MARS REPORT SAMPLE TEXT Audience: Real estate professionals who want to show unbiased, statistical data to their clients regarding specific submarkets. Single Property Sample Text Your submarket is showing a slight improvement for this period in 2010 compared to 2009. While the ratio of the list price compared to the sales price has declined slightly, the total sales was exactly the same and the average days a house stood on the market was 81 days. The improving market was exhibited in a sharp decrease in the percentage of expired and withdrawn homes. House values have shown a statistically negligible decrease of less than one percent. Leading market indicators are exhibiting an overall stable market with a trend toward an improving market. You property has been on the market for 33 days with one price reduction. Based on the present market indicators, you property is statistically within normal parameters. If your property exceeds 60 to 75 days on the market, consider a further evaluation of asking price or examine the benefits of staging.
Neighborhood Comparison Overall Town A has the most stable market activity. For this submarket, all leading indicators are showing slightly stronger activity for this period compared to the same period last year. It is also noted that the percentage of expired and withdrawn homes has declined, further supporting a stronger market. Towns B and C lag behind in almost all leading market indicators. The only exception is Town B, which has shown an increase in total sales. However, both these towns are showing an increase in the percentage of withdrawn and expired homes, again supporting that these markets lag behind Town A.