And the cost savings from low oil prices has helped other industries with their bottom lines.Back to your question, have a look at the numbers - I just released my April 2015 MLS Stats blog today and the link at the bottom has a bunch of data you may find useful:http://blogs.har.com/3226/46025/April-2015-MLS-Stats-Are-Out

I was definitely planning on relying on actual sold transaction data -- are these values not reliable through Zillow and other sites?

@Kevin Hill  It's not worth the time, but for our good clients who are repeat purchasers & may tend to do this we'll provide them w/ data for an area that shows the history of sold versus purchase price for their area of interest.  

Source of data was Genesis Group and Home Builders Association of Metro Denver via Your Castle Real Estate.

Both these data sets are downloadable (as .xls files) from Zillow research.Again this illustrates another advantage the cash-flow crowd has over the "real wealth"  appreciation proponents. 

If you give me some cross streets where the property is located I can give you a complete picture (free) of all numbers and data included (rents, valuation, vacancy, appreciation, ROI/CCR)

This link is how to use Mail Merge, the built in feature to Microsoft Word.https://support.office.com/en-sg/article/Use-mail-...With a list I purchased from Listsource.com, or you can use any list you create in Excel, I merge the data to fill fields in my Word doc.I will check out Kall 8, Vumber has a couple features I like.

Unfortunately I don't have older data, so it doesn't tell as compelling a story as when these buildings hit end-of-lifecycle issues as our 1980's development has.As you can see the trend lines are separating with the single families appreciating faster even with the recession.  

What data source are you using for your comps?

That's not new or due to DF, while it matters where you obtain the data, economies or areas, 20% of applicants walking into a lender asking for money usually don't get it, that norm was existing before DF, sometimes higher depending on rates.