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Institutional housing market intelligence for investors, operators, lenders, and real estate teams. Scores, forecasts, demographic signals, and portfolio-ready market context in one operating layer.

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Census ACS, FRED, BEA
Research also cites NAR, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Redfin
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For Investors

Housing market intelligence for residential real estate investors.

Screen U.S. housing markets, see how they rank, understand the signals behind each market, and monitor the places you're evaluating before deploying capital.

Market intelligence — not property listings, comps, or valuations.

Explore marketsSee how it works
Live ranked marketsLive
Boise, ID
Rate Pressure
+0–3%Score 60
Austin, TX
Rate Pressure
+0–3%Score 58
Indianapolis, IN
Relative Affordability
+0–3%Score 57

Sources include Census ACS, FRED and BEA.View methodology

Screen + Compare

See where a market stands before you go deeper.

Screen markets using live rankings and Market Scores. Open a market and Metro surfaces the markets most comparable to it — selected by the product based on relevant market characteristics, not a custom comparison you build yourself. Use market rankings and signals to narrow where you want to investigate before moving into property-level due diligence.

Step 1 · Screen

Ranked markets

Boise, ID
Rate Pressure
+0–3%Score 60
Austin, TX
Rate Pressure
+0–3%Score 58
Indianapolis, IN
Relative Affordability
+0–3%Score 57
Buffalo, NY
Relative Affordability
+0–3%Score 56
Raleigh, NC
Rate Pressure
+0–3%Score 56
Step 2 · Compare

Comparable markets

Shown on a market's own page — markets selected for similar housing and demographic profiles, not individual sales.

MarketSimilarityACS home valueMedian incomePrice / incomeVacancyMarket score

Populated when you open a specific market — similarity also uses household income, affordability, vacancy, owner occupancy, and education metrics.

View market rankings
Understand + Forecast

Understand the signals — and where they're heading.

Every Market Score breaks down into the affordability, supply and demand, macro, and demographic signals behind it — then extends into 6, 12, and 24-month forecast scenarios.

Affordability

Home-value-to-income context for the market.

Supply & demand

Inventory and demand pressure shaping the market.

Macro signals

Mortgage rates, inflation, and broader economic context.

Demographic context

Population and household trends behind the market.

Forecast scenarios
6M12M24M
BaseUpsideDownside

Forecast ranges reflect model uncertainty, not guaranteed outcomes.

Monitor

Keep the markets you're evaluating in view.

Save markets to a watchlist, monitor the markets you're evaluating, and receive alerts when supported scores or forecasts change.

Example score alertExample

Get notified when a market you're watching has a material score change.

Example trend alertExample

Get notified when a market you're watching moves into a cooling trend.

Example forecast alertExample

Set a threshold for a watched market's modelled forecast range.

Trust

Know what each number represents.

Metro Analytics separates reported data from modeled outputs and clearly identifies the sources, context, and uncertainty behind each metric.

Source transparency

Built on Census ACS, FRED, and BEA data, clearly labeled throughout.

Observed vs. modeled

Reported figures and Metro Analytics model outputs are always distinguished.

Forecast uncertainty

Forecast ranges reflect model uncertainty, not guaranteed outcomes.

View methodology
3 months of Metro Investor access$0normally $99/month
No credit card requiredNo automatic billing

After the 90-day launch-access period, your account and saved work remain. Continue with available Free access or choose a paid plan.

Ready to start screening markets?

Explore ranked U.S. housing markets or see current plans.

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