They depreciate and never appreciate over time as compared to RE.

How is your market doing compared to a year ago?

I am having a hard time tracking down any reliable data on vacancy for anything other than apartments.

Comps are recent sales of comparable properties in the same area.

Compare rents in few houses in relation to number of rooms.

We are getting ready to purchase #47 this week (that's not many compared to some people here, but I'm pretty amazed every time I think about it).

Many had 10% equity to slightly underwater.When comparing renting, selling with an agent and getting full price with lease purchase, he agreed that we could present to all his agents!

I'm definitely wanting to take a little extra time and money to one-up comparable houses so I can have pride in my work, give someone a house they believe is more than what they should be able to afford, make people happy, and sell the house faster!

To this point my research has turned up the following (1) property assessments in WB are from several years ago, (2) appeal of assessment cannot be made based on current comparables (mainly because the market is so lousy for sales).It just seems that I am missing something and I would be interested in hearing from people experienced with this particular city.Bill R.

Homes in my town are almost twice as expensive as the surrounding outlying counties - for comparable properties!