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Real estate, translated.
Plain-language definitions for the scores, series and calculations used throughout RealStats.Affordability
Relative purchasing accessibility compared with local incomes.
Rental competition
Higher scores indicate a tighter rental market.
Investment potential
Composite yield, growth and market-balance signal.
New construction
Recent housing construction and permit momentum.
Market activity
Price movement and buyer-activity conditions.
Buyer demand
Population, migration and housing-demand pressure.
Housing supply
How closely housing supply is keeping pace with demand.
Overall score
Combined market, affordability, supply and demand rating.
Benchmark price
A modelled reference price for a typical property; it is not the average sale price.
Months of inventory
Active listings divided by the recent monthly sales pace.
Sales-to-new-listings ratio
Sales divided by new listings over the same period; a market-balance indicator.
Stress-test rate
The higher qualifying rate used by federally regulated lenders.
CREA DDF
CREA’s licensed distribution feed for current listing content. RealStats queries it on demand for property search and keeps it separate from historical market statistics.
Preview data
Demonstration values used only where a live source is not connected; always labelled on RealStats.