Established Expertise.

Site-Specific Market Studies

When you hire Hunter Housing Economics, you are hiring a team of seasoned experts, led by Brad Hunter, who was the national director of consulting for Metrostudy, and more recently, a managing director at RCLCO. He advised clients on hundreds of residential projects nationwide, and continues to be directly involved in every market study this firm undertakes. Click on a drop-down above for the type of development that interests you.

Spotting Trends

Built-for-Rent Single-Family Strategies

Brad was invited to address the Housing Innovation Alliance about built-for-rent strategy. See the video, and see our RESOURCE PAGE for

built-for-rent.

Predictions Realized: on Bloomberg News

A few years back, Brad predicted the slowing of home price appreciation through 2019. His current forecast is for home prices to rise rapidly in 2021, slowing again after this year.

June 2021 Interview:
Update on the Homebuilding Sector

Brad presented an update on the homebuilding industry, sales caps, prices, and LennarSFR.

Helping Builders, PE Funds, Developers, and Lenders to Prosper in Good Times and Bad

For 35 years, Brad Hunter has been tracking local market economies and has performed or directed many hundreds of site-specific market studies in dozens of markets around the country. He researched hundreds of residential opportunities, for most of the large homebuilding companies in the country, as well as dozens of banks, private equity funds, and opportunity funds.

He has demonstrated his vision, having told clients in February of 2004 that "within three years or less, we will see projects starting to fail," and he guided firms between 2009 and 2011 to buy residential land aggressively. Both of those advance calls allowed his clients to make money and avoid losses. He continues to watch for turning points and yet-unexploited opportunities.

To the right is a clickable image linked to Brad's latest article (September 2021) as a special contributor for Forbes, on the land rush in BFR.

Recognized and Recommended by Equity Groups and Lenders

"Brad Hunter and his team were the go-to consultants for our [private equity] homebuilding joint ventures. We found the studies that Brad and his team prepared, and the advice provided, to be highly insightful and, frankly, indispensable. Brad helped us to identify and thoroughly research deals that yielded strong returns and directed his team to produce top-quality market study reports.

He also saved us from investing in marginal projects by warning us about project pitfalls and provided advice that we used to tighten our underwriting standards as we approached the market bubble. Today I continue to regard Hunter Housing Economics as my go-to team for residential consulting and studies."

- Marcus Buerosse, Strategic Asset Advisors, LLC and veteran of major Private Equity Firms and Pension Fund Advisors