Of course, the explosion of detailed real estate data online has produced confusion as well.
McLaughlin is an economist at the real estate data outfit CoreLogic.
He is also co-owner of a company called Case Shiller Weiss Inc., which collects real estate data.
HERB BLECHER,a senior vice president at LPS, a real estate data firm, speaking about a backlog in the system.
Michael Feder, the chief executive of the real estate data firm Radar Logic, expects prices to "get whacked" this autumn.
Last year, that figure was 0.22percentt, according to CoreLogic, a real estate data and analytics company.
To begin, real estate data first must be organized across the company's entire portfolio for analytical use.
The number of foreclosure filings in July was almost double that of a year ago, according to RealtyTrac, which provides real estate data.
In May 1996, according to Relocate, a real estate data service, Helmsley-Spear was managing about 28 million square feet in 107 buildings in New York.
"Manhattan Condo Guide" is the second edition of a book first produced four years ago by Yale Robbins Inc., a publisher of real estate data.
A company spokeswoman said the claim was based on the volume of commercial leasing by the two companies as reported by the CoStar real estate data reporting service.
