Real estate markets are multifaceted systems shaped by economic trends, consumer behavior, zoning regulations, and climate risks. For academic researchers interested in exploring this industry, access to reliable and comprehensive property data is essential for understanding its evolving variables and delivering actionable insights.
That’s where Dewey comes in.
Dewey offers streamlined access to a wide range of real estate and property datasets tailored to the needs of academic researchers. Keep reading to learn more about what makes Dewey a useful resource and how it stands out as a powerful alternative to other providers like ZTRAX, CoreLogic, and CompStak.
Our U.S. Real Estate Data Suite
Our collection of datasets can cover all of your real estate data needs with products related to property sales, commercial buildings, zoning, permits, and more.
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The best part? We consolidate this all into one subscription, opening up streamlined access to:
- Nationwide data for residential and commercial properties from ATTOM (✨new)
- US auto and property ownership consumer data from Verisk
- Residential rental listing data from RentHub
- Commercial real estate listing insights in the US from REsimplifi
- Building permit data in over 20,000 US jurisdictions from Builty
With just one license, researchers gain access to all these datasets, making Dewey a versatile and efficient solution. Note that ATTOM data is included exclusively in institutional licenses for departments, schools, and universities.
An Alternative to ZTRAX for Real Estate Research
For years, the Zillow Transaction and Assessment Dataset (ZTRAX) served as the largest real estate database in the US, leaving a significant gap with its discontinuation in 2023.
Dewey bridges that gap by offering property datasets of comparable scope and quality. Among our newest and most notable partners is ATTOM, a leading provider of nationwide property data. With ATTOM’s data, researchers can access:
- Property characteristics for more than 155 million properties across the US
- Historical tax assessor and recorded transaction data at the property level
- Granular details on financial data
This comprehensive data, paired with our other quality real estate data providers, ensure that researchers accustomed to ZTRAX can continue their work to the same caliber… or higher!
Tailored Functionality for Academic Researchers
Dewey is designed with researchers in mind, offering customization and flexibility to meet the needs of all kinds of real estate research.
Consistent attributes across datasets simplify the process of integrating and analyzing multiple data sources, such as combining zip code and property type information.
But Dewey’s value extends beyond real estate data. The platform also includes datasets in related fields such as weather, GIS, transportation, mobility, urban planning, and public policy. This cross-disciplinary approach empowers researchers to deepen their studies, with supplemental datasets like:
- Consumer mobility at a location using phone data from Advan
- Consumer foot traffic patterns from pass_by
- Building footprint and point of interest data from SafeGraph
- Hourly weather feed data from CustomWeather
- Real estate risk assessment related to climate from ClimateCheck
- Transaction data from convenience stores from PDI Technologies
Use Cases in Academia for Real Estate and Property Data
The true measure of Dewey’s impact lies in the groundbreaking research it supports. Here are a few examples of what researchers have done with our data in the past:
- “How Are Insurance Markets Adapting to Climate Change? Risk Selection and Regulation in the Market for Homeowners insurance” by researchers at University of California (San Diego, Berkley, Santa Barbara) and University of Alaska
- “Assessing potential benefits of visits to neighborhoods with higher tree canopy coverage using mobility data: Associations with cardiovascular health outcomes in twenty US metropolitan areas” by researchers at NYU
- “Cost Estimation for Water Loss Restoration Using Building Information Modeling, Infrared Thermography, and Xactimate” by researchers at Purdue University
Other common applications include studies on housing affordability, urban planning, location intelligence, and economic conditions.
Access Real Estate Data for Academic Research Use on Dewey
Dewey is a platform that unlocks business and social science data access for academic researchers via an academic research data subscription model. Born from the realization that data licensing for academic is hard, everything the Dewey team builds is designed to improve that process for academics from simple licensing to convenient data integrations.
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