is the “level-set” we need to assess whether or not the project is aspirational or grounded in real-time metrics.
John Burns has been a significant resource for our teams across the Southwest region, assessing new business and evaluating existing developments. Their market-specific knowledge has been a great value-add for our local teams!
John and his team of housing experts provide the best and most accurate information on all of our housing markets and their forecasts are invaluable in guiding our business plans and investments
We highly value our business relationship with the entire John Burns Research and Consulting team who is always hyper responsive, approachable, polished and proficient. We highly cherish our partnership with JBREC, the housing industry’s top real estate research firm.
The JBREC reports, data and forecasts are a critical component to our decision making process as you are only as good as the information you rely on. JBREC are the foremost experts in our growing asset class and we are grateful for their long time support and pursuit of better information to serve the broader real estate market.
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- National Housing Market Outlook
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If you have any questions about our services or would like to speak to one of our experts about how we can help your business, please contact Client Relations at clientservices@jbrec.com.