297 metros.
One honest view.
Independent research ranking US metro housing markets against their own fundamentals, updated every month.
Why Brightstead?
Six factors, one score
Every metro is ranked on six things that actually drive long-term rental returns: rental yield, demand durability, new-supply pressure, risk, a near-term outlook, and whether homes are priced above or below local fundamentals.
Data that's missed
We use Census migration components and business-dynamics data, signals that general housing commentary often misses.
Valued against itself
Each metro is judged on whether it's over- or under-valued versus its own local fundamentals. This helps us understand how the metro evolves.
Transparent ranks
Every ranking breaks down into the exact factors behind it. We simply state what the model doesn't do, no false precision or inaccurate claims.
Latest Insights.
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Value plays vs value traps: when cheap stays cheap
Body: “Not every affordable market is a bargain. How our fair-value model separates the genuinely underpriced from the permanently cheap.”
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Where the cash flows: metros leading on rental yield
Body: “The markets where buy-and-hold math still works. A look at the metros ranking highest on rental yield with demand to back it up.”
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The Sun Belt cools: what the data actually shows
Body: a couple of sentences so the excerpt isn’t empty, e.g. “Pandemic-era boomtowns are giving back some of their run. Here’s what our rankings show across the Sun Belt’s biggest metros.”
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