C. Data Sources

or the “Charlotte MSA”. We chose to focus on the eight counties in the Charlotte region primarily because of data availability. These counties have the wealthiest sets of data. Furthermore, these counties represent the vast majority of the population and housing in the Charlotte MSA. At a more macro level, we use data for the entire MSA from the census. We also use MSA-level data when comparing Charlotte’s housing market against regional and national competitor cities. In all cases, we have tried to clarify the exact geographic area we are discussing.

C. Data Sources

a. This report uses seven primary data sources. These are as follows: 1. Canopy Realtor© Association (Canopy) Multiple Listing Service (MLS): The Canopy Realtor© Association has provided the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate with its MLS listings and sales database from 2001. These data are proprietary to Canopy, and CKCRE can only provide the summary information included in this report. 2. CKCRE cannot provide the underlying data to the public. However, we will make the summary statistics presented in this report available online on our website. 3. Metrostudy: CKCRE uses data obtained under license from Metrostudy. These data are proprietary, and CKCRE cannot provide the underlying data to the public. 4. CoStar: CKCRE uses data obtained under license from CoStar to examine the

apartment market. These data are proprietary, and CKCRE cannot provide the underlying data to the public.

5. U.S. Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau provides a wide variety of publicly available data related to the population and housing across the entire country. We use data from the American Community Survey and the American Housing Survey.

The State of Housing in Charlotte Report 2022