All Forum Posts by: Molly Ivey

I would like to know the average price increases in my market by percentage (so that I can include it in a property value increase in a buy & hold analysis). I usually use trend graphix but they only go back 15 years and I'd like to go back 30 years so I was looking at the case-shiller home price index and after trying to find the answer on my own, I cannot figure out how to convert this data into percentages. 

Thank you in advance for reading this and any advice! 

A local realtor should be able to run comps pretty quickly and if she already has them, she should show them to you. How many is a few properties though? If it's more than 2-3 I can see why she would want you to sign a buyer rep agreemgent so that she's not wasting her time since there are buyers out there that will use a local realtor for searching and then go directly to the listing agent to make an offer. Not saying that's what you're doing but that could be her reasoning behind wanting you to sign. I would just communicate to her what your expectations are and see if she's a good fit. You can always sign the buyer rep agreement for only properties she shows you.