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The DMV Signal

What moved on the ground in the DC region last month — permits, zoning dockets, deed transfers and rezonings — mapped, and what it means for property firms.

The first issue is in the works. Email me and you’ll get it the day it ships.

In every issue

  • One map that matters

    A single map built from county open data, with what it shows explained in plain English.

  • Docket and permit watch

    Notable zoning cases, rezonings and large permits across the six jurisdictions, with links to the public record.

  • The data behind it

    Where the numbers came from, how fresh they are, and the quirks worth knowing before you use them.

  • Five minutes to read

    Short enough to read between meetings. No link roundups, no sponsored filler.

Coming up

Planned topics for the first issues, each built on public data from the six jurisdictions below.

  1. DC building permits this month, mapped by ward
  2. Zoning Commission and BZA docket watch: what was filed, what was approved
  3. Montgomery County permit trends from dataMontgomery
  4. Fairfax PLUS versus its open-data portal: what each one exposes
  5. Loudoun data-center land use and rezonings
  6. Prince George's development pipeline
  7. Deed transfers as a leading indicator
  8. Six counties, six schemas: a field-mapping explainer

District of Columbia · Montgomery County · Prince George's County · Fairfax County · Arlington County · Loudoun County

Who writes it

Nicolas Roldos, the geospatial and AWS engineer behind Nico Tek Solutions, builds location-intelligence dashboards for property firms. The DMV Signal is the same work, pointed at the whole region and shared once a month. More about Nico Tek.