The IPD Index Guide is designed to provide index users and prospective users with all the information they need to know about IPD’s indices, covering the index universe, the construction methodology and calculation process, the index review procedure, and the calculation timetable for each index.

This sixth edition of the guide remains essentially unchanged from the July 2007 publication. However, a major new set of Appendices has been added, comprising a full Index Factsheet for each of the IPD National Market Indices.

The contents of the IPD Index guide are outlined below:

• IPD Market Indices
• IPD's Property Databases
• Computing IPD's Performance Measures
• Acquiring Index Licences
• IPD Benchmarking and Portfolio Analysis
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Appendices 

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