REL Research
Real Estate Location Research

Property-level competitive and location intelligence.

Independent, source-verified research on existing assets — for private equity, multifamily and institutional real estate investors.

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Products

Two standard products — and a custom scope when neither fits.

Each engagement results in a standalone, point-in-time report with a full, dated source register. Scope, fee and delivery date are agreed in writing before any work begins.

Competitive set

Competitive Property Analysis

  • The direct competitive set around your asset: existing stock and the supply pipeline
  • Per-property profiles: owner and operator, vintage, units, quality standard, rent and price level, vacancy, positioning
  • A direct benchmark against the subject property, with a reasoned threat ranking (high / medium / low)
  • Investor-relevant market context: comparable rents, vacancy trends, supply pipeline, country-specific regulation
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Location intelligence

Location & Infrastructure Analysis

  • The infrastructure and development pipeline around the property
  • Who is behind each project — developer, owner, investor — with project status and volume
  • The projected impact on achievable rents and yields, and each project's competitive relevance to your asset
  • Market context: market rent level, vacancy trends, regulatory particulars of the country
Fee agreed per engagement View full scope

Tailored scope

Product Customization

  • Either standard product, adapted to your mandate — a wider competitive radius, further asset types, or several properties in one engagement
  • Additional analysis dimensions, agreed and bounded before work begins
  • A deliverable shaped to your process: a specific document structure, structured data, or both
  • Methodology constraints you set — named sources, exclusion lists, or a fixed analysis date
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Why commissioned research

Research a chatbot can't do.

A general-purpose AI assistant — ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, or a quick web search — returns fluent, confident prose from whatever it absorbed in training. It cannot open a land registry, read a municipal planning file, or stand behind a single figure. A commissioned report is the opposite: primary-source research on your specific asset, dated and referenced, with anything that cannot be verified marked as such.

ChatGPT · Copilot · a web search

A generated answer

  • Assembled from public text as it stood at training time — with no access to a registry entry, a planning portal, or an operator's current figures
  • Fills the gaps with plausible numbers instead of flagging them — the failure mode that makes it unusable in front of a committee
  • Cites nothing you can audit: no source name, no URL, no date
  • Works regulation from memory — a Milieuschutz area, a Vorkaufsrecht, or a zoning overlay is approximated or missed
  • Leaves no one accountable for what it asserts

REL Research

A commissioned report

  • Built from primary sources — registries, planning authorities, filings, and operator data, gathered for your asset and no one else's
  • States only what can be verified; what cannot is marked “not publicly available” — never estimated or invented
  • Carries a full, dated source register a committee can check line by line
  • Identifies the regulation that actually governs the asset, and applies it correctly to its market
  • Comes from an accountable, independent provider — not the broker, the seller, or a data platform

Each report represents days of primary-source investigation — work that would otherwise tie up one of your own analysts for the better part of a week. You commission it instead of staffing it — and it is performed on demand.

Process

How it works

From request to delivered report in five steps.

  1. Create your account

    No password. Sign up with your name and email; we send a single-use link to confirm your address.

  2. Submit the property

    Provide the property address and any scope notes to guide the analysis.

  3. We confirm scope, fee and date

    You receive a written confirmation stating the agreed scope, the fee and the delivery date. Nothing binds you before it. Engagements are settled by invoice at this time; card payment is being rolled out.

  4. Research is performed on demand

    We investigate the asset's competitive environment from primary sources wherever possible.

  5. Report and receipt are delivered

    Both arrive in your account and your inbox once the research is complete.

Standards

Research you can put in front of a committee.

Every report is held to the same evidentiary standard, regardless of market or product.

Source-verified facts

Every factual statement carries a reference — source name, URL, and date. Primary sources are preferred over trade press.

No fabrication

Data points that cannot be verified are explicitly marked “not publicly available” — never estimated or invented.

Facts separated from projections

Observed facts and forward-looking statements are kept clearly apart throughout the report.

Country-adaptive regulation

The regulatory framework of the asset's country is applied automatically — from zoning, HOA regulations and property tax assessments in the US to Milieuschutz, Vorkaufsrecht and Mietpreisbremse in Germany.

Full source register

Every report closes with a complete, dated register of all sources used in the analysis.

Positioning

What this is — and what it is not

Every engagement is

  • Commissioned research on an existing, standing asset
  • A point-in-time analysis, dated and fully source-referenced
  • A standalone report, prepared per property and per request

It is not

  • Not investment advice, and not legal or tax advice
  • Not an appraisal or valuation under any standard
  • Not a subscription — there are no recurring reports

Pricing

On request per engagement

Fees and terms are agreed individually, based on the property, the market and the scope you need. You receive them in writing before you commit — and nothing recurs: no subscriptions, no retainers.

Card payment is being rolled out; engagements are currently settled by invoice.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Which markets do you cover?

The United States and Europe. Other markets are available on request — mention the market in your scope notes and we will confirm feasibility before you commit.

What does an engagement cost?

Fees are agreed individually. The property, the market and the scope you need all bear on the figure, and customized engagements are quoted separately. You receive the fee in writing, together with the agreed scope, before you commit to anything.

How quickly is a report delivered?

It depends on the market and on how complex the competitive environment turns out to be. We name a target delivery date in the written scope confirmation, before you commit.

What sources and methods do you use?

Publicly available sources with a preference for primary material: operator and developer disclosures, municipal and planning records, listing portals, and public registers. Every factual statement is referenced with source name, URL, and date. Where a data point cannot be verified, it is marked “not publicly available” rather than estimated.

Is this investment advice?

No. Reports are research work product — not investment, legal, or tax advice, and not an appraisal or valuation. Investment decisions remain entirely with you. See the research disclaimer.

Do you offer subscriptions or ongoing monitoring?

No. Research is commissioned per request, and each report stands alone as a point-in-time analysis. We do not deliver recurring reports or track changes against earlier ones.

How do I receive the report?

Reports are delivered to your account, and you are notified by email. Receipts are available in the same place.

What about confidentiality?

Engagement details — the subject property, your identity, and your scope notes — are kept confidential and are not shared or published.

Can I request both products for one property?

Yes. They are commissioned as two separate engagements and delivered as two separate reports. If you would rather have one combined deliverable, ask for Product Customization.