We are on the consumer’s side.
Intelligent Home Buying is free real-estate intelligence for people buying and selling homes: current market data with its source, plain-English guides, and tools that show their math.
Why this exists
A lot of real-estate content is written to capture a lead, not to answer the reader’s question. Guides quietly steer toward whatever pays the publisher, and market numbers appear without a date or a source.
We try to do the opposite. Our guides lay out every realistic option, including ones that make nobody any money. Our numbers tell you who published them and what period they cover. Our calculators show the formula. You never need an account.
What you will find here
- Market data for the U.S. and all 50 states, updated as each source publishes.
- Step-by-step roadmaps for buying and selling, with checklists.
- Tools: mortgage, affordability, net proceeds, rent vs. buy, points break-even, and a public-records property lookup.
- Analysis and a guides library, plus a glossary.
Who is behind it
Intelligent Home Buying is published by the same group that owns PropTechUSA.ai, PropData, Local Home Buyers USA, PropBetEdge and the sister sites Intelligent Landlord and IntelligentSTR. Guides and analysis are published under a team byline, IHB Editorial or IHB Research.
Because one of those companies, Local Home Buyers USA, buys houses, we hold our selling guides to a simple test: would they say the same thing if that company did not exist? See advertising & independence for the rules.
How the site is paid for
The site is supported by clearly labelled advertising for the companies listed above. We do not charge readers, we do not sell your data, and advertising does not decide what our guides conclude.
Where our data comes from
| Source | What we use |
|---|---|
| Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey | Weekly average 30- and 15-year fixed mortgage rates |
| Realtor.com® Economic Research | Monthly listing prices, inventory, days on market and price cuts, nationally and by state |
| Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) | Quarterly house price index, nationally and by state |
| U.S. Census Bureau | Median sale price of houses sold (with HUD), household income, and American Community Survey neighborhood data |
| FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Distribution of Freddie Mac, FHFA and Census series |
| County assessors, via PropData | Public property records used in the property lookup |
When a source has not published a value, we leave it out rather than estimate it. National figures are always labelled as national.
Corrections and contact
Found an error? Email editorial@intelligenthomebuying.com. Corrections are noted on the article, with the date. For anything else, see contact.