Sources for Comparable Sales
Comps, or comparable sales, are what most real estate professionals use to determine
fair market value of a property. When a property is located in an area where similar
homes have recently sold, you can establish value by comparing the sales price and
features for similar properties to your subject property. Major factors influencing
your comparison should be structure square footage, lot size, room count, condition and
location. You need to see the actual properties to fully compare them, the printed
data will only give a rough estimate of value. States served will often only be
limited counties, visit sites to determine availability.
Local Title Insurance Companies
Local title companies customer service department can run comps for you. The
expectation is you will give them your business.
Free search through Acxiom/Dataquick comps.
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