Open data

The aggregates, as a file

Name: SitFacts house-sitting market aggregates
Creator: SitFacts
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Every number on this site, one row per city, under CC BY 4.0. Attribute "SitFacts (sitfacts.pages.dev)".

Download markets.csv · 84 cities, 43 with measured rates · regenerated 2026-07-27

Rates are floors and null below their n=100 floor — the methodology page states the entry rules and what the data cannot say. Counts are not comparable across cities (coverage differs); rates are.

Columns

Column	Definition
`city`	Full city name (city, region, country)
`open_assignments`	Live listings with a current or future date window
`homes`	Distinct properties among those listings
`reached_cap_rate`	Share of watched listings that reached the 5-application cap within 48h (floor; null below n=100)
`choice_rate_2plus`	Share of watched listings that received ≥2 applications within 48h (floor; null below n=100)
`n_resolved`	Watched listings behind the two rates
`window_start`	First day of the measurement window
`window_end`	Last day of the measurement window
`avg_applicants`	Mean applicant count across open listings at last refresh (snapshot)
`pct_uncontested`	Share of open listings with zero applicants (snapshot)
`pct_three_plus`	Share of open listings with ≥3 applicants (snapshot)
`n_competition`	Open listings behind the snapshot columns
`gapless_days`	Longest bookable run of consecutive housed days (exact handovers, next 90 days)
`chain_sits`	Sits used by that run
`chain_starts`	First day of that run
`median_nights`	Median stay length across open listings
`week_plus_share`	Share of open listings running 7+ nights
`completed_total`	Provably completed sits ever observed (confirmed sitter or sitter review; floor, not comparable across cities)
`completed_12mo`	Provably completed sits ending in the last 12 months (floor)
`completed_since`	Earliest year a completed sit was observed here
`reviewed_total`	Completed sits carrying a written sitter review
`completed_2023`	Provably completed sits ending in 2023 (floor; older years under-count more)
`completed_2024`	Provably completed sits ending in 2024 (floor)
`completed_2025`	Provably completed sits ending in 2025 (floor)
`generated`	Date this row was computed