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Center for Real Estate Analytics

The Center for Real Estate Analytics brings together subject experts and numerous data sources to provide useful information to our constituents—consumers, banks, academia, organizations and government—on myriad subjects related to real estate, finance, and the economy. Housed at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, this site provides information and research to highlight and define real estate activity within the FRB Atlanta district and the national landscape.

Features

Stabilizing Neighborhoods: Lessons Learned from the Field

Governor Duke, speaking at the Federal Reserve REO and Vacant Properties Summit September 1–2, outlined lessons learned from neighborhood stabilization efforts.
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Part 2: A closer look at Michael Lewis's "The Big Short"

Boston Fed economist Paul Willen takes another look at Michael Lewis's book, The Big Short, refuting many of the book's central claims. Willen argues, for example, that the bet against subprime mortgages that the book title refers to was not a sure thing.
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Updates and Other News

7/15/10: Revitalizing Urban Industrial Sectors: A Roadmap for Diversifying the Economic Base
7/6/10: The Big View of Michael Lewis's "The Big Short"
5/17/10: Q&A: Practicing Economic Development in a New Era
5/16/10: 2011 Community Affairs Research Conference - Call for Papers - September 15, 2010
4/26/10: Financial Literacy and Subprime Mortgage Delinquency: Evidence from a Survey Matched to Administrative Data
3/22/10: Digital Media: A Pathway to Jobs and Investment in Louisiana
3/11/10: Sweet Charity: Foundations as a Source for Community and Economic Development Transcript
2/24/10: Banking on Economic Development: Financial Institutions and Economic Development—A Changing Paradigm Transcript
2/10/10: Resources Matter: Protecting the Environment While Growing the Local Economy Transcript
1/13/10: Closing the Deal: Effective Incentives during Fiscal Challenges Transcript

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Blogs

Aug. 10	Real Estate Research - Part 2: A closer look at Michael Lewis's "The Big Short"
July 6	Real Estate Research - The Big View of Michael Lewis's "The Big Short"
June 18	Real Estate Research - Explaining local supply elasticities: Quantifying the importance of space limitations in housing prices
May 21	Real Estate Research - Are there really social benefits of homeownership?