About Hanley Wood Market Intelligence

Hanley Wood Market Intelligence is the housing industry's leading independent real estate research firm providing residential construction information for real estate development and new-home construction planning. Builders, developers, financial institutions, manufacturers, commercial developers, and retailers all rely on our housing activity data to gain a strategic advantage in their planning, and to support business decisions at both a national and regional level.


What We Do

Hanley Wood Market Intelligence tracks residential construction activity in more than 65 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) nationwide. To build our proprietary databases, our teams rely on both supplied information and firsthand data collection. Each year, Hanley Wood Market Intelligence research teams visit more 2,700 municipalities to compile the most comprehensive record of home building activity available. Our data set contains essential variables such as monthly contract sales, cancellations, inventory, pricing, size, standard features, amenities, and buyer profiles. We track projects through all phases of the entitlement and sales process, from preliminary map to sales close. Based on more than 30,000 tracked projects, we offer in-depth data analysis on trends and market performance.

Customers rely on Hanley Wood Market Intelligence's proprietary market data to simplify and accelerate their market research and analysis. Based on customers' business needs, our customized solutions and analytical reports allow them to parse, sort, and dig deeper into key industry statistics, complete housing project information and business-critical data. We deliver data through proprietary information products and published-research channels.