Source-attributed housing data and repair planning
Public-data housing signals across U.S. cities — rent, home prices, supply, jobs, and climate risk — plus repair and design planning context. Currently a fixture- backed MVP, with a live ingestion path being built source by source.
- Census ACS · FHFA HPI · Census BPS · FEMA NRI · BLS LAUS · BEA Regional
- Transparent methodology
- Static fixture MVP · not live data — see data status
Sample preview
Austin, TX · Market overview
Median gross rent
$1,567
House Price Index (all-transactions-nsa, 1991-Q1 = 100)
488.2
Median home value (owner-occupied)
$493,400
Residential permits (trailing 12 months)
27,960 units
Where to start
What you can do here
The site is a fixture-backed MVP — the pages below are working surfaces, not roadmaps.
Explore housing markets
Eight U.S. metros with public-data signals on rent, home prices, supply, jobs, and climate risk.
Open markets →Compare cities side by side
Pick any two supported markets and see the same metrics in one view — no rankings, no "best" claims.
Open compare →Review data sources
Census, HUD, FEMA, NOAA, BLS, BEA — every metric attributed to a named public dataset.
View sources →Read the methodology
How raw public values become Housing BuildDesignHub signals — formulas, weights, and confidence levels.
Read methodology →Check current data status
Live transparency on which snapshots are fresh, which are stale, and which sources are not yet wired.
View status →Privacy and analytics
How site analytics work, what we don't claim to do, and what's still being verified.
View disclosure →
Intelligence modules
Six lenses on every U.S. housing market
Each market in Housing BuildDesignHub is broken into clearly defined signal categories — so you can see what's actually driving the score.
Market Signals
Composite score that summarizes a market's risk-adjusted profile.
- Overall Housing BuildDesignHub score
- Cross-metro side-by-side comparison
Rent Signals
Median rent context for the market, from Census ACS.
- Median gross rent (ACS)
- Used as the rent input to the affordability signal
Affordability Signals
How typical income compares to typical rent in the market.
- ACS median household income vs. annualized rent
- Computed affordability signal (0-100)
Supply Signals
Pace of new residential permits relative to existing stock.
- Census BPS trailing-12 permits
- Single-family / multifamily breakouts
- Computed supply signal (0-100)
Risk Signals
County-level natural hazard exposure from the FEMA National Risk Index.
- FEMA NRI risk index + classification
- Expected annual loss, social vulnerability, community resilience
Investment Signals
Price momentum and labor-market context for an investor view.
- FHFA HPI year-over-year price momentum
- BLS LAUS unemployment rate + 12-month trend
- Composite job market signal (0-100)
Featured markets
Public-data snapshots from four U.S. metros
A quick read on overall score, median rent, and year-over-year home-price trend — sourced from public Census, FHFA, BPS, BLS, FEMA, and BEA data.
fixtureTX
Austin
Fixture-backed housing signal profile for Austin, TX — rent, prices, supply, jobs, and climate.
- Score
- 58
- Rent
- $1,567
- HPI YoY
- +2%
Open market →Image: Wikimedia Commons · Sean Loyless · CC BY 2.0
fixtureFL
Miami
Fixture-backed housing signal profile for Miami, FL — rent, prices, supply, jobs, and climate.
- Score
- 52
- Rent
- $1,438
- HPI YoY
- +6.5%
Open market →Image: Wikimedia Commons · Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0
fixtureAZ
Phoenix
Fixture-backed housing signal profile for Phoenix, AZ — rent, prices, supply, jobs, and climate.
- Score
- 55
- Rent
- $1,397
- HPI YoY
- +2.6%
Open market →Image: Wikimedia Commons · Unknown · Public domain
fixtureWA
Seattle
Fixture-backed housing signal profile for Seattle, WA — rent, prices, supply, jobs, and climate.
- Score
- 58
- Rent
- $1,879
- HPI YoY
- +3.3%
Open market →Image: Wikimedia Commons · Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Trusted data sources
Built on public, citable housing and climate data
Six wired source adapters today — Census ACS, FHFA HPI, Census BPS, FEMA NRI, BLS LAUS, and BEA Regional. Production pages currently use source-attributed static fixtures while the live ingestion path is built source by source.
- annually
American Community Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
Detailed demographic, housing, and economic estimates for U.S. geographies, including rent, home value, and tenure.
- monthly
Building Permits Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
Monthly counts of new residential construction permits authorized by local jurisdictions across the U.S.
- quarterly
House Price Index
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Measure of single-family home price changes based on repeat-sales and refinancings of mortgages purchased or securitized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- weekly
Primary Mortgage Market Survey
Freddie Mac (via FRED)
Weekly U.S. average mortgage rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate loans, sourced from Freddie Mac.
- monthly
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Monthly estimates of labor force, employment, and unemployment for states, metros, counties, and cities.
- quarterly
Regional Economic Accounts
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
GDP, personal income, and per-capita income for states, metros, and counties.
- annually
HUD Data
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fair Market Rents, Income Limits, and other affordability and assisted-housing datasets.
- annually
National Risk Index
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Composite risk index for 18 natural hazards at the census-tract and county level.
- monthly
NOAA Climate Data
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Historical climate, weather, and ocean datasets including temperature, precipitation, and severe weather records.
- monthly
EPA Environmental Data
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental information on facilities, emissions, water quality, and air quality across the U.S.
Methodology
Clear separation between raw data and computed signals
Raw values from public agencies are kept distinct from Housing BuildDesignHub's computed signals. You'll always see both — and how one becomes the other.
Transparent scoring
Every signal score is derived from named inputs with documented weighting — no black boxes.
Source attribution
Each metric links to the public dataset and agency it came from, so you can verify the underlying number.
Updated dates
Every metric carries the date of its underlying release — never a vague 'real-time' label.
Confidence levels
Inputs are labeled high / medium / experimental so you know how much weight to give each one.
Transparency first
What the site is — and isn't
Housing BuildDesignHub is a developing platform. The pages below describe its current state, its limits, and what's been independently verified.
Current data status
Per-source, per-market snapshot freshness; stale items are surfaced honestly.
Open data status →Methodology v5.0
Public formulas, named weights, and confidence levels for every computed signal.
Read methodology →Fixture vs live ingestion
Production reads source-attributed static fixtures. A manual live Census ACS ingestion path exists but is not yet promoted.
View sources →Privacy and analytics
Single analytics vendor (WebmasterID), no behavioral profile claims, no investment-advice claims.
View disclosure →
Start exploring U.S. housing markets
Open a market overview, or compare two cities side by side — using only public, citable housing and climate data.