Market analysis · City Buildability Index

The market,
scored like the parcel.

Rental comps, Census demographics, and a 0–100 index for whole metros — supply, demand, regulatory friction, and hazard — beside every parcel score.

Live score free — no signup · First 3 reports free · ~20 seconds

City Buildability Indexindex v1 · ranked cohort
#1PhoenixAZ86A
#2RaleighNC81A-
#3AustinTX78B+
#4HoustonTX76B+
#5DenverCO75B+
#6MiamiFL69B-
#7BerkeleyCA59C

Real engine output over the seeded demo cohort — metro coverage expands with parcel data. Ties in the math break deterministically, so ranks never wobble.

The market layer

Three views.Zero invented numbers.

Every full report carries market context — every figure names its source.

Valuation & rent

An automated valuation with its low–high range, plus a rent estimate with its range — never a single false-precision number.

RentCast

Neighborhood context

Population and income context for the area around the parcel, to sanity-check the deal against who actually lives there.

Census ACS

The market, ranked

The City Buildability Index scores whole metros on supply, regulatory friction, hazard, and demand — the same 0–100 scale as a parcel.

City Buildability Index v1

Inside the Index

Four components. Glass box.

Each component is scored 0–100 and independently explainable — the weighted, rounded parts always add up to the headline number.

Index v1 is deterministic and versioned, like the parcel Score: no network, no clock, no randomness. Changing a weight is a version bump.

40%

Supply

Buildable-land supply: the acreage-weighted parcel scores across the region. The heaviest component — it is the point of the index.

25%

Regulatory

Friction, inverted: zoning permissiveness blended with the permit timeline, so faster and freer scores higher.

20%

Hazard

Exposure, inverted: the share of land in flood zones or high-wildfire areas. Less exposed land, higher score.

15%

Demand

The market-demand signal, passed through on the same 0–100 scale as everything else.

Ask Geo

Rank markets in chat.

Geo’s market_index tool runs this same engine — ask it to rank or compare metros and the numbers come from the Index, not the model’s memory.

Meet Geo
Geolive agent · real tool run
Raleigh or Austin for the next acquisition?
▸ market_index · raleigh, austin
Raleigh ranks ahead: Index 81 (A-) vs Austin’s 78 (B+). Raleigh wins on regulatory friction (81 vs 74) and hazard (90 vs 88); Austin leads on demand (88 vs 76). Supply is close — 79 vs 72.
Representative session — every figure above is the Index engine’s actual output for these metros.
The economics
$29

for the full report, market layer included — sliding to $6 at volume, credits never expire.

The live map, the Index, and Geo chat are free. Your first 3 reports are free too.

Analyze a property free
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What market data comes in a report?

Rental comps and valuation from RentCast — an AVM and rent estimate, each with a low–high range — plus Census ACS demographic context. Every figure names its source.

What is the City Buildability Index?

A 0–100 index for whole metros: supply 40%, regulatory 25%, hazard 20%, demand 15%. Like the parcel Score, it is deterministic and versioned — same inputs, same index, forever.

Which cities does the Index cover today?

A seeded seven-metro cohort, computed by the real engine — coverage expands as parcel data lands. Geo's market_index tool ranks and compares them on demand.

Do you calculate cap rates or IRR?

No. We ship the verifiable inputs — valuation range, rent range, demographics, the Index — and leave the pro-forma to you. We would rather give you real ranges than invented returns.

What does it cost?

The live map and Geo chat — including market ranking — are free. The full report with the market layer is one credit: $29, sliding to $6 at volume, never expires. First 3 free.

Know the market. Then the lot.

Parcel score plus market context for any U.S. address — the verdict takes about 20 seconds.

Analyze a property free

First 3 reports free · No card needed · All 50 states