AI Global Index — Decision Report

New York, United Statesfor a family buying a home

9 Sep 2026Methodology profiles-1.0.0Data confidence 92/1002 of 9 factors live
58
Market Fit
Conditional fit

Weighted to a family buying a home's priorities, New York scores 58/100conditional fit. Property entry-window: Open (score 71).

Safety, stability, affordability and long-term quality of life — return never outweighs these.

Scorecard — the factors this profile weights

FactorWeightScoreSource
Safety16%62seed
Low lethal violence14%80● live
Health outcomes12%83● live
Education12%80seed
Housing affordability12%12seed
Air quality10%62seed
Affordable cost of living10%12seed
Low climate risk8%60seed
Mobility6%68seed

Live = World Bank / UNODC / OECD / The Economist (dated). Seed = illustrative pending a licensed feed. Market Fit renormalizes by weight, so it is comparable 0–100.

Why it works

  • Low lethal violence 80/100 · 14% weight
  • Health outcomes 83/100 · 12% weight
  • Education 80/100 · 12% weight
  • Mobility 68/100 · 6% weight

Why it may not

  • Housing affordability 12/100 · 12% weight
  • Affordable cost of living 12/100 · 10% weight

Property entry-window

OpenValuation 78 · Demand 47 · Financing 90 · Title 76 · Climate 60 · price-to-income 114.2 (100 = long-run avg)

The same market, every profile

Family office / institutional82
Bank / mortgage lender76
Business expansion74
Entrepreneur / startup68
Real estate developer64
Tourist / visitor64
Retail brand60
Family buying a home58
Rental-income investor57
Capital-appreciation investor57
Government / municipality54
Corporate professional54

New York ranks best for a family office / institutional (82) and worst for a corporate professional (54). Suitability, not popularity.

Next: the actual properties

This report is the macro decision — which market, for whom. For the districts, projects, yields and DLD-verified transactions in New York:

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