Welcome to the Alabama Residential Real Estate Index™ (AL RREI™). The AL RREI™ measures residential real estate expectations for the upcoming quarter gathered from a broad group of professionals working in residential real estate and related fields. Six key indicators create a composite index of overall market conditions and an outlook for the state’s metropolitan areas. Through the survey, panelists can take the pulse of the state’s residential real estate market as well as compare their own forecasts to those of their peers.
Click the “Register for the Survey” button below to register as a Commercial Real Estate Index (CREI) panelist. Once registered, you will receive an email once a quarter to participate. If you are a returning participant, you do not need to re-register.
For any questions regarding the survey, please contact Stuart Norton at tsnorton@ua.edu or (205) 348-5416.
The Alabama Residential Real Estate Index (AL RREI™) is a quarterly survey of residential brokers, sales agents, affiliates (loan officers, title agents, bankers, appraisers, etc.), and other industry professionals that measures market expectations for the upcoming quarter. An index value of 50 indicates a neutral outlook. Scores below 50 indicate a contractionary outlook while scores above 50 indicate an expansionary outlook.
In the Alabama Center for Real Estate’s survey, respondents in the Q3 2025 RREI™ registered an index score of 55.2. This means real estate professionals across the state have moderate confidence that the statewide real estate market will improve during the third quarter. The index recorded a score above 50 for the seventh consecutive quarter, however the index declined 4.9 points from the Q2 2025 RREI™. Five of the six components of the AL RREI™ registered scores above 50, but five of the six components decreased from Q2. Sales prices were the only component to have a higher index than Q2. Survey participants still expect sales prices to increase but with less confidence.
Residential real estate professionals are strongly confident that listings will increase, moderately confident that home sales will increase, interest rates will decrease, and the Alabama market outlook will improve. Respondents are mildly confident that home sales prices will increase. However, survey respondents expect the national market to contract during Q3 with mild confidence.
