Real Estate

This guide is a collection of resources that will help you with your research on real estate topics. It covers residential, industrial and commercial. The guide includes materials related to various phases of a real estate project: development, appraisal,

Journals

Below you will find a list of journals on topics that cover various aspects of real estate and the built environment.

Property management journals

International Journal of Strategic Property Management Peer reviewed Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: asset management, facilities management, property policy, budgeting and financial controls, enhancing residential property value, marketing and leasing, risk management, real estate valuation and investment, innovations in residential management, housing finance, sustainability and housing development, applications of information technologies in property management, mathematical methods in property management, international comparisons and developments, theoretical and conceptual frameworks for strategic property management, etc.
Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction Peer reviewed international forum which brings together theoretical and practical developments and new thinking in the financial management of property and construction throughout all its stages from initial conception, development investment, decision making, risk evaluation, site acquisition, planning, design, construction, maintenance and future life cycle valuation, financial return, change of use and possible demolition. The journal also presents a platform for the exchange of ideas in relation to cost implications of sustainability issues that are involved in property and construction developments.
Journal of Property Management Peer reviewed Articles, legal issues, computer developments, product reviews, legislative news and timely news of note for people in the fields of property and asset management and members of the Institute of Real Estate Management.
Property Management Peer reviewed The journal addresses key issues from an international perspective, covering all aspects of property management, such as social inclusion and environmental issues, or the physical, economic and social aspects of property.

Housing journals

Critical Housing Analysis Not peer reviewed
Housing and Society Peer reviewed Housing and Society is the journal of the Housing Education and Research Association (HERA). Topics in housing include: policy, design, social aspects, gerontology, behavioral aspects, energy/environment, equipment, interiors, economics, theory/model development, education, and program development or evaluation.
Housing Studies Peer reviewed The journal explores a range of academic and policy concerns including, but not limited to: • linkages between housing and other areas of social and economic policy • the role of housing in everyday life and in gender, class and age relationships • the economics of housing consumption and housing finance • international comparisons and developments • issues of sustainability and housing development • demographic and social trends and the changing role of housing tenures • theoretical and conceptual frameworks for housing studies
Housing, Theory, and Society Peer reviewed The journal accordingly aims to develop housing research as a theoretically sophisticated field spanning the diverse academic and professional disciplines concerned with such issues. It encourages innovative intra- and multidisciplinary research and academic debate on all aspects of housing as they intersect with behavioural, cultural, economic, political and social phenomena.
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Peer reviewed The Journal of Housing and the Built Environment presents the refereed results of original scientific research, and new developments in policy and practice in the fields of housing, spatial planning, building and urban development.
Journal of Housing Economics Peer reviewed The journal covers the broad spectrum of topics and approaches that constitute housing economics, including analysis of important public policy issues. Research Areas Include: • Housing markets • Public policy • Real estate • Finance • International studies • Spatial models • Demographics and mobility • Law and regulation
International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis Peer reviewed International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis aims to provide an holistic view of housing through its coverage of varied and diverse aspects of the housing industry including, amongst others, finance, demography, valuation and planning. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis focuses on the interface between academic research and practical application by disseminating new research findings alongside articles related to everyday professional practice.
Multi-Housing News Not peer reviewed Monthly magazine providing news and trend stories and practical feature articles for builders, owners, developers, investors, renovators, property management executives, asset managers.

Finance and investment journals

Journal of Property Investment & Finance Peer reviewed The Journal of Property Investment & Finance welcomes papers relating to ALL property types that contribute to investment. This would include all commercial and residential income producing properties in a multi asset portfolio; the valuation of all property types; the analysis of property markets and the impact of sustainability initiatives. The aim of the journal is to inform and encourage debate internationally between academics and practising professionals in all aspects of real estate research and practice.
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics Peer reviewed
Real Estate Finance Peer reviewed Coverage of real estate investment and financing techniques. Critical intelligence on financial restructuring, securitization trends, IRS rulings, REIT's joint ventures, commercial property valuation. US focused.
Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management Peer reviewed JREPM endeavors to publish research covering all four quadrants of the real estate universe (private equity, public equity, private debt, and public debt), and strives to present research covering real estate markets globally.
National Real Estate Investor Not peer reviewed Feature articles, interviews, business profiles, city/area reviews, financial news, legislation, lease transactions, sales and purchases and news of note aimed at professionals in commercial and industrial real estate.
Real Estate & Investment Week Not peer reviewed Business and industries; Investment analysis; Real estate industry; Banking, finance and investment industries; Service industries
Real Estate and Investment Business Not peer reviewed Business and industries; Investment analysis; Real estate industry; Banking, finance and investment industries; Service industries

Research and education journals

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Peer reviewed
Journal of European Real Estate Research Peer reviewed The journal seeks to publish articles of intellectual rigour with a theoretical and practical relevance to the real estate profession in Europe, address subjects of major interest and practical importance to the real estate profession; improve property appraisal, finance and investment skills by promoting awareness of cross border applications and related concepts and their implications to indigenous markets; assist the property professional to understand the differences between the various real estate markets across Europe.
Journal of Housing Research Peer reviewed As the primary goal, the Journal seeks to serve as an outlet for empirical and theoretical research related to housing markets including, but not limited to, the economics of housing markets, residential brokerage, transaction outcomes (price, time on market, probability of transaction), home mortgage finance and mortgage markets, and international issues. JHR publishes high-level research from both core business and urban studies researchers.
Journal of Property Research Peer reviewed There are two major areas of focus: Property investment and finance. This covers topics such as the characteristics of property as an investment class, forecasting of markets and property portfolio construction. Much of this research will be an application to property of techniques developed in other investment markets. Land development. This covers a wide range of issues surrounding the development and redevelopment of property. The focus may be financial, economic or environmental; urban or rural; public or private sector.
Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education Peer reviewed The Journal's purpose is to stimulate research in real estate practice and education and to encourage excellence in training and teaching. An ARES goal is to be an essential source of information and ideas regarding the practice and teaching of real estate in areas such as development, finance, management, market analysis, marketing, and valuation.
Journal of Real Estate Research Peer reviewed The Journal of Real Estate Research (JRER) is a publication of the American Real Estate Society (ARES). The Journal's objective is to investigate and expand the frontiers of knowledge that cover business applications through scholarly real estate research. JRER is committed to publishing the highest quality analytical, empirical, and clinical research useful to business decision-makers in the fields of real estate development, economics, finance, investment, law, management, marketing, secondary markets, and valuation.

Economics journals

Journal of Urban Economics Peer reviewed The Journal of Urban Economics provides a focal point for the publication of research papers in the rapidly expanding field of urban economics. It publishes papers of great scholarly merit on a wide range of topics and employing a wide range of approaches to urban economics. The Journal welcomes papers that are theoretical or empirical, positive or normative.
Land Economics Peer reviewed Land Economics is dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues. Each issue brings the latest results in international applied research on such topics as transportation, energy, urban and rural land use, housing, environmental quality, public utilities, and natural resources.
Real Estate Economics Peer reviewed cholarly research on current and emerging real estate issues published for members of the American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association.
Regional Science and Urban Economics Peer reviewed Regional Science and Urban Economics facilitates and encourages high-quality scholarship on important issues in regional and urban economics. It publishes significant contributions that are theoretical or empirical, positive or normative. It solicits original papers with a spatial dimension that can be of interest to economists. Empirical papers studying causal mechanisms are expected to propose a convincing identification strategy.

Environment and sustainability journals

Buildings and Cities Peer reviewed International, open access, peer-reviewed, academic journal publishing high-quality research and analysis on the interplay between the different scales of the built environment: buildings, blocks, neighbourhoods, cities, national building stocks and infrastructures. The journal focuses on built environment policy, practices and outcomes and the range of economic, environmental, political, social and technological issues occurring over the full life cycle.
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space Peer reviewed Pluralist and heterodox journal of economic research, principally concerned with questions of urban and regional restructuring, globalization, inequality, and uneven development.
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science Peer reviewed Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science is the leading journal for the publication of high-quality articles that present cutting-edge research in analytical methods for urban planning and design. The journal focuses on smart cities, urban analytics, GIS, and urban simulation models. It also deals with visualisation, computation, and formal design-based methods applicable to morphological processes and structures in cities and regions.
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space Peer reviewed EPD: Society and Space is an international, interdisciplinary scholarly and political project. Through both a peer reviewed journal and an editor reviewed companion website, we publish articles, essays, interviews, forums, and book reviews that examine social struggles over access to and control of space, place, territory, region, and resources.
Journal of Environment & Development Peer reviewed The Journal of Environment & Development seeks to further research and debate on the nexus of environment and development issues at the local, national, regional, and international levels. The journal provides a forum that bridges the parallel debates among policy makers, attorneys, academics, business people, and NGO activists from all regions of the world.
Journal of Sustainable Real Estate Peer reviewed JOSRE publishes research relevant to all stakeholders in the built environment. Applied research examining how improved energy efficiency, environmental improvement inside buildings, resource conservation, environmental remediation, urban design, technology, property valuation, and related topics facilitates the potential for improved human productivity, reduced carbon footprint, more livable urban form and related positive externalities. JOSRE’s research connects across architecture, construction, economics, environmental studies, finance, law, marketing, management, real estate, transportation, and urban planning disciplines.

Additional journals

Appraisal Journal Peer reviewed Nearly 20,000 appraisers and others rely on the Journal for well-researched, innovative and thought-provoking articles on a wide variety of valuation topics. It provides perspectives of professors, practitioners, and acknowledged authorities on all areas of real estate appraisal including residential, commercial, industrial, and rural.
Building & Management Not peer reviewed The journal aims at the dissemination of high quality original works related to the management of processes associated to buildings, in any phase of their development, where various agents in the sectors of architecture, engineering and construction participate.
Building Design & Construction Not peer reviewed Magazine on business and technology for the design and construction of commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings.
Commercial Property Executive Not peer reviewed Commercial real estate
International Real Estate Review Peer reviewed The International Real Estate Review is associated with the Asian Real Estate Society and the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress. The journal seeks to advance knowledge on real estate with special emphasis on Asian markets by publishing theoretical and empirical academic research papers concerning the Asian markets.
Journal of the American Planning Association Peer reviewed Since 1935, the quarterly Journal of the American Planning Association ( JAPA ) has published research, commentaries, and book reviews useful to practicing planners, policymakers, scholars, students, and citizens of urban, suburban, and rural areas.
Journal of Corporate Real Estate Peer reviewed Journal of Corporate Real Estate is the leading forum for authoritative research on the wide scope of CRE, which comprises the real property used by organizations in the public and private sector to house their operations and employees to create and distribute products and services.
Journal of Real Estate Literature Peer reviewed The Journal of Real Estate Literature (JREL) is a publication of the American Real Estate Society (ARES). It is different from most academic journals in that it is composed of several sub-sections with different purposes. The current format of the journal contains the following sub-sections: (1) Review Articles, (2) International Articles, (3) Data, Methods, and Technology, (4) Book Reviews.
Real Estate Business Journal Not peer reviewed
Real Estate Forum Not peer reviewed
Real Estate Issues Not peer reviewed A journal which strives to provide the very latest information on topics that shape and change the course of real estate-related activities.
Real Estate Management and Valuation Peer reviewed Real Estate Management and Valuation (REMV) is a journal that publishes new theoretical and practical insights that improve our understanding in the field of real estate valuation, analysis and property management.
Real Estate Taxation Not peer reviewed
Urban Land Not peer reviewed
Urban Studies Peer reviewed Urban Studies is the leading international journal for urban scholarship. We welcome all original submissions that further our understanding of the urban condition and the rapid changes taking place in cities and regions across the globe, whether from an empirical, theoretical, or a policy perspective.
Valuation Not peer reviewed Provides information of relevance to the real estate appraisal industry.