The Hunter Ledger

What we're measuring in off-market Dallas.

A running record of the market that never gets listed. Batch by batch, ZIP by ZIP — how much of each neighborhood trades in the dark, and how the neighborhoods differ.

Field note · Cole

4% to 70% engagement on phone and text outreach.

My phone and text outreach went from roughly 4% to roughly 70% engagement in a couple of weeks, and the opener barely moved. Two things changed first: who I was calling, and whether I had a real way to reach them. With the redacted sheets.

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Cole's own outreach, Dallas · redacted call sheets included
Batch 1 · 8 ZIPs

The off-market map of Dallas: what 8 ZIPs told us — and how they differ

Between 39% and 69% of home sales close off-market in these 8 ZIPs. The rate holds across the value ladder; the highest share is the wealthiest neighborhood. Where the ZIPs split apart is who's doing the selling.

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Our analysis of Dallas market data · arms-length home sales, 2021–2025

More batches as we pull them. Each new batch adds ZIPs to the map and a post to the Ledger.