Identifying such classes may be possible, but, go back to basic statistics, sample size and deviation, degrees of certainty and of like units.

While I totally agree with the idea of the statistic.

Statistics about inflation, unemployment, etc are manipulated (reported artificially low) like crazy (as are gold and oil prices) so people don't panic and pull their $ out of the stock market and stop buying crap they don't need.

While the price of a property usually weeds out many investors in this respect, as Mike pointed out, maybe some of us just don't want confrontations and others are hungry enough and bold enough to take on anyone if there is a dollar to be made honestly.

Just fyi for those who might be interested -- in another thread, someone recommended city-data.com for statistics on various US markets.

I would love to see the statistics you currently have on the Anchorage real estate market as well; thank you for offering.

I knew there was some statistical significance to the rule.

I think there is a thing about population size, selecting samples without replacement, my old statistics class is kicking in here.

Statistics prove that low income areas have higher crime rates, so I believe you cannot have one without the other.

Just that statistically speaking you are much better off dealing with someone representing your interests who actually understands your interests.