CRA exams evaluate 5-year lending patterns. ZipIntel predicts which tracts become high-need before regulators do.

Community reinvestment compliance is retrospective. Examiners review where you lent over the last five years — in tracts defined by data that is already three years stale. ZipIntel flips the timeline: deploy capital into tomorrow's high-need tracts today, not after the designation catches up.

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0.852
AUC at T+1 — pre-appreciation signal
T+1–5
Signal horizon (years ahead)
67K
Census tracts scored
88
Metro areas covered

Where CDFIs deploy ZipIntel signals

Three workflows where early-stage trajectory scores change origination and deployment decisions.

CRA Assessment Area Planning

Identify tracts projected to transition from moderate- to low-income over the next 2 years. Pre-position your pipeline before the official designation — and the competition.

Displacement Early Warning

Detect tracts where proprietary leading indicators signal incoming appreciation pressure on existing low-income residents. Prioritize intervention capital accordingly.

Portfolio Risk Review

Score your existing portfolio against the structural decline signal. Flag tracts showing multi-year demographic erosion before loan performance deteriorates.

The problem

Community reinvestment data lags 3-5 years. By the time a tract qualifies for priority investment, the neighborhood has already shifted — and your CRA window is closing, not opening.

What ZipIntel does

Proprietary leading indicators derived from 15+ years of neighborhood signals surface trajectory changes 2-5 years before they register in official statistics.

The outcome

Deploy capital into trajectories that will satisfy CRA objectives on exam day — not the day you originated.

The backtest offer

Submit 10 past lending decisions. We run a 3-year advance signal backtest and show you exactly what ZipIntel would have flagged before each outcome materialized.

Zero implementation risk

No integration required for the pilot. We deliver a scored export of your target tracts in a format your team can use immediately.

30-day pilot structure

Defined success metric agreed upfront. Signal outputs for your CRA assessment area, accuracy breakdown, integration guidance.

Start with your CRA assessment area

Tell us your metro and we'll run the signal output for your footprint as the demo dataset.

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