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WDSuite Research: Overview

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Written by Julie Edwards
Updated over 3 months ago


Unlock Insights. Make Smarter Decisions.

WDSuite Research, Walker & Dunlop’s digital experience, is designed to address the key challenges faced by commercial real estate (CRE) professionals. It streamlines opportunity evaluation, risk management, and portfolio optimization. By integrating unique data with advanced analytics, the WDSuite property and market research capabilities deliver hyperlocal intelligence, automated property valuations, and proprietary risk assessments. WDSuite enables you to screen opportunities, understand markets, and mitigate risk to make smarter decisions.

WDSuite property and market research benefits:

Quickly screen investment opportunities

  • Check Hyperlocal neighborhood ratings:

    Evaluate investment-quality neighborhoods relative to local markets.

  • Automated valuation model (AVM):

    Leverage accurate, real-time multifamily property value estimates.

  • Multifamily tenant credit history:

    Benchmark tenant credit scores relative to the neighborhood and market.

  • Demographic indicators:

    Assess median income, degree attainment, and household size to gauge tenant profile and market stability.

  • Housing metrics:

    Evaluate home values, rent, occupancy rates, value-to-income ratio, and rental share to assess investment viability and demand.

Understand market & neighborhood profiles

  • Major employer presence:

    Identify workforce stability with information about nearby Fortune 500 corporate offices, universities, hospitals, and military bases.

  • Check Neighborhood amenities:

    Evaluate area school ratings and access to essential services like supermarkets, restaurants, parks, childcare facilities, and pharmacies to measure neighborhood convenience and appeal.

Mitigate risk & optimize portfolio performance

  • Safety trends:

    Understand how property and violent offense rates are trending for smarter decision-making.

  • Multifamily tenant financial health:

    Assess multifamily tenant financial health with credit card delinquency rates aggregated at the property level to understand the potential of missed rent collections.


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