Whether this is a good moment is not a feeling. People either are or are not moving here, they bring income or they do not, and the counties they land in either are or are not tightening. All of that is measurable, so we measure it.
Every county-to-county move we can trace, from IRS migration data: who came, from where, and the income they brought with them. The single best story on this site.
Every county-to-county move we can trace, from IRS migration data. Households that actually moved and the income they brought — not survey answers.
Income, rent, vacancy, jobs, permits and migration by county — the forward-looking half of the answer.
Six forward-looking signals by county — income, rent, vacancy, jobs, permits, migration — over roughly ten years.
The forecast is the part of the answer people pay consultants for. A free account is the price; the chip on the button says so up front.
Two ways forward.