EST. 2026 · REAL ESTATE INTELLIGENCE
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THU, MAR 26, 2026
3,794 ZIPS TRACKED
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“The biggest real estate portals were built to serve the industry. Folio was built to serve the people navigating it.”

A pure intelligence layer — no advertising model, no conflict of interest. Transparent data. Predictive scores. Markets that matter to real buyers and real agents, not just to the platforms that profit from keeping information asymmetric.

— Folio, founded 2026
Founded
2026
Phoenix, Arizona
Markets indexed
3,794
AZ, TX, FL, TN, AL
Data sources
15+
Fused per signal
Business model
SaaS
No advertising. Ever.
Agent conflict
None
No lead splitting
Methodology
Open
We show our work
What We Believe
01

No advertising. Ever.

Most real estate platforms make money selling ads to agents. That means every feature they build serves the agent, not the buyer. Folio has no advertising model, no ad network, no sponsored placements. Our only revenue is subscriptions from agents who want better intelligence tools — not from manipulating what you see.

02

Transparent methodology.

We show you exactly how PropIQ™ is calculated. Every signal is visible on every page. We publish our methodology. We don't hide behind a black box score that nobody can verify. If our score is wrong, you should be able to see why — and we should be held accountable for fixing it.

03

Data that predicts, not describes.

Median price tells you where a market was six months ago. Days on market tells you where it's going. PropIQ™ weights leading indicators over lagging ones. We built it to tell you what to do next, not what already happened. The difference between intelligence and data is timing.

04

Markets that matter to real people.

The biggest portals optimize for markets that generate ad revenue. That means thousands of cities — the ones where real Americans actually live and buy homes — get ignored or underserved. Folio tracks every ZIP code we can get data for, not just the ones that are profitable to cover.

Building in Public
Jan 2026
Folio founded
Started with a simple question: why does every real estate platform serve agents instead of buyers?
Feb 2026
PropIQ™ v1 built
First version of the scoring algorithm. Tested against 18 months of historical data across 500 ZIP codes.
Mar 2026
3,794 markets indexed
Real Redfin MLS data ingested for Arizona, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama. PropIQ™ computed for every ZIP.
Q2 2026
School & permit data
NCES school trajectory scores and county permit databases integrate into PropIQ™ v2.
Q3 2026
All 50 states
Full national coverage. 23,000+ markets. The intelligence layer real estate has always needed.
The Old Way vs The Folio Way
The Old Way
Revenue from agent advertising — agents are the customer, not you
Valuation methodology hidden — you can't see why the number is wrong
Ignores markets that don't generate enough ad revenue
Sells your contact info to multiple competing agents simultaneously
Optimizes search results for what agents pay to promote
Conflict of interest baked into every feature
The Folio Way
Revenue from agent SaaS — buyers are the user, agents are the customer
PropIQ™ methodology fully transparent — every signal shown on every page
Tracks 3,794 markets including those too small for the big portals
One agent per ZIP, exclusive — your lead goes to one person only
No sponsored results, no promoted listings, no pay-to-play
Intelligence only — no conflicts, no agenda beyond accuracy
Free during beta
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