The comps report (CMA)

What it is

A comparative market analysis laid out the way an agent's is: a cover, the subject home, the comparable homes by status (sold, under contract, for sale), the low, median, average and high prices, minimums and maximums, a short summary with days on market, and a numbered map of where they are.

It's built only from comps DealWolf already holds, so opening it never spends a credit. Nothing is sent to anyone.

Where to open it

• From a deal: tap Comps report (CMA) in the links at the top of the deal page.
• From the US stacker: after stacking an address on Stack an address, tap Comps report (CMA) under the packs. It uses exactly the sold comps the stacker is using.

Type a name in Prepared exclusively for if you want one on the cover, then Print or Download PDF. US reports print on US Letter in dollars and square feet; UK reports on A4 in pounds and square metres.

Where the figures come from

US: sold prices from public records; homes for sale from listing data.

UK: sold prices from HM Land Registry, with floor areas from EPC records where held; homes for sale from listing data.

At most 8 sold homes and 6 for sale. Homes for sale are within about 1 mile and seen in the last 30 days.

Its limits

• It's an estimate, not an appraisal (UK: not a RICS or Red Book valuation). Don't use it for a mortgage, lending or tax.
• Anything not held shows as a dash. Nothing is made up.
• The under contract (UK: under offer) section is always empty: those homes aren't in the listing data.
• US: if no sold comps have been looked up for the home yet, the report has none. Stack it on Stack an address first (that lookup uses credits), then open the report again.
• US: a deal with no bedrooms and no size can't be matched to any sale. Add them to the deal.
• UK: a full postcode is needed. Bedrooms and bathrooms aren't in the Land Registry sales, so they show as a dash.
• From the stacker, the home has to be placed on the map first.