Source hierarchy
- Primary government and regulatory records
- Licensed MLS or transaction records used within their permitted scope
- Reconciled first-party brokerage and property-management records
- Owner attestations labeled as such
- Third-party portals used only as directional corroboration
Required disclosure
- Coverage period and as-of date
- Geography and property population
- Metric definitions and units
- Exclusions and deduplication rules
- Sample size and known missing data
- Author, reviewer, and correction date
Separation rule
Closed-sale volume, transaction sides, property values, gross rent, units managed, investor counts, and rehabilitation work are different measures. They will not be added together or presented under an undefined headline total.
Corrections
Material errors will be corrected in the article and recorded in a visible correction note. Historical editions will remain available when practical so readers can understand what changed.