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Development Tracker Guide

How to interpret tracked major development records, map filters, project sources, and development market snapshots.

what it does

What this tool does

Maps and lists curated major development records with status, type, location, value text, source links, and project context where available.

best use cases

Best use cases

Screen nearby projects, understand visible development activity in a city, and collect source links for market or preliminary research.
Use the crawlable city snapshot pages `/development/halifax`, `/development/moncton`, `/development/fredericton`, and `/development/saint-john` when you need a Google-indexable market summary instead of an interactive map state.

inputs

Inputs needed

Use province, status, address radius, city, project type, or keyword filters depending on whether you are exploring a market or a subject-property area.

outputs

Output explained

The market snapshot shows tracked project counts, status mix, type mix, known estimated value totals, largest known-value records, and source highlights.
City and status filters change the commentary, JSON link, source highlights, and value totals so the snapshot describes the filtered view rather than the whole tracker.
City snapshot pages expose the same development analytics as HTML plus links to the JSON API so researchers, search engines, and AI agents can all verify the same source highlights.

limitations

Limitations

Counts describe tracked curated records, not every project in the market. Values exclude undisclosed or unclear estimates.
The city snapshot pages are a source-backed screening layer, not a complete construction census, permit census, valuation forecast, or planning opinion.

common mistakes

Common mistakes

Do not treat the known-value total as total market construction volume. It is a sum of parseable estimates in the curated tracker.

faq

FAQ

If a project is missing, check municipal planning portals, public notices, government releases, and project-owner sources before concluding there is no activity.
Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton, and Saint John have focus-city JSON snapshots because their curated records are currently strong enough to support a more natural market read.

related tools

Related tools and APIs

Use `/public-api/developments/analytics` for aggregate market snapshots, `/public-api/developments/city-snapshots` for focus-city summaries, and `/public-api/developments/search` for capped record queries.

Related surfaces

Tools

Development Tracker, Market Research, Data Sources

APIs

/public-api/developments, /public-api/developments/search, /public-api/developments/analytics, /public-api/developments/city-snapshots

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Best use cases

Screen nearby projects, understand visible development activity in a city, and collect source links for market or preliminary research.

Use the crawlable city snapshot pages `/development/halifax`, `/development/moncton`, `/development/fredericton`, and `/development/saint-john` when you need a Google-indexable market summary instead of an interactive map state.

Output explained

The market snapshot shows tracked project counts, status mix, type mix, known estimated value totals, largest known-value records, and source highlights.

City and status filters change the commentary, JSON link, source highlights, and value totals so the snapshot describes the filtered view rather than the whole tracker.

City snapshot pages expose the same development analytics as HTML plus links to the JSON API so researchers, search engines, and AI agents can all verify the same source highlights.

FAQ

If a project is missing, check municipal planning portals, public notices, government releases, and project-owner sources before concluding there is no activity.

Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton, and Saint John have focus-city JSON snapshots because their curated records are currently strong enough to support a more natural market read.