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Real Estate Economics
ISSN 1080-8620 · eISSN 1540-6229 · Wiley-Blackwell
Real Estate Economics: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 401 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 70 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Real Estate Economics is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Housing Market and Economics, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, together about 55.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As the official journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, Real Estate Economics is the premier journal on real estate topics. Since 1973, Real Estate Economics has been facilitating communication among academic researchers and industry professionals and improving the analysis of real estate decisions. Articles span a wide range of issues, from tax rules to brokers' commissions to corporate real estate including housing and urban economics, and the financial economics of real estate development and investment.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 56, Singapore 3, United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 2, Mainland China 1 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance38.4%
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting9.9%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.5%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.2%
- Spatial and Panel Data AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, RePEc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 120OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,057OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 44Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 118,818Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,953 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 29 | 15 |
| 2025 | 70 | 26 | 65 |
| 2024 | 58 | 39 | 324 |
| 2023 | 53 | 30 | 441 |
| 2022 | 55 | 17 | 595 |
| 2021 | 39 | 13 | 503 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
401 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 257 days – 479 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 418 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (111 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 346 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 100
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability
- Data availability Data sharing
This journal expects data sharing. You can learn more about data sharing in Wiley's Data Sharing Policies resource.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1080-8620
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-6229
- Society / sponsor
- American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 54, Issue 4 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Real Estate Economics
What CAS zone is Real Estate Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Real Estate Economics is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics / Business, Finance / Urban Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Real Estate Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.41; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 120.
How long does peer review take at Real Estate Economics?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 401 days (interquartile range 257–479 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Real Estate Economics based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (56), Singapore (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Real Estate Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Real Estate Economics is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Real Estate Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Real Estate Economics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .