Highest and best use

What is your property worth to a developer?

Most owners only know what their home is worth today. HABU checks every move your Sacramento lot can make — ADU, lot split, or redevelopment — tells you which one is worth acting on, and then Nimble can actually do it: improve it, split it, or buy it, headaches and financing included.

Why owners pick HABU

  • The full picture: ADU calculators stop at "allowed." HABU compares every path and ranks the one worth acting on.
  • You keep the upside: with the split option you keep your home and share the gain — instead of selling your backyard and walking away.
  • We actually build it: advisory, feasibility, joint venture, sale, and construction through Nimble — not just a report.

What is your property worth to a developer?

Enter your address and we will show the development upside your lot may be hiding — free, in about a minute. It is a screening report, not an offer.

Want the full walkthrough? Start the full analysis — range, pro forma, and report.

Three simple options for your property

Most owners arrive asking about one. The free check tells you which of the three your lot actually qualifies for — then we run whichever you choose.

1

We improve it

Add an ADU or build additional units on your lot. You keep the property — it is worth more and can earn rent.

We handle it. The headache is permits, design, and construction — we run all of it. The build can often be financed against the value it creates (HELOC, renovation, or construction-to-perm), so your equity may help you qualify rather than cash up front.
2

We split it

Carve off part of your lot under SB 9 or SB 684 and keep your home. You share in the new value instead of selling out.

We handle it. The headache is title, survey, and subdivision — we handle it and can carry the cost. Your land becomes your equity in the deal, so you keep a share of the upside instead of cashing out.
3

We buy it

Prefer a clean exit? We buy the property outright and handle everything from there.

We handle it. No headache and no financing on your side — it becomes ours. You get paid and walk away.
Every option carries its own headaches and financing — and we take both on. The free check shows which ones your lot may qualify for. The full report is free during beta testing and compares the published pathway estimates. A report is not an offer.

Comps tell you yesterday. HABU tells you what is next.

A comparable-sales estimate prices your home as it stands today, against what similar houses recently sold for. Developer value asks a different question: what could this land support after the rules, costs, and risk are accounted for — an ADU, a lot split, or a full redevelopment? That gap between as-is comps and highest-and-best-use is exactly what HABU screens for.

Questions owners ask

How is HABU different from an ADU calculator?

An ADU calculator stops at whether an ADU is allowed. HABU compares every owner option — improve the lot, split it, or sell it — tells you which is worth acting on, and Nimble can carry out the work and the financing. Current dollar outputs are calibration-pending and should not be treated as verified valuations.

Is developer value the same as market value?

No. Market value prices the home as-is; developer value looks at what the land could support after rules, costs, and risk.

Can every house add an ADU?

No. State law is broad, but site constraints, local rules, utilities, access, and project economics still matter.

Does HABU buy homes?

HABU can route qualified owners to the right next step, including Nimble or partner execution, but the report itself is not an offer.

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