› Measured · Q3 2026

The state of housing, honestly.

$1,290

US average 2BR Fair Market Rent · HUD FY2025 · 52 states · 9,176 SAFMR ZIPs

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› In Development · Q4 2026 Launch

Metric · 02

Build Cost by state

$/sqft

Aggregator pipeline in build

Metric · 03

ADU Permit timeline

Days

County ArcGIS integration in build

Metric · 04

Modular Market Activity

Composite index

PERCH internal data maturing

› Methodology

Every number here has a sample size, a source, and a method.

PERCH Index publishes only what we can defend. Sample-size floors are enforced per state; anything short of the threshold shows as "insufficient data" — never as a filled placeholder.

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› Sources of Record

US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Market Rents API · FY2025 Release · October 2025

Zillow Research

Zillow Home Value Index · State-level series · monthly refresh

US Census Bureau

Manufacturing Value of Product Shipments · planned Q4 2026 integration

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Producer Price Index · residential construction materials · planned Q4 2026

PERCH-certified builder network

Voluntary quarterly cost inputs · Founding 50 cohort · planned Q4 2026

Public county permit records

ArcGIS REST feature services · quarterly aggregation · planned Q4 2026

Cite as: PERCH Index, Q3 2026 (Vol. 1), ownperch.com/index.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

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