BCB Real Estate Market Data

Comprehensive real estate credit and market data from Brazilian Central Bank.

Retrieve this dataset with get_dataset() using the name "bcb_realestate".

bcb_realestate <- get_dataset("bcb_realestate")
bcb_realestate_accounting <- get_dataset("bcb_realestate", table = "accounting")

Source

Banco Central do Brasil

Source: Banco Central do Brasil
URL: https://dadosabertos.bcb.gov.br/dataset/informacoes-do-mercado-imobiliario
Geography: Brazil (by state)
Frequency: monthly
Coverage: 2001-present (varies by category)
Tables: "accounting", "application", "indices", "sources", "units" (default: "all")

Complex multi-level series structure; v1-v5 columns contain series components.

All tables share the structure below; the table argument filters which series are returned.

date: End-of-month reference date (last day of the month).
category: Top-level series grouping (e.g. credito, contabil, direcionamento, fontes, imoveis).
type: Series subtype within the category (e.g. estoque, contratacao, financiamento).
v1: Series identifier component 1; meaning varies by series (e.g. carteira, borrower type, region).
v2: Series identifier component 2 (e.g. br, pf, pj).
v3: Series identifier component 3 (e.g. credit line such as sfh, fgts, home-equity).
v4: Series identifier component 4 (often a state abbreviation or credit line).
v5: Series identifier component 5 (often a state abbreviation or br).
series_info: Full underscore-separated series identifier; together with date it uniquely identifies an observation.
value: Series value; unit varies by series (R$, units, or percent).
year: Reference year.
month: Reference month (1-12).
abbrev_state: Two-letter state abbreviation, or BR for the national aggregate.