If you're interested in the state of housing, real estate markets, and other related matters, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) User website will warrant a very close examination. Their coherent and easy-to-use homepage features basic links to their quarterly periodicals, data sets, and a tool designed to help users find research materials on over a dozen topics, including affordable housing...

The FDIC has released the results of its latest survey of real estate conditions at this site. Senior examiners and asset managers at federal banking and thrift agencies contributed their assessments of local real estate market conditions during the recent three-month period. The survey concludes that, on the whole, the residential real estate market has improved since the last survey in October.

The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes periodicals aimed towards urban development professionals, policy makers, and scholars. This website brings all of these periodicals together in one place, and visitors can look through current and past issues of "Cityscape", and the quarterly report, "U.S. Housing Market Conditions". For those interested in a more...