Land acquisition & parcel sourcing for home builders

Tell us what you're building.
We'll find the land.

PredictivHQ screens every parcel in your target county against your project brief and enriches the strongest candidates with terrain, soils, flood, utility, and zoning data. You get a ranked shortlist with a PHQ Score on every site. No searching, no listings, no spreadsheets to build.

Every parcelin the target county, screened against your brief
12 data layerspulled onto every candidate site
1 scoreranking each site against what you told us matters
Top 20delivered with owner research, ready for outreach

How it works

Place the request.
The parcels come to you.

Sourcing land usually means driving roads, scrolling listings, and cross-referencing GIS viewers. We automate the legwork for each client project. You describe the project, and vetted sites show up ranked.

  1. 01

    Brief

    Share your buy box: product type, unit count, acreage range, budget, timeline, and must-haves like distance to sewer. It takes a few minutes, and we follow up on anything that needs nuance.

  2. 02

    Screen

    We pull every parcel in the target county and apply hard gates built from your brief: size, land use, flood exposure, power corridors, terrain, and land basis. A whole county shrinks to a focused candidate pool.

  3. 03

    Enrich

    Each candidate is layered with soil composition, septic suitability, sewer proximity, zoning and entitlement path, and ownership, all drawn from county, state, and federal sources.

  4. 04

    Rank & deliver

    Candidates are scored, reviewed by an analyst, and delivered as a ranked shortlist. Each site comes with a full profile, development overlays, and owner contact research.

Data layers

Every parcel,
fully read.

Every candidate is enriched with the development data that decides whether a site works: terrain, soils, flood, utilities, access, and zoning. Pick a layer to see what we look at.

SEWER · 210 FTFRONTAGE · 610 FTUtility accessIllustrative parcel. Client profiles use live county, USDA, FEMA, and utility data.

On every parcel profile

  • Acreage & yield

    Gross and usable acres, with estimated lots at your density.

    County GIS
  • Terrain

    Roughness rating plus high and low elevation across the site.

    USGS elevation
  • Soil composition

    Dominant soil units by share of the parcel.

    USDA SSURGO
  • Septic suitability

    Share of the parcel rated very, somewhat, or not limited.

    USDA SSURGO
  • Flood zone

    Mapped flood zone at the parcel, with floodway exclusion.

    FEMA NFHL
  • Hazard risk

    Composite natural-hazard rating for the area.

    FEMA NRI
  • Sewer proximity

    Distance to the nearest public line, marked verified or inferred.

    Utility GIS
  • Power corridors

    Distance to high-voltage transmission lines.

    Federal infrastructure data
  • Zoning & entitlement

    Current zoning and the path to your product type.

    County & municipal zoning
  • Land basis

    Assessed land value and $/acre, measured against your budget.

    County tax records
  • Development proximity

    Distance to the nearest built-out neighborhood.

    County GIS
  • Ownership

    Owner of record, mailing address, entity type, and contact research.

    County records + skip trace

The PHQ Score

One number.
Built from your brief.

Hard gates decide what's in, and the PHQ Score decides what comes first. Our proprietary model weighs utility access, buildability, entitlement path, acreage fit, and land basis against your priorities. The same parcel can score 92 for one builder and 70 for another.

Hard gates · set per brief

  • Acreage within your target range
  • Land use compatible with residential development
  • Outside floodway and high-risk flood zones
  • Clear of high-voltage transmission corridors
  • Terrain within grading tolerance
  • Assessed land value inside your budget
Advance diligence

Sample parcel · 18.4 ac

PHQ Score91
  • Utility access
    96
  • Terrain
    88
  • Entitlement path
    85
  • Acreage fit
    100
  • Land basis
    78

Illustrative. Factor weights are tuned to each client brief.

White-glove

A service,
not a search box.

Self-serve parcel tools hand you filters and leave the work to you. PredictivHQ is a hands-on acquisition partner. We do the sourcing, and you make the decisions.

Tailored to your buy box

Every request starts from your criteria, not a template. Your acreage sweet spot, sewer distance, budget ceiling, and timeline all shape both the gates and the score.

Analyst-reviewed

A person reviews every shortlist before it ships and catches what data alone misses: awkward parcel shapes, landlocked lots, estate and trust ownership, and local quirks.

Refined with you

Shortlists are a conversation. Tell us what's a fit and what isn't, and we'll tighten the brief and rerun. Each round gets sharper.

What you receive

A shortlist you can
act on today.

Ranked shortlistTop candidates ordered by PHQ Score, with every gate and flag shownPortal + spreadsheet
Parcel profilesParcel facts, land basis, soils, flood, and utility findings for each sitePortal
Development overlaysTopography, soils, flood, utilities, access, and zoning on the mapPortal
Owner researchOwner of record, mailing address, and contact research for outreachPortal + export
Source roomEvery finding links back to the public record it came fromPortal

FAQ

Questions builders
ask us first.

How PredictivHQ compares to parcel data platforms, what we analyze, and how a request works.

How is PredictivHQ different from Zonda, LandGlide, and Regrid?

Zonda, LandGlide, and Regrid are excellent data platforms. Regrid and LandGlide put parcel boundaries and ownership records on a map, and Zonda tracks new-home market activity and lot supply. They give you access to information, but you still do the searching, filtering, cross-referencing, and analysis yourself.

PredictivHQ is a service, not a search tool. We start from your project brief, screen every parcel in the county, check each candidate for terrain, soils, flood risk, sewer access, and zoning, and deliver a ranked shortlist. Data access isn't the bottleneck in land acquisition. Analysis is, and that's the work we do for you.

Can't I just find development land myself with a parcel map app?

You can, and plenty of acquisition teams do. But parcel apps show you one parcel at a time. Finding a buildable site means checking hundreds of candidates against FEMA flood maps, USDA soil surveys, utility sewer maps, and zoning codes, often across separate county websites.

That's the needle-in-a-haystack work we take off your plate. You skip the search and start from a shortlist of sites that already fit your criteria.

How does PredictivHQ speed up parcel analysis and land due diligence?

We automate the steps an acquisition analyst does by hand. Instead of opening a GIS viewer, a flood map, a soil survey, and a sewer map for each parcel, our pipeline runs those checks across every parcel in the county at once. An analyst then reviews the strongest candidates before anything reaches you.

Your team goes from a blank map to a ranked shortlist without spending time on parcels that were never going to work.

How do you find off-market land for residential development?

Most good development land is never listed. We don't start from listings. We start from the county's complete parcel records, so every privately owned parcel that fits your brief is a candidate, listed or not.

Each shortlist includes the owner of record, mailing address, and contact research so your team can make a direct approach.

What does PredictivHQ check on every parcel?

Every candidate is evaluated for acreage and estimated lot yield, terrain roughness and elevation, soil composition, septic suitability, FEMA flood zone, natural hazard risk, distance to public sewer, proximity to high-voltage transmission lines, zoning and entitlement path, assessed land value against your budget, distance to existing development, and ownership.

What is the PHQ Score?

The PHQ Score is our proprietary 0–100 ranking of how well a parcel fits your project. It weighs utility access, buildability, entitlement path, acreage fit, and land basis according to the priorities in your brief. Because the weights follow your criteria, the same parcel can score differently for two builders with different products.

How do you know whether a parcel can connect to public sewer?

Where a utility publishes its sewer lines, we measure the distance from the parcel's edge to the nearest public line. Where it doesn't, we infer sewer service from the surrounding development pattern. Clusters of small lots that couldn't support a septic field signal a sewered neighborhood, and we calibrate that signal against real sewer lines in each county.

Every shortlist marks sewer access as verified or inferred, along with the utility to call to confirm.

Which counties does PredictivHQ cover?

Our home market is North Carolina's Piedmont Triad, including Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, and Burlington. The model works in any U.S. county, though. Name your target county in your request, and we'll source and validate its parcel, utility, and zoning data before screening.

Who is PredictivHQ for?

Home builders, residential developers, and land acquisition teams who need a steady pipeline of buildable sites, from single-family subdivisions to townhome communities. If you have a product, a target market, and a buy box, we can source land for it.

Does PredictivHQ replace my due diligence?

No. PredictivHQ is a screening and sourcing service built on public records. Our findings tell you which sites deserve your attention and why, but they aren't a survey, title opinion, perc test, or utility availability letter. Confirm the details with the relevant authorities before you commit capital.

What do I need to start a parcel request?

Just your project brief: target county, product type, unit count, acreage range, budget, timeline, and any must-haves like maximum distance to sewer. Create an account, submit your request, and we'll follow up on anything that needs more detail.

Coverage

Rooted in the Triad.
Ready for your county.

Our home market is North Carolina's Piedmont Triad, but the model goes wherever your project does. Name any county in your request. We'll source and validate its parcel, utility, and zoning data, then screen and score it just as rigorously.

  • ActivePiedmont Triad, NCGreensboro · Winston-Salem · High Point · Burlington
  • AnywhereYour countyBuilding somewhere else? We set up your market's data as part of your request.

Your next site is already out there.
Let's find it.