The Market Value Analysis (MVA) is a tool to help residents and policymakers identify and understand the elements of their local real estate markets. It is an objective, data-driven tool built on local administrative data and validated with local experts. With an MVA, public officials and private actors can more precisely target intervention strategies in weak markets and support sustainable growth in stronger markets.

In 2023, Reinvestment Fund completed an update to the City of Dallas MVA. The first MVA study in the City of Dallas was conducted in 2018 and a new study was needed to update information on current housing market conditions in Dallas neighborhoods.

The 2023 Market Value Analysis StoryMap provides an explanation of Reinvestment Fund's data analysis process to determine residential market types and the MVA study outcomes. 

The StoryMap page also includes a web map application to search property addresses for the MVA categories, City of Dallas zoning, and the Displacement Risk Ratio. Search properties by clicking HERE. 

The 2023 City of Dallas MVA defines nine market types identified in MVA categories (A through I).

The StoryMap shows the MVA categories for every Census Block Group in the City of Dallas. 

The MVA Categories

The 2023 the City of Dallas MVA defines nine market types identified in MVA Categories (A through I). 

The StoryMap shows the MVA categories for every Census Block Group in the City of Dallas.

The matrix (Table 1) accompanies the MVA map.

The matrix below identifies nine market types (A through I) on a spectrum of residential market strength or weakness. The purple colors represent strong markets, blues represent mid-range markets, and yellows represent weak markets. The numbers in each indicator column represents the Census Block Group average for each market type. Listed below are the indicators with brief descriptions:

• Median home sales price: This factors in Price to Rent in areas with a high proportion of rental units.
• Coef. Variance: This represents the coefficient of variance in home sales price.
• Percent owner-occupied: This represents owner occupied units shown as a percent of total occupied housing units.
• Percent new construction: New construction units shown as a percent of total housing units.
• Percent code violations: Housing units with structural code violations shown as a percent of total housing units.
• Percent of vacant homes: Vacant housing units shown as a percent of total housing units.
• Percent foreclosure filings: Housing units with foreclosure filings shown as a percent of total housing units.
• Percent public subsidy: Housing units built with public subsidy or occupied by voucher holders, shown as a percent of total housing units.
• Housing Units Per Acre: Shown in units per acre of residential land, this is provided only for reference and was not used in the analysis.

2023 Dallas MVA Map