Tool 03 · Property Appreciation Radar

Where Will Value Grow?
Score It Before You Buy It.

Big firms pay research desks to spot appreciating markets early. The signals they use are mostly public — building permits, jobs-to-construction ratios, migration flows, inventory, distress filings. The Radar reads them the same way: map the hottest markets first, then score any individual property against its metro, its block, and its paperwork. Built for advisors whose clients keep asking "is this a good buy?"

⬤ Demo dataset · Q2 2026 vintage · production pulls live data quarterly

01 · Market RadarHottest US metros, ranked by forward signals

02 · Property ScorePaste a Zillow link, get a future-looking score

HOW THE RADAR SCORE WORKS — Each metro is scored 0–100 from five signal families: demand–supply imbalance (jobs created per home permitted, inventory vs pre-2020), market competition (share sold above list, price cuts, days on market), momentum (price growth and its acceleration), economy & migration (job growth, net inflows), minus a risk drag (affordability stretch, distress filings). Same family of indicators the major research desks use — sources: Census BPS, BLS, USPS/IRS migration, MLS aggregates. Click any row for the full factor breakdown.

#MetroRadarJobs / permitInventory vs '19Sold above listPrice momentum

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The subscription version tracks your chosen metros with quarterly data refreshes, alerts when a market's signals flip, and client-ready PDF briefs. From €49/mo — included free in any Mentatics monthly plan.

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Step 1 — The property

Paste a Zillow listing link

Demo simulates the data fetch and reads the address from the URL. Production pulls the full record (price, size, history, tax, deed) via licensed data APIs.

or try:

Metro

Asking price $

Size (sqft)

Year built

Type

Condition

Step 2 — Neighborhood signals

Growth signals nearby (check what's true)

Visible new construction / permit activity within ~1 mile New anchor amenity announced or opened (specialty grocer, transit stop, hospital, campus) Major employer expanding in the area Neighbors renovating (dumpsters, scaffolding — the classic street-level tell)

Step 3 — Title & distress check

Deed / risk flags (check if present)

Lien, encumbrance, or unclear title on record Pre-foreclosure / distress sales on the same street Flood zone or unresolved insurance issue Restrictive HOA / special assessment pending

Production checks county deed records and distress filings automatically — the demo asks you.

The score reads the future,
not the listing photos.

Metro fundamentals (45%) · valuation vs the local market (20%) · neighborhood momentum (20%) · property profile (10%) · title & distress drag (up to −25). Paste a link or pick a sample.

Appreciation Score

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5-yr outlook vs metro

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Valuation vs metro $/sqft

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Metro radar score

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What's driving this score

The demo asks you. The product checks for itself.

The full Radar pulls the live record behind any listing link — price history, tax assessment, deed and distress filings, permit activity within a mile — and returns a client-ready scored report. From €49/mo, included free in any Mentatics monthly plan.

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Demo runs on an illustrative Q2 2026 dataset assembled from public-source patterns (Census BPS, BLS, MLS aggregates, Zillow Research conventions) — values are representative, not live quotes. Scores are decision-support estimates of relative appreciation conditions, not predictions, valuations, or investment advice; no score guarantees any outcome. Real-estate decisions need a licensed local professional. Scoring is location-economics based and never uses demographic composition of residents — by design. © 2026 Mentatics.

Where Will Value Grow?Score It Before You Buy It.

Where Will Value Grow?
Score It Before You Buy It.