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DSR Data vs Micromarkets · an honest comparison

DSR Data scores demand against supply.
Micromarkets scores, explains and maps every force behind it.

Both DSR Data and Micromarkets help property investors identify markets where demand may be stronger than available supply. The difference is how completely each platform answers that question.

DSR Data brings numerous property-market indicators together into the DSR and DSR+ — the principal scores designed to help investors assess a market’s demand-to-supply position and potential for future capital growth. Its supporting statistics include sales-market indicators such as Days on Market, Stock on Market, vendor discount, auction clearance rates and online search interest, together with rental indicators such as vacancy rates, rental yield and rental growth.

Micromarkets answers the same core demand-versus-supply question, then expands it into multiple specialised scores for sales supply, rental supply, market speed, changing conditions, transaction activity, price and rent performance.

Instead of producing only one overall market reading, Micromarkets shows what is driving the result — and lets you screen, rank and map those conditions across more than 30,000 suburb × property type × bedroom markets throughout Australia.

Where each is strongest

DSR Data

Focused demand-to-supply scoring

Built primarily to assess whether buyer demand is stronger than property supply and summarise that relationship through an established investment score.

  • DSR and DSR+ demand-to-supply scores
  • Statistical-reliability measures
  • Strategy Suitability Indices
  • Market screening, monitoring and alerts
  • Supporting sales, supply, yield and rental indicators
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Micromarkets

Complete property-market intelligence

Built to measure demand and supply in greater depth, explain what is driving each result and extend the analysis across the wider property market.

  • Multiple specialised supply, speed, pressure, direction and performance scores
  • Separate sales and rental market analysis
  • Transparent underlying figures behind every score
  • More than 30,000 suburb × property type × bedroom markets
  • National map-based discovery and comparison
  • Price, rent, yield, volume, momentum, demographic and census intelligence
  • Emerging-markets AI and more than 100 market metrics
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// Supply Market Intelligence

What supply metrics do we rank for?

Micromarkets doesn’t compress every supply-and-demand condition into one number. It ranks the whole market six different ways — each view answering a different question:

  • Where property supply is most limited
  • Where properties are also selling or leasing quickly
  • Whether conditions are tightening or weakening
  • Whether prices or rents are responding
  • Whether pressure is stronger in the sales or rental market

In Micromarkets, market pressure means limited property supply combined with fast selling or leasing conditions. Every score compares markets with the same property type and bedroom count, within your State or across Australia. Supply Squeeze is the staple — the purest read on scarcity — so it leads the six below.

Supply Squeeze

Where is available property supply most limited?

Ranked by · Supply Tightness

What it measures

Supply Tightness shows how limited the number of properties available for sale or lease is relative to the market’s recent transaction activity.

It compares:

  • the number of properties available during the latest completed month; with
  • the average number sold or leased per month over the latest 12 completed months.

The result is then compared with markets of the same property type and bedroom count, within the selected State or across Australia.

A higher Supply Tightness score means fewer properties are available relative to the market’s recent sales or leasing rate.

This view focuses specifically on supply scarcity — markets where current availability is low relative to how many properties are typically being absorbed. A pure supply-to-demand ratio, converted to a percentile.

Open Supply Squeeze in the demo

Pressure Hotspots

Where are supply scarcity and market speed strongest together?

Ranked by · Current Market Pressure

What it measures

Current Market Pressure combines two conditions:

  • Supply Tightness: how limited current supply is relative to recent sales or leasing activity
  • Market Speed: how quickly properties are selling or leasing

A high Pressure score requires both conditions to be strong: relatively few properties are available, and properties are also moving quickly.

This view highlights markets where limited supply is being supported by fast selling or leasing conditions — not markets that are scarce simply because they are small or inactive.

Open Pressure Hotspots in the demo

Market Shift

Where are market conditions strengthening or weakening?

Ranked by · Market Direction

What it measures

Market Direction combines the annual changes in:

  • Months of Supply: whether available supply relative to transaction activity has tightened or loosened
  • Days on Market: whether properties are selling or leasing faster or slower

A higher Market Direction score generally means supply has become tighter and properties are moving faster than one year earlier.

A lower score generally means supply has become looser and properties are moving more slowly.

This view measures direction rather than current strength — whether conditions have been improving, weakening or sending mixed signals over the past year.

Open Market Shift in the demo

Pressure & Performance

Where is market pressure being supported by price or rent growth?

Ranked by · Pressure Confirmation

What it measures

Pressure Confirmation combines:

  • Current Market Pressure: limited supply together with fast selling or leasing conditions
  • Price / Rent Response: annual median price growth, or annual median rent growth on the Rental tab

A high Pressure Confirmation score means properties are relatively scarce, are moving quickly, and prices or rents are also rising.

This view highlights markets where supply-and-speed pressure is being reinforced by measurable price or rent performance. It also flags markets where strong underlying conditions have not yet translated into growth — or where growth is occurring without equally strong supply pressure.

Open Pressure & Performance in the demo

Dual-Market Pressure

Where are both the sales and rental markets under strong pressure?

Ranked by · Combined Pressure

What it measures

Combined Pressure brings together:

  • Sales Pressure: limited properties available for sale combined with fast selling conditions
  • Rental Pressure: limited properties available for lease combined with fast leasing conditions

A high Combined Pressure score requires strong conditions in both markets. Weakness in either the sales or rental market reduces the result.

This view identifies markets where properties are relatively scarce and moving quickly on both sides — rather than markets where only sales or only rentals are strong.

Open Dual-Market Pressure in the demo

Sales–Rental Imbalance

Is market pressure stronger in sales or rentals?

Ranked by · Pressure Gap

What it measures

Pressure Gap shows the size of the difference between Sales Pressure and Rental Pressure — and identifies which side of the market is stronger.

Here, pressure means limited supply combined with fast selling or leasing conditions.

Blue · Sales-led: sales-market pressure is stronger.Purple · Rental-led: rental-market pressure is stronger.

The displayed number is the point difference between the two pressure scores. A larger number means a greater imbalance; a result near zero means sales and rental conditions are more closely balanced.

This view reveals whether market pressure is being led by buyers competing for limited sales stock, or tenants competing for limited rental availability.

Open Sales–Rental Imbalance in the demo
The core supply metrics

Across these views, Micromarkets repeatedly uses a small set of transparent underlying measures:

Months of Supply

Estimates how many months it would take to clear the properties currently available at the average monthly sales or leasing rate of the latest 12 months. Lower values generally mean tighter supply.

Supply Tightness

Converts Months of Supply into a peer-relative score. Higher scores mean supply is more limited compared with markets of the same property type and bedroom count.

Market Speed

Shows how quickly properties are selling or leasing compared with equivalent markets. Higher scores mean properties are moving faster.

Current Market Pressure

Combines Supply Tightness and Market Speed. A high score means supply is limited and properties are also moving quickly.

Market Direction

Shows whether Months of Supply and Days on Market are improving or weakening compared with one year earlier.

Pressure Confirmation

Shows whether limited supply and fast-moving conditions are also being supported by price or rent growth.

Sales and Rental Pressure

Separately measures supply scarcity and market speed on each side of the property market.

Open the supply tables in the demo

// The key difference

One principal investment score— or a complete market intelligence system

DSR Data’s central DSR+ score combines the statistics available within the platform into a single result from 0 to 100. The higher the score, the more demand is considered to exceed supply — an overall indicator of investment potential that helps investors decide where to buy.

Micromarkets takes the core demand-and-supply question and examines it through multiple purpose-built scores. It helps you determine:

  • Whether the number of properties available is limited relative to recent sales or leasing activity
  • How long the currently available supply could take to clear
  • Whether properties are selling or leasing quickly
  • Whether sales-market conditions are strengthening or weakening
  • Whether rental-market conditions are strengthening or weakening
  • Whether pressure is stronger in the sales or the rental market
  • Whether transaction activity is accelerating
  • Whether prices or rents are confirming the underlying conditions
  • Whether there is enough market evidence to trust the result

This matters because two markets can appear to have strong demand relative to supply for very different reasons.

Scarce because it is hot

Few properties available because demand is strong and properties are selling rapidly.

Scarce because it is quiet

Few properties available because it is a small, inactive market with very little transaction activity and slow sales.

Micromarkets separates these forces so you can see the difference — rather than relying on the final score alone.

// See it live

The whole system, running

Every supply score here is live in the demo — no sign-up. Boot the terminal, then jump straight into any view.

The market lens · live terminal

The whole market, ranked in one view.

mm> scan --market=AU --split=type×bed --rank=demandMicromarkets Terminal · VIC — Live · Public session · v2.0.4
Supply market — live ranked ledgerSampleExecutive · All states
#SuburbDays on marketΔ daysMedianSoldSupplyMarket demand ▾
01RedcliffeQLD · House · 3 Bed19 d▼ 6d$847k2141.4 mo94Surging
02MaitlandNSW · House · 4 Bed23 d▼ 4d$712k1871.8 mo91Surging
03MaroochydoreQLD · Unit · 2 Bed26 d▼ 3d$689k1562.3 mo88Strong
04GeelongVIC · House · 4 Bed24 d▼ 2d$954k2432.6 mo85Strong
05RockinghamWA · House · 3 Bed31 d▼ 5d$603k1212.1 mo82Strong
06GlenelgSA · Unit · 2 Bed29 d—$598k1743.4 mo78Steady
07BroadbeachQLD · Unit · 1 Bed33 d▲ 2d$531k984.9 mo75Steady
08Port MacquarieNSW · House · 4 Bed28 d▲ 1d$892k1413.8 mo72Steady
09BrunswickVIC · Unit · 2 Bed32 d▲ 1d$612k884.4 mo68Steady
10MandurahWA · House · 4 Bed35 d—$566k765.1 mo65Steady
11NewcastleNSW · Unit · 1 Bed30 d▼ 1d$498k1043.9 mo63Steady
12BundabergQLD · House · 3 Bed37 d▲ 3d$471k695.6 mo61Steady
+ 14,986 more micro-markets scannedEvery state · every property type

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Dual-metric views
30,000+
Micro-markets
100+
Market metrics
Monthly
Data refresh
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The comparison

Point for point

Stated plainly, as of July 2026. Where DSR Data is strong, it gets the tick.

DSR DataMicromarketsthe market lens
Measuring supply & demandWho does it better?
Single demand-to-supply composite scoreDSR’s reliability-filtered 0–100 is its signature; Micromarkets reads the same imbalance as a supply-shortage index — listings vs the 12-month sales pace — plus banded months of supply, rather than one canonical score
Months of supply — sales & rentalDSR tracks stock-on-market % and days-on-market; Micromarkets bands months of supply Severe → Loose per segment with 12-month change — in reports, maps and the screener, including shortage × price-growth views
Demand measurementDSR folds demand into the composite; Micromarkets exposes Market Velocity & Momentum as standalone sortable tables and map views
Days-on-market & stock-on-market history5-year sales days-on-market history; active listings tracked per segment
Where DSR Data is strong
Statistical-reliability filteringDSR’s ~9-consideration credibility gauge tames thin, rural markets; Micromarkets flags low-sample markets and prints the sold/lease counts behind every figure
Strategy-fit scoring (SSI)rates a suburb against buy-&-hold, cashflow, develop, buy-at-discount…
Sell-or-hold timing alertsMarket Monitor emails monthly threshold alerts; Micromarkets shows timing shifts on the map but doesn’t send alerts
Published research pedigreea 15-year, property-magazine-cited methodology; Micromarkets publishes its full methodology and band thresholds at /methodology
Enhanced predictive model (DSR+)adds cycle-timing, ripple-effect and long-term-growth stats
Interactive market discovery & breadth
Interactive map analyticsDSR pins a suburb after you pick it; Micromarkets is a national choropleth with 50+ views
Dual-metric spatial views50+ views that cross two forces at once — unique to Micromarkets
House, unit & bedroom breakdownDSR splits houses/units; Micromarkets splits by bedroom too — 30,000+ micro-markets
Find emerging marketsGraded A+ to D by a model that rewards consistency over spikes: micro-markets that grew in BOTH price and activity across several years — the pattern that most often precedes durable, sustained growth. Rental markets are scored the same way, on rents and lease volumes.AI/ML surfaces dip-resistant micro-markets compounding growth in both price and volume
Suburb finder with census criteriaDSR’s Market Matcher filters market stats only; Micromarkets adds demographic, ancestry, employment & economic-resource data
Buy-vs-Rent scenario tooldrag the interest rate and the whole map recolours
Shared foundations
Gross yields & rent data
Screen thousands of suburbs on criteria
Monthly data refresh
Historical time-series per metric
Australia-wide coverage
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The Platform

Unlimited Discovery. Unlimited potential.

Explore the entire property market in one place — compare markets, signals, and hidden pockets of opportunity that standard suburb research leaves behind.

30,000+ micro-markets

Every suburb, split by property type and bedroom — never blurred into one average. Track the market with absolute precision.

100+ advanced metrics

Price, yield, momentum, velocity, supply, demand and dozens more — every angle, every market.

Interactive maps & dual views

150+ single-metric heatmaps, plus 60+ dual-metric overlays that fuse two signals into one map.

Market Velocity Index

A proprietary score fusing how fast homes sell (or lease) with how much is trading — see which micro-markets are in highest demand.

Supply & emerging markets

See where stock is running dry, and the markets consistently rising in price and volume, year after year, regardless of the market cycle.

Next-gen suburb reports

Explore our industry-leading suburb reports that capture the finer details that make all the difference.

Spatial Intelligence

Read the market from 30,000 feet. Find the signal in the noise.

Most of the industry only sees half the picture. Price growth on a map alone doesn't tell you why a suburb is moving—or whether it'll keep moving. Our map lets you layer two market signals at once—like days on market against annual price growth—surfacing markets excelling in both that remain invisible to the rest of the industry. Explore the map below and see what true market clarity feels like.

60+ dual-metric combinations available
Industry leading analytics
Powerful market signals
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Momentum Matrix

HighLow
SlowFast

Price Growth × Days on Market

Active view: Days on Market × Price Growth (12m) — upper-right quadrant markets are experiencing peak buyer urgency and capital growth simultaneously. Switch metrics via the Engine control above.

What Dual-Metric Solves

A suburb selling fast could be a booming hotspot—or it could be a distressed market selling at a discount. Likewise, 'high rental yields' can mask a collapsing local economy where property values are plummeting. Without context, data isn’t an insight; it’s a guess.

What Dual-Metric Reveals

By layering two metrics, we surface critical intelligence that neither provides alone. This synergy reveals the true nature of the market—its cycle, demand intensity, and underlying trend that remain invisible to 99.9% of the industry.

Alpha Generation

Over 50+ dual-metric views, each one engineered to surface a different layer of the market. Hunt for growth corridors. Track emerging hotspots. Find undervalued suburbs. Whatever your strategy demands, there's a view built to deliver it.

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Plans & pricing

Priced for how you work

Every plan, side by side — what each costs and what it unlocks.

DSR Data

Monthly subscriptions + one-off products

  • Free (registered)Home-page DSR Meter only$0
  • LiteAnalyser, Matcher, Monitor · basic DSR$180/mo
  • ProAdds DSR+ and SSI stats$270/mo
  • Appraisal reportWhite-labellable, one suburb$84
  • Data dumps (CSV)Single-state to all-statesfrom $220
Unlimited on Plus+

Micromarkets

Four plans · billed monthly

  • Access2 suburb reports / mo · 1 state$89/mo
  • Access PlusUnlimited reports · 1 state$149/mo
  • Professional PlusUnlimited reports · national$249/mo
  • Executive PlusUnlimited reports · national + Emerging Markets$499/mo

Supply Market Dynamics add-on (months of supply, shortage views): from +$49/mo on any plan. Velocity, momentum & near-real-time views are Plus-tier features.

DSR Data pricing observed July 2026 from dsrdata.com.au; subscription prices (Lite $180/mo, Pro $270/mo) sit partly behind login and may change, and one-off products include an $84 appraisal report and CSV data dumps ($110–$3,960). A $50 fee applies to support-handled account changes. On Micromarkets your first suburb report is free, and subscribers get 50% off any reports beyond their plan.

Questions people ask

Can I trust Micromarkets data?
Yes. It is built on official and industry-grade sources — ABS Census data plus comprehensive sales, listing and rental records — and rebuilt from a monthly data pipeline, with every suburb report stating the exact 12-month window its figures cover. Nothing is a black box: behind each score you can read the underlying price, rent, sales-volume and days-on-market history, and low-sample markets are flagged so you know when a number rests on only a handful of transactions.
Isn’t the DSR just one number?
Yes, by design — and that is a genuine strength for quick, comparable buy-timing reads, and DSR+ widens it to 20-plus underlying stats with strategy-fit weighting. Micromarkets keeps the individual signals separate and visual — velocity, momentum, growth grade, supply and census — so you can see why a market is moving, not just a summary. Different philosophies; many serious investors use both.
Do they cover the same data?
There is real overlap — days on market, stock on market and yield appear in both, and each reads the demand-supply imbalance its own way: DSR as a composite score, Micromarkets as a supply-shortage index and months-of-supply bands. The divergence is breadth and presentation: DSR rolls the signals into composite scores; Micromarkets exposes 100+ metrics across property-type × bedroom segments on an interactive map with 50+ dual-metric views.
How current is the data?
Both refresh monthly. Micromarkets additionally offers near real-time 3-month rolling windows on its Plus tiers. DSR notes its data can be sparse in rural or thinly-traded markets — which is exactly why its statistical-reliability filtering exists.
What does each cost, and is there a free trial?
DSR Data: Lite $180/mo and Pro $270/mo (observed July 2026), plus one-off reports ($84), a book and CSV data dumps; its free tier is limited to the home-page DSR Meter. Micromarkets starts at $89/mo and gives your first full suburb report free. Prices change — check both sites.
Which has the stronger track record for growth-timing?
DSR owns the market-timing, sell-or-hold heritage — a published, 15-year methodology built around a single reliability-filtered demand-to-supply score. If that specific job is what you want, DSR is purpose-built for it. Micromarkets reads timing through the underlying forces instead: Market Momentum, demand velocity and months-of-supply bands that show a market tightening or loosening — so you watch the shift happen rather than wait for a score to cross a threshold.

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DSR, DSR+, Demand to Supply Ratio and Strategy Suitability Index are terms of DSR Data / Jeremy Sheppard; Micromarkets is not affiliated with or endorsed by DSR Data. This comparison reflects publicly available information as of July 2026 and our own product as shipped. Spot something out of date? Tell usand we’ll correct it.