Forecasting

Forecasting

Considers the major approaches to forecasting sales or customer volume in business applications. The forecasting activity is an essential prelude to decisions involving planning and budgeting, staffing, scheduling, and inventory management. The subject is important in both service sector and production organizations. Topics include time series methods, causal methods, treatment of seasonal effects, trend effects, the business cycle and combinations of forecasts.

MBA Forecasting

The highly regarded research and economics group provides the most current and comprehensive data and benchmarking tools that make a difference in short- and long-term strategic planning. cover all real estate business areas - economic forecasting, residential, commercial and multifamily.

MBA research products cover all real estate business areas. These current and comprehensive data and benchmarking tools help our members in both short- and long-term strategic planning.

MBA's outlook on the industry generates useful research resources that gives unique credibility and authority. We track a multi-trillion dollar industry through analyzing and producing forecasts, commentaries, special reports, issue papers and much more. Economists, legislators, the general public and MBA membership are presented with some of the most critical measurements of our industry on an ongoing basis.

The market environment changes frequently. MBA provides current economic data that factors into industry business decisions on a daily basis. Past data is provided to better understand and analyze different trends and changes in the industry throughout time periods to present.

MBA leads the industry with its dynamic research and economic tools. We serve as a one-stop experience when gathering research and economic information for the real estate finance industry.