PHLRenting Architecture
From property details to precise pricing in milliseconds
🏠
Step 1
Property Input
Zip, beds, baths, amenities entered via React form
🏛️
Step 2
HUD Baseline
FY 2026 Fair Market Rent by zip code sets the foundation
📡
Step 3
Market Reference
Rentcast API provides current listing context (cached 7 days)
⚡
Step 4
Price Engine
Applies condition, utilities, and amenity adjustments
💰
Step 5
Sweet Spot
Optimal rent with full breakdown displayed
Data Foundation
HUD baseline + market context
HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents (FY 2026) provide a stable, zip-specific baseline. Rentcast API adds current market context. Utilities adjustment handles included vs tenant-pays scenarios.
Pricing Engine
Transparent adjustments
Condition multiplier applied to HUD base. Utility deductions for tenant-pays scenarios. Additive premiums for parking, laundry, HVAC, and amenities. Every adjustment is itemized.
Tech Stack
Modern, modular, maintainable
React 18 frontend with hooks for state. CSS custom properties for theming. Netlify for deployment with automatic builds from GitHub.
🗺️
Hyper-Local by Design
Not trying to cover 50 states. Perfecting 15 Philadelphia zip codes with neighborhood-calibrated data that national tools miss.
Fishtown
Northern Liberties
Fairmount
Graduate Hospital
Germantown
Mount Airy
+9 more
Developed by
