For Real Estate Developers

See the market move before it is public knowledge

Permits are the earliest public confirmation of what is being built and where. We give you the national pipeline in one feed, with stage, value, and contractor context.

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THE CHALLENGE

The best opportunities are visible early, if you can see them

By the time a development is obvious, the land is expensive. The early signals (clusters of permits, competitor patterns, shifts in declared value) live in the public record, just scattered across hundreds of municipal systems.

WHICH PERMIT FIELDS YOU USE

The permit fields you actually use

The fields acquisitions and development teams use most:

01

Permit type and sub-type

Isolate new construction, change of use, and major addition permits that signal real development activity.

 

02

Declared value, value band, and gross floor area

Screen by project size; identify high-value clusters; benchmark submarket density.

 
 

03

Dwelling units created or removed

Track net unit creation by submarket and by competitor.

 
 

04

Property class and dwelling type:

Separate residential, commercial, and mixed-use pipelines.

 
 

05

Location, geocoding, neighbourhood, census tract

Analyse permit density by sub-market and detect emerging nodes.

 
 

06

Applicant, owner, and primary contractor

Follow competitor activity across cities through the names attached to their permits.

 
 

07

Lifecycle stage and milestone dates:

Understand whether competitors are in application, pre-construction, or already delivering.

 
 

BY LIFECYCLE STAGE

How to act, stage by stage

Permits inform every stage of the development cycle, not just acquisition.

Stage What you see in the data How it informs your decision
1. Pre-acquisition screeningPermit density, declared value, and unit-creation trends by neighbourhood.Rank submarkets and pressure-test investment thesis with data.
2. Land assemblyClusters of demolition, new construction, and change-of-use permits, with owner and applicant patterns.Spot assembly before it is obvious; identify emerging nodes early.
3. Competitive intelligencePermits tied to competitor applicants and contractors across cities.Track competitor pipeline, product type, and delivery cadence.
4. Underwriting and feasibilityComparable projects nearby: declared values, sizes, dwelling unit counts.Benchmark assumptions for cost, density, and absorption.
5. Active construction monitoringLifecycle stage on your own and competitor projects.Track progress against schedule; anticipate delivery into the market.
6. Lease-up and dispositionCompletion permits and proximity context.Time leasing and marketing around competitor deliveries.

What teams achieve

  • A repeatable, data-led site-screening process
  • Earlier visibility into assembly and emerging submarkets
  • A live read on competitor pipelines and delivery cadence
  • Comparable-project benchmarking grounded in real permits
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