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Small working calculators that draw the answer. Every default is an assumption, every rule is cited on its own page, and none of it is advice. Each tool says which city's code it reads; the arithmetic travels, the code cards do not. Read the full disclaimer before relying on any of it.
start herewhat can this lot hold?Type an Austin address: the lot from the city's public maps, what the home rules allow, what the street plan could take, the water-service step and a cost check on your numbers. A first screen, not a study.open the tool
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where texas data centers are going
Data center projects registered with the state this fiscal year, with a partial look back, the grid's large-load requests by zone, high-voltage lines and county water outlook, on one map.
all of texas ·
how long a permit takes in austin
Pick a kind of project and a part of town: how long projects like it took from application to building permit, from the city's own records.
austin ·
where greater san antonio is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro from the census permit survey, with zip-code detail where permits are published (San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin).
all of texas ·
where the austin area is permitting new homes
Every city and county from Georgetown down to just north of San Antonio: new homes permitted in the last 12 months, rising or falling, with zip-code detail wherever permits are published (Austin, Kyle, San Marcos, Hutto, Leander (2025 only), Round Rock, Manor, Lago Vista, Lakeway, New Braunfels, Seguin).
austin ·
new homes since 2015 in texas' three big metros
Monthly and yearly permits since 2015 for every reporting city and county in austin, dallas-fort worth and greater houston, against 2019 and the 2021-22 peak, cities ranked by growth.
all of texas ·
where austin is rezoning
Every zoning case since 2015, nearly all on a map, coloured by how it ended, with the approval rate by request type, days to a council vote, the most common up-zonings and what is in front of council now.
austin ·
public projects in central texas before the rfp
How much public building work is coming in the Austin area before it goes out for proposals: counts, dollars, and when the decisions land.
austin ·
where austin is permitting new homes
Every new-home building permit the city issued in the last three years, mapped by zip code and council district: where it's rising and where it's falling.
austin ·
how much of your lot does the street plan take
Every lot in thirteen central Austin neighborhoods, measured against the street widths in Austin's mobility plan: the strip each lot would give up, and what that does to its buildable area. Find your lot by address.
austin ·
how many homes fit on this lot now
What Austin's HOME rules allow on a single-family lot, drawn three ways.
austin ·
cost vs rent check
Compares the build cost you enter with the rent it could bring, as a yield on cost against the cap rate you set, with the massing it implies.
all of texas ·
what one more bathroom does to a water service
How a water-service step is priced: where one more bathroom pushes a multi-unit project over a meter or service-line threshold. Austin sizes a single house differently.
austin ·
single-stair floor plate study
What a narrow lot yields with one stair instead of two.
austin ·
nothing here for that question yet.
where dallas-fort worth is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro: new homes permitted in the last 12 months, rising or falling, with zip-code detail wherever permits are published.
dallas-fort worth ·
where texas data centers are going
Data center projects registered with the state this fiscal year, with a partial look back, the grid's large-load requests by zone, high-voltage lines and county water outlook, on one map.
all of texas ·
where greater san antonio is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro from the census permit survey, with zip-code detail where permits are published (San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin).
all of texas ·
new homes since 2015 in texas' three big metros
Monthly and yearly permits since 2015 for every reporting city and county in austin, dallas-fort worth and greater houston, against 2019 and the 2021-22 peak, cities ranked by growth.
all of texas ·
what a fort worth residential lot allows
Pick a Fort Worth zoning district and type in the lot: homes, yards, footprint, height, coverage, parking and the accessory-unit rule, with a section cited on every figure.
dallas-fort worth ·
what an arlington residential lot allows
Pick an Arlington district and housing type and type in the lot: homes, setbacks, footprint, height, coverage, parking and the secondary-unit rule, with a section cited on every figure.
dallas-fort worth ·
how much of your dallas lot does the thoroughfare plan take
Every lot in six Dallas neighborhoods against the city's Thoroughfare Plan: the strip each lot on a thoroughfare would dedicate at platting, with the plan's own right-of-way figure. Find your lot by address.
dallas-fort worth ·
what a dallas residential lot allows
Pick a Dallas zoning district and type in the lot: homes, yards, the footprint left inside them, height, coverage, parking and the ADU rules, read from Chapter 51A with a section cited on every figure.
dallas-fort worth ·
how long a new-home permit takes in fort worth
Filing to issue, by zip and by month, from the city's open data. August 2026 onward; adds a month at each monthly snapshot.
dallas-fort worth ·
cost vs rent check
Compares the build cost you enter with the rent it could bring, as a yield on cost against the cap rate you set, with the massing it implies.
all of texas ·
nothing here for that question yet.
where greater houston is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the Greater Houston metro: new homes permitted in the last 12 months, rising or falling, with zip-code detail wherever permits or appraisal records are published.
houston ·
where texas data centers are going
Data center projects registered with the state this fiscal year, with a partial look back, the grid's large-load requests by zone, high-voltage lines and county water outlook, on one map.
all of texas ·
where greater san antonio is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro from the census permit survey, with zip-code detail where permits are published (San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin).
all of texas ·
new homes since 2015 in texas' three big metros
Monthly and yearly permits since 2015 for every reporting city and county in austin, dallas-fort worth and greater houston, against 2019 and the 2021-22 peak, cities ranked by growth.
all of texas ·
how much of your houston lot does the thoroughfare plan take
Every lot in six inner-loop Houston neighborhoods against the Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan: the strip each lot on a plan street would give up, and what the plan says about that segment. Find your lot by address.
houston ·
how many homes a houston lot can make
Houston has no zoning: type in a tract and see every route Chapter 42 gives it - standard lots, compensating open space, small lots on a shared driveway, courtyard style, multi-unit residential - with the building lines, parking and replat process for each.
houston ·
cost vs rent check
Compares the build cost you enter with the rent it could bring, as a yield on cost against the cap rate you set, with the massing it implies.
all of texas ·
nothing here for that question yet.
where dallas-fort worth is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro: new homes permitted in the last 12 months, rising or falling, with zip-code detail wherever permits are published.
dallas-fort worth ·
where greater houston is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the Greater Houston metro: new homes permitted in the last 12 months, rising or falling, with zip-code detail wherever permits or appraisal records are published.
houston ·
where texas data centers are going
Data center projects registered with the state this fiscal year, with a partial look back, the grid's large-load requests by zone, high-voltage lines and county water outlook, on one map.
all of texas ·
how long a permit takes in austin
Pick a kind of project and a part of town: how long projects like it took from application to building permit, from the city's own records.
austin ·
where greater san antonio is permitting new homes
Every city and county in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro from the census permit survey, with zip-code detail where permits are published (San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin).
all of texas ·
where the austin area is permitting new homes
Every city and county from Georgetown down to just north of San Antonio: new homes permitted in the last 12 months, rising or falling, with zip-code detail wherever permits are published (Austin, Kyle, San Marcos, Hutto, Leander (2025 only), Round Rock, Manor, Lago Vista, Lakeway, New Braunfels, Seguin).
austin ·
new homes since 2015 in texas' three big metros
Monthly and yearly permits since 2015 for every reporting city and county in austin, dallas-fort worth and greater houston, against 2019 and the 2021-22 peak, cities ranked by growth.
all of texas ·
where austin is rezoning
Every zoning case since 2015, nearly all on a map, coloured by how it ended, with the approval rate by request type, days to a council vote, the most common up-zonings and what is in front of council now.
austin ·
what a fort worth residential lot allows
Pick a Fort Worth zoning district and type in the lot: homes, yards, footprint, height, coverage, parking and the accessory-unit rule, with a section cited on every figure.
dallas-fort worth ·
what an arlington residential lot allows
Pick an Arlington district and housing type and type in the lot: homes, setbacks, footprint, height, coverage, parking and the secondary-unit rule, with a section cited on every figure.
dallas-fort worth ·
how much of your houston lot does the thoroughfare plan take
Every lot in six inner-loop Houston neighborhoods against the Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan: the strip each lot on a plan street would give up, and what the plan says about that segment. Find your lot by address.
houston ·
how much of your dallas lot does the thoroughfare plan take
Every lot in six Dallas neighborhoods against the city's Thoroughfare Plan: the strip each lot on a thoroughfare would dedicate at platting, with the plan's own right-of-way figure. Find your lot by address.
dallas-fort worth ·
how many homes a houston lot can make
Houston has no zoning: type in a tract and see every route Chapter 42 gives it - standard lots, compensating open space, small lots on a shared driveway, courtyard style, multi-unit residential - with the building lines, parking and replat process for each.
houston ·
what a dallas residential lot allows
Pick a Dallas zoning district and type in the lot: homes, yards, the footprint left inside them, height, coverage, parking and the ADU rules, read from Chapter 51A with a section cited on every figure.
dallas-fort worth ·
how long a new-home permit takes in fort worth
Filing to issue, by zip and by month, from the city's open data. August 2026 onward; adds a month at each monthly snapshot.
dallas-fort worth ·
public projects in central texas before the rfp
How much public building work is coming in the Austin area before it goes out for proposals: counts, dollars, and when the decisions land.
austin ·
where austin is permitting new homes
Every new-home building permit the city issued in the last three years, mapped by zip code and council district: where it's rising and where it's falling.
austin ·
how much of your lot does the street plan take
Every lot in thirteen central Austin neighborhoods, measured against the street widths in Austin's mobility plan: the strip each lot would give up, and what that does to its buildable area. Find your lot by address.
austin ·
how many homes fit on this lot now
What Austin's HOME rules allow on a single-family lot, drawn three ways.
austin ·
cost vs rent check
Compares the build cost you enter with the rent it could bring, as a yield on cost against the cap rate you set, with the massing it implies.
all of texas ·
what one more bathroom does to a water service
How a water-service step is priced: where one more bathroom pushes a multi-unit project over a meter or service-line threshold. Austin sizes a single house differently.
austin ·
single-stair floor plate study
What a narrow lot yields with one stair instead of two.
austin ·
nothing here for that question yet.
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