Multifamily data--Axiometrics vs Reis vs CoStar, etc
I've run across sporadic threads on this, but no real conclusions. I would like to get data on multifamily rentals (vacancies, effective rents, etc.) ideally at the submarket level. After doing some research it seems like Axiometrics, Reis, Yardi, and CoStar are the main players here. For someone looking for research purposes, and less for a specific property management, is one vendor better than another? Specifically, looking to plug into API and not have to export/download reports; looking for monthly refreshes; national is better; cheap as possible (don't really know where price points are). Thanks!
[{"id": "daw9boo", "text": "We use costar (Portfolio Analytics, formerly PPR). It's OK, it has vacancies, asking rents, effective rents and it has it at submarket levels. I don't think they have an API, just a export function, but you can export all the data for all markets/submarket at one time into a CSV. It is a quarterly series right now, though they are working on adding more real time data (their goal is daily) since their acquisition of apartments.com and it's data.", "replies": [{"id": "daxd7hj", "text": "@thomase7 thanks. Do you know the price range for these reports? Are they negotiable based on data elements or report features you actually want to buy?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]