Commentary by Anwell Tsai | November 13, 2008Real Estate markets are inefficient and involve non-homogenous assets being negotiated and purchased by private parties. It becomes difficult to track data since conditions of sale, financing, and property rights being sold, among other things, can not be easily verified. However, there are more and more sophisticated indices published by various companies that try to [...]
Real Estate by Anwell Tsai | October 23, 2008When sufficient data is available, paired data analysis can be utilized as one of the most persuasive tools in a Comparative Market Analysis. Paired data analysis can be broken down into two categories: Primary pairings (pairs of sales that are identical except for one component) and secondary pairings. Primary pairings should be used first and [...]
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Conflicting Housing Market Data?
by Anwell Tsai | November 13, 2008Real Estate markets are inefficient and involve non-homogenous assets being negotiated and purchased by private parties. It becomes difficult to track data since conditions of sale, financing, and property rights being sold, among other things, can not be easily verified. However, there are more and more sophisticated indices published by various companies that try to [...]