News | 23 Sep 2025

Oxford Economics launches enhanced Real Estate Economics Service

Oxford Economics is pleased to unveil its enhanced Real Estate Economics Service, now covering 100 global cities. The enhanced service is designed to provide a deeper and more consistent understanding of the forces driving real estate performance worldwide. Combining AI-powered real estate supply data with model-backed insights on demand drivers, it is the most comprehensive independent real estate forecasting service available today.

A model-based view of demand

Central to the service is Oxford Economics’ forecasting methodology and infrastructure, built around our Global Economic Model. This approach ensures all real estate forecasts remain consistent and firmly anchored in economic fundamentals.

“Today’s real estate market is more complex than ever. Tariffs, higher-for-longer interest rates, geopolitical tensions and climate risks can all influence the property sector,” said Innes McFee, Managing Director of Macro, Industry and City Services at Oxford Economics. “Our forecasting infrastructure and expert team connect the dots between the macroeconomy, financial markets, city economies and local real estate performance, delivering the actionable insights needed.”

An innovative approach to forecasting real estate supply

The Real Estate Economics Service introduces new building stock data, developed using geospatial data, AI and machine learning.

“We are innovating the way real estate supply data is monitored,” said McFee. “Traditional methods rely on ground surveys, which can be subjective and inconsistent between cities. Our new approach goes further. We use geospatial data to capture building footprints, then apply AI and machine learning to classify building types. This allows us to estimate stock with greater accuracy and objectivity, providing a more consistent and scalable view of real estate supply.”

Setting a new standard for global real estate forecasts

“The real estate industry has long been calling for more frequent and higher-quality data,” said George Armitage, Managing Director, Global head of Real Estate at Oxford Economics. “A major challenge predicting real estate performance has always been the over reliance on slow moving, often bias and expensive collection methods. While local teams can provide valuable detail, their approaches vary widely, often producing fragmented views that are difficult to compare across regions. At Oxford Economics, we apply one consistent methodology across all markets, supported by cutting edge data analytics. This gives clients reliable like-for-like comparisons across countries, cities and sectors, essential for those with multi-region exposure.”

About Oxford Economics 

Oxford Economics is the world’s foremost independent economic advisory firm. Covering over 200 countries, 100 industrial sectors and 8,000 cities and regions, we provide insights and solutions that empower clients to make informed decisions faster in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.

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