Spatial decision support for property investment, built on official data.
The same harmonised, government-sourced data moat that powers every free TerraSignal report — turned into the tailored analysis an investment committee, development team or lender actually needs: where to look, what to pay, what the neighbourhood will do to the asset.
Example deliverables — with real numbers from the data
Every figure below is computed from the live TerraSignal tiers today. Your study replaces these examples with your markets, your asset class and your decision rule.
Where does the money work hardest?
Rank every county, municipality or district in a country by a yield proxy, vacancy, income and population, with your filters (size, tenure mix, growth). Example: gross rent yield proxy for US counties above 250,000 residents.
| County | Home value | Rent /mo | Yield proxy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County, TX | $120,000 | $899 | 9.0% |
| Hidalgo County, TX | $124,000 | $925 | 9.0% |
| Wayne County, MI | $170,200 | $1,087 | 7.7% |
| New York County, NY | $1,108,900 | $2,132 | 2.3% |
| San Francisco County, CA | $1,380,500 | $2,419 | 2.1% |
How many years of rent buys the asset?
Price-to-rent by local authority, from registered sales and official rent indices — the fastest read on where capital values have run ahead of income. Example: England & Wales, 2024.
| Local authority | Median price | Rent /mo | Years of rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £199,950 | £1,207 | 13.8 |
| Manchester | £255,000 | £1,365 | 15.6 |
| Bristol | £340,000 | £1,880 | 15.1 |
| Mole Valley | £580,000 | £1,548 | 31.2 |
| Derbyshire Dales | £320,000 | £810 | 32.9 |
Where is rent eating income — and where is headroom?
Rent as a share of local net income, by municipality, from tax-declared rents and the income atlas. Example: Spanish cities above 100,000 residents.
| Municipio | Rent €/m² | Rent /mo | Rent ÷ income p.p. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marbella | €9,63 | €800 | 0.72 |
| L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | €13,00 | €726 | 0.65 |
| Madrid | €13,97 | €869 | 0.53 |
| Oviedo | €7,32 | €500 | 0.35 |
| Ourense | €5,07 | €410 | 0.32 |
Does the population match the product?
Age structure, household size, income and tenure per area — for senior living, student housing, family build-to-rent or co-living. Example: share aged 65+ in Spanish cities above 50,000 — the senior-living shortlist.
| City | Aged 65+ | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrol (A Coruña) | 29.9% | 63,209 |
| Salamanca | 28.8% | 143,030 |
| León | 28.6% | 121,600 |
| Getxo (Bizkaia) | 28.2% | 75,600 |
| Zamora | 28.0% | 59,169 |
Which side of the city, which block?
Transaction-based €/m² down to arrondissement and IRIS, with sale counts so you know how solid each median is. Example: Lyon, notarised sales 2024.
| Arrondissement | €/m² (median) | Sales 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Lyon 2e | 5 321 € | 403 |
| Lyon 6e | 5 206 € | 602 |
| Lyon 3e | 4 508 € | 1 258 |
| Lyon 8e | 4 033 € | 839 |
| Lyon 9e | 3 648 € | 549 |
Score 1 address — or 10,000.
The nine-insight neighbourhood report, run in batch over a pipeline, a portfolio or a bank's book: rent check against the official series, vacancy, 15-minute daily needs, transit, green space, schools, who lives here, plus a verdict per asset and an exceptions list.
| Output | Per asset |
|---|---|
| Rent / price vs official series | % above or below, with source |
| Vacancy & competition | official rate + read |
| 15-min amenities, transit, schools, green | counts, distances, score |
| Who lives here | age, households, income, tenure |
| Verdict & flags | best-for, risks, exceptions |
Maps & charts gallery
Fourteen graphics rendered straight from the tiers — US county yields and values, England & Wales price-to-rent, Spanish rents and ageing, Île-de-France €/m², German rents, Sydney and Toronto.
Formats
Scoped to the decision, not to a template. Scope and price are agreed in a short call — send the brief below and we set one up.
How an engagement runs
Why TerraSignal
- Official sources only. Census, land registries, notarised sales, tax-declared rents, national statistics. No scraped listings, no black-box estimates — so the number survives the committee.
- One schema across ten countries. The same measures and geographies harmonised, which is what makes cross-border comparison and multi-market screening actually possible.
- Depth where it matters. District level everywhere, fine-grain beneath it (census sections, IRIS, MSOA, ZIP, tracts) — the level a site decision needs.
- Method you can audit. Spatial econometrics, not slideware: every ranking comes with its formula, weights and source table.
Led by Prof. Eric Vaz, spatial econometrician and GIS researcher (Toronto Metropolitan University), author of peer-reviewed work on regional housing, well-being and land use across Europe, Canada and Africa, and the builder of the TerraSignal data platform.
Confidential by default. Your brief, your data and the results stay yours; we never resell a client study.
Email: eric@terrasignal.ca
Request a proposal
Tell us the decision and the markets. We reply within one working day to set up a short call, then send a scoped proposal — no obligation.
How fresh is the data?
Each country's tier carries its source vintage (e.g. ACS 2023, DVF 2024, Land Registry 2024, Census 2021 for tenure and demographics). Studies state the vintage on every table; licences include refreshes on release.
Can you add a country or a dataset we need?
Yes — new national tiers are built regularly (six were added in August 2026). Client-specific datasets can be merged into the same schema.
Is this the free report?
No. Every address report on terrasignal.ca stays free and open. Data Intelligence is bespoke analysis at market and portfolio scale, scoped to your decision.