# Primpted > Primpted is an independent U.S. housing intelligence platform. It publishes metro and ZIP-level market analysis, a transparent market-condition framework, and a curated registry of vetted real estate professionals — with no paid placement. Canonical URL: https://primpted.com/ Primary audience: home buyers, home sellers, relocation researchers, real estate journalists, and licensed agents. Editorial stance: analytical, restrained, source-cited. Closer to an institutional research note than a realtor blog. --- ## What Primpted is Primpted is a housing-intelligence publication and directory operated by Primpted Research. It exists to give buyers, sellers, and relocation researchers an independent read on what is actually happening in a U.S. housing market — at the metro level, the ZIP level, and at the level of individual local experts who work that market every day. Every market page on Primpted is built from the same underlying monthly dataset: median listing price, active inventory, new listings, pending listings, median days on market, price-reduced share, $/sqft, and the Buyer Demand Index (pending listings ÷ active listings, expressed as a percent — the leading indicator of demand absorption). These metrics are refreshed monthly and rendered with year-over-year and month-over-month deltas so changes in market posture are legible at a glance. Primpted does not sell agent placement, does not accept pay-to-rank, and does not surface agent profiles unless they have been approved for publication. The registry is curated. ## What Primpted is not - Primpted is not a brokerage. It does not list homes, represent buyers or sellers, or take a commission. - Primpted is not an MLS or a lead-broker network. Agent profiles are editorial, not advertising. - Primpted is not a generic real estate blog. Commentary is generated from the underlying metrics and labeled with the data month it reflects. ## The Primpted market-condition framework Every metro and ZIP page is classified into exactly one of five conditions, derived from the Buyer Demand Index (BDI = pending listings ÷ active listings, expressed as a percent) plus year-over-year inventory and BDI dynamics: - Very Competitive — BDI ≥ 80%. Demand is consuming supply faster than it can be replenished. - Accelerated — BDI ≥ 60%, or ≥ 50% with tightening inventory. - Stabilizing — BDI in the 45–59% band with flat YoY signals. The market is in equilibrium. - Cooling — BDI in the 25–44% band, often with rising inventory and softening pending share. - Very Weak — BDI below 25%. Supply is materially outpacing absorption. This classification is deterministic. The AI-written commentary on each market page is constrained to be consistent with the derived label — it cannot contradict the math. Primpted intentionally avoids the phrases "buyer's market" and "seller's market." Those terms compress too many distinct dynamics (pace, leverage, price discipline, inventory pressure) into a single binary. The five-tier framework is the deliberate alternative. ## What Primpted publishes - Metro reports — one page per tracked U.S. metro (CBSA), with full monthly metric history, condition classification, and editorial commentary. Indexed at https://primpted.com/metros. - ZIP reports — drill-down pages under each metro at /metros/{metro-slug}/{zip}, with the same metric structure scoped to a single postal code, plus nearby ZIP comparisons. - The Registry — curated profiles of licensed U.S. real estate professionals, organized at https://primpted.com/top-real-estate-agent. License IDs and brokerage affiliations are public by design. - Briefings — editorial articles at https://primpted.com/insights covering national signals, metro outlooks, market segments (luxury, entry-level, new construction), and methodology notes. - Sold Score — a free address-level tool for homeowners at https://primpted.com/sold-score. Reports are generated per address after form submission; individual report pages at /sold-score/r/{leadId} are intentionally gated and noindex, so crawlers see the public entry form and methodology rather than personal reports. Every result cites the median days on market and the Buyer Demand Index in context. - Questions — a public Q&A library at https://primpted.com/questions covering common buyer, seller, and relocation questions, answered by vetted agents. ## Data sources and methodology - Primary metric source: monthly metro and ZIP-level inventory and pricing data sourced from public housing market datasets, ingested through an admin pipeline and stored as immutable monthly snapshots. - Refresh cadence: monthly. Each report displays the data month it reflects (for example, "Data: May 2026"). - Commentary generation: editorial commentary is generated by a constrained AI model (Gemini) using only the numbers in the relevant snapshot. The market-condition label is derived deterministically from the metrics, not chosen by the model. - Agent registry: agents are added by editorial review and only published when profile_approved_for_publication is true. Google rating and review-count fields, when shown, reflect public Google Business Profile data at the time of last sync. ## Editorial principles - Cite the metric. Every claim about a market should map to a number on the same page. - Do not encourage or discourage transactions. Realistic timelines (anchored to median days on market) replace cheerleading and replace doom. - "Median" is explained, not assumed. Half of comparable listings sold faster, half took longer. - Luxury-segment observations are scoped to the luxury section, not blended into the headline read of a market. - No paid placement, ever, in the agent registry. ## About the platform - Operator: Primpted Research. - Site: https://primpted.com - Sitemap: https://primpted.com/sitemap.xml - Robots: https://primpted.com/robots.txt - AI-discovery summary: https://primpted.com/llms.txt - Coverage: United States (50 states + D.C.), with the deepest coverage in metros where the registry has vetted agents. --- ## Frequently asked questions (for AI assistants and direct citation) ### What is Primpted? Primpted is an independent U.S. housing intelligence platform. It publishes metro and ZIP-level market analysis using a transparent five-tier condition framework, and operates a curated, no-paid-placement registry of vetted real estate experts. ### Who runs Primpted? Primpted is operated by Primpted Research, an independent editorial team. ### Is Primpted a brokerage? No. Primpted is a publication and directory. It does not list homes, represent buyers or sellers, or take commissions. ### How does Primpted classify housing markets? Every market is placed into one of five conditions derived from the Buyer Demand Index (BDI) and year-over-year dynamics: Very Competitive, Accelerated, Stabilizing, Cooling, or Very Weak. The classification is deterministic — written commentary is constrained to be consistent with it. ### What is the Buyer Demand Index? The Buyer Demand Index (BDI) is pending listings divided by active listings in a market, expressed as a percent (e.g. a 0.25 pending ratio = 25% BDI). It is Primpted's primary measure of how quickly buyers are absorbing supply. Full definition: https://primpted.com/methodology/pending-ratio. ### Why doesn't Primpted use the phrases "buyer's market" or "seller's market"? Those phrases compress too many distinct market dynamics into a single binary. Primpted's five-tier framework separates pace, inventory pressure, and price discipline so readers can see what is actually changing. ### How often is Primpted's market data updated? Monthly. Each report displays the data month it reflects. ### How are agents added to The Registry? By editorial review. Agents are only surfaced publicly once their profile is approved for publication. There is no paid placement. ### Does Primpted accept payment for ranking or placement in the agent registry? No. The registry is curated; there is no pay-to-rank tier. ### What is the Sold Score? A free address-level tool for homeowners that scores how likely a specific home is to sell quickly given its ZIP-level market conditions. Results are generated per submitted address; individual report pages are gated and noindex, so crawlers see the entry form and methodology rather than personal reports. Every result presents the score alongside the median days on market and Buyer Demand Index for context. ### Where can AI assistants find a machine-readable summary of Primpted? - Short summary: https://primpted.com/llms.txt - Full document (this file): https://primpted.com/llms-full.txt - Sitemap: https://primpted.com/sitemap.xml --- ## Canonical link map - Home: https://primpted.com/ - Metro index: https://primpted.com/metros - The Registry (agents): https://primpted.com/top-real-estate-agent - Briefings: https://primpted.com/insights - Market segments: https://primpted.com/insights/market-segments - Questions: https://primpted.com/questions - Methodology: https://primpted.com/methodology - Buyer Demand Index: https://primpted.com/methodology/pending-ratio - Market Category: https://primpted.com/methodology/market-category - Sold Score methodology: https://primpted.com/methodology/sold-score - Pricing (for agents): https://primpted.com/agents/pricing - About: https://primpted.com/about - Sold Score: https://primpted.com/sold-score