Understanding
U.S. Real Estate.
Research and analysis on property economics, real estate markets, asset management, market research, and urban economics.
An independent editorial journal about properties, markets and the places around them. We publish; we do not broker, lend or sell property.
How Operating Costs Affect Property Income
A closer look at real estate.
Real Estate Markets · Analysis Reading a Metro Market: Five Questions Before the Headline
Market headlines compress a lot into one number. Five questions help place any report about a U.S. metro area in context.
Property Economics · Explainer Cap Rates, Explained Without the Jargon
What a capitalization rate measures, how it links income to value, and why the same building can be priced at different rates.
Market Research · Research Choosing Comparable Properties: A Practical Method
Comparables are only as good as the reasons they were chosen. A step-by-step method for building and documenting a comp set.
Five directions, one editorial standard.
Property Economics
Income and expenses of individual properties: NOI, vacancy, cap rates and valuation assumptions.
Explore publication 02Real Estate Markets
U.S. markets by segment and geography: housing, multifamily, office, industrial and retail.
Explore publication 03Asset Management
Budgets, capital improvements, leasing, tenant retention and portfolio priorities.
Explore publication 04Market Research
Comparable properties, definitions, geography, data and research methods.
Explore publication 05Urban Economics
Jobs, transportation, land use, housing and how cities grow and change.
Explore publicationWho publishes this, and for whom.
Eagle Resource Journal is published by EagleResourceJournal, LLC. We explain how U.S. property works: how buildings earn and spend, how markets move, how owners make decisions and how cities shape land and housing.
We write for owners, property managers, analysts and curious readers. Every article is educational. We do not sell property, arrange financing or give individual investment advice, and advertising never decides what we cover.
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- The Operating Line · Property EconomicsWeekly
- Market Readout · Real Estate MarketsWeekly
- The Asset Brief · Asset ManagementWeekly
- Method Notes · Market ResearchWeekly
- City & Property · Urban EconomicsWeekly