Abstract
The paper proposes a method for constructing Internet search activities–based indices of economic production in the Italian construction sector. The aim consists in representing current unobserved housing supply dynamics. Online data management tools and filters are described and an econometric analysis is carried out in order to establish statistical significant relationships between Internet indicators and actual data by official statistical agencies (the target series). The proposed methodology can therefore fill the temporal gap in national statistical institutes released publications and provides real time indices of trend–cycle dynamics in the Italian construction sector.