Know what is really happening in your housing market.
Every U.S. market gets one honest score from 0 to 100, built on public government data plus market data from Redfin and Zillow, with every source named. See where a market really stands before you buy.
Type any market to see its score:
Free for 3 markets. No credit card.
Why people trust LocalAlpha
See where a market is heading
Every market is placed in its cycle, from emerging to peaking, with momentum tracked over 3 and 12 months. Get a heads-up when a market you watch turns.
No black box
Every score traces back to named sources: public government data from the Census, the BLS, QCEW, the FHFA and FRED, plus market data from Redfin and Zillow. The data vintage and our confidence in the score are shown on screen, and the full method is published. No proprietary forecast to take on faith.
A verdict, not a data dump
One number from 0 to 100 across five forces, and you can reweight it to your priorities. The read takes 30 seconds, not an afternoon.
See exactly what you are getting
One score per market, and the data behind it. No mockups, this is the live product.
A quick tour: search a market, read its score, then explore the nationwide heatmap.
This week’s biggest movers
The markets whose Alpha Score moved most this week. Green is heating up, red is cooling. Tap any to open its full breakdown.
The data behind every score
Every figure traces back to a named source you can check.
Sourced from
Built for buyers and investors
Buying a home
Before you make an offer, see whether the market is heating or cooling, how prices are really moving, and whether you pay a fair price.
Check your market →Investing in rentals
Compare markets on the five forces that drive cash flow, and find where returns are strongest before you buy.
Find high-yield markets →How it works
Search any market
Type a metro, county, or ZIP and see its score in seconds.
Read the verdict
A 0-to-100 score across five forces, with the source and date behind every number.
Track and get alerted
Save the markets you care about and get a heads-up the moment one turns.
What you get
Alpha Score + Breakdown
The 0-to-100 verdict, plus what each of the five forces contributes to it.
Market Phase + Peak Alert
See where a market sits in its cycle, and get alerted the moment one peaks.
ProWatchlist + ZIP drill-down
Track unlimited markets and drill from metro to county to ZIP across 12 months.
Pro
Why I built LocalAlpha
I have spent my career deciding which housing markets are worth betting on. Across fifteen years in institutional real estate I ran business intelligence and asset management on more than 19,000 apartment units and $175M in operating budgets, and I built the data systems underneath all of it. Today I am Director of Business Intelligence at Rent Butter.
What always struck me is that the data that tells you whether a market is healthy is almost entirely public. For years I pulled it out of Redfin, the Census, the BLS, and a dozen other government feeds by hand, building the kind of analysis the pros use to decide where to put millions. Regular buyers and investors never get that view, so they end up guessing.
So I built the tool I always wished existed. LocalAlpha turns that scattered public data into one honest score for every U.S. market, with the source and date behind every number. It is the same read I trusted for portfolio decisions, now in your hands, with nothing hidden behind a black box.
Simple, honest pricing
Start free with three markets. Go Pro for unlimited markets, the forward-look, and alerts. Cancel anytime.
Free
Get oriented with core market intelligence.
Freeforever
.
Pro
PopularFor the serious individual investor.
$19/mo
.
Land Alpha
For land flippers working deal flow.
$47/mo
.
Frequently asked questions
Start with 3 markets, free.
See where your markets stand today, and know the moment one turns.