Reading housing data · figures as of October 18, 2026
How to read our numbers
Before using a housing statistic, ask for its date, property grouping, definition, sample and source. These five questions help you compare a proposed asking price with evidence rather than mistake a headline for a property-specific opinion of value. Below is how to read PBP's 83 published South Florida city samples.
Key takeaways
- A blended median can change with the mix of sales as well as prices within a segment.
- Days on market are counted by PBP from the listing contract date recorded in the MLS to the snapshot date.
- Price-cut city segments require 30 active listings; 30–39 requires caution.
- On the Seller Blink Rate™ and days-on-market methodology and the South Florida Condo and HOA Fee Index methodology.
1. What is the as-of date?
A market read without a date is a memory, not a measurement. Listings change every day, so a share or a median is only true for the day it was taken.
How we answer it. The pipeline is scheduled daily. Statistical date, actual retrieval and publication are distinct. The versioned monthly editions retain their original statistical dates and disclose corrected reissues; cite that edition's own figures, not a current page's figures.
2. Are houses and condominiums blended?
A blended median can change because of the mix of sales, prices within segments, or both. Check which property grouping the comparison uses.
How we answer it. Segments follow recorded tax legal description and MLS subtype. A legal description recording a condominium takes priority, including townhouse, villa or single-family forms. Condominium and Stock Cooperative subtypes remain condominiums when the legal is silent or describes a parent parcel, including new-build units. Remaining Townhouse and Villa listings are grouped in the HOA Fee Index; houses are remaining SingleFamilyResidence listings. These are analytical field classifications, not an independent determination of legal regime. See the HOA Fee Index for the remaining townhouse and villa segment. County reports identify their own reported grouping; do not treat differently grouped series as interchangeable.
3. What do the two days fields actually measure?
Days on market are counted by PBP from the listing contract date recorded in the MLS to the snapshot date. For listings the MLS records as relisted, the recorded prior time on market is added to give cumulative days. The MLS's own day counters refresh in batches and can trail the calendar by weeks, so they are not used directly. Days spent under an earlier contract that fell through are not subtracted. Each median uses listings with a usable listing contract date. These figures do not independently reconstruct property histories or establish how portals display days on market.
How we answer it. For Boca Raton houses as of October 18, 2026, median counted days on market is 56 days and median counted cumulative days is 67. Of all 555 active house listings, 13% have both fields recorded and CDOM greater than DOM. Neither equal nor different values verify a relisting history or a portal's display behavior.
4. What is the sample?
Small samples are sensitive to individual listings. Ask for the exact denominator, exclusions and date before interpreting a percentage or trend.
How we answer it. A segment is reported as percentages only when it has 30 or more active listings; below that it appears as a count. Segments with 30 to 39 listings are labeled a small sample. Cities that clear the floor in neither segment are not published at all, and the sample size sits beside every figure.
5. Is the method written down where you can read it?
A statistic whose definition you cannot read is one you cannot check. If the source will not show you how the number was made, treat the number as advertising.
How we answer it. Read Seller Blink Rate™ and days on market and the South Florida Condo and HOA Fee Index. If figures and definitions disagree, report them for source review and a disclosed correction; neither automatically proves the other wrong. Every published correction is dated on the corrections log.
Which asking price is the comparison?
A "sale-to-list" ratio can be measured against the original asking price or against the final asking price after one or more cuts. The final-price version is the common one and it flatters the market: a home that started at $1,000,000, cut to $940,000 and sold at $920,000 reads as 97.9% of asking, when the seller actually took 8% less than the number they chose on day one.
How we answer it. Our sale price versus original asking price series leads with the original asking price for every closed sale and shows the final-asking figure beside it, houses and condominiums separately, with a monthly count. The same module reports how many of the month's closings had cut before contract and how long each group waited, counted from the listing contract date to the purchase contract date.
Why we publish it this way
Compare current competition and recent closed sales before choosing an asking price. Our aggregate tables, medians and percentages are public; they are not property-specific estimates or forecasts. Seller Blink Rate™ is the share of active listings with a recorded asking price below the original list price. The denominator is all active listings in the segment. The complement may include unchanged prices, increases and missing-price records; it does not establish a price history.
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Questions about how a number was made
Gia Freer, Broker of Record (Florida license BK689801), and Grant Freer, Owner and Broker Associate. 561-395-8418 · info@pbpre.com. PBP Real Estate, LLC, license CQ1064615, 700 NW 7th Drive, Boca Raton, FL 33486.
Why does the as-of date matter so much?
Listings change every day. A share of homes that cut their price, or a median days on market, is only true for the day it was measured. Without the date you cannot tell a current read from a stale one, and you cannot check it against the source.
Why does the property grouping matter?
A blended median can change with the mix of sales as well as prices within a segment. Read the stated grouping: price-cut and fee indexes use legal-priority analytical segments, while some county and closed-sales series combine condominiums and townhouses. Those series are not interchangeable.
How are days on market counted?
Days on market are counted by PBP from the listing contract date recorded in the MLS to the snapshot date. For listings the MLS records as relisted, the recorded prior time on market is added to give cumulative days. The MLS's own day counters refresh in batches and can trail the calendar by weeks, so they are not used directly. Days spent under an earlier contract that fell through are not subtracted. Each median uses listings with a usable listing contract date. These figures do not independently reconstruct property histories or establish how portals display days on market.
Why are small samples treated differently?
Price-cut city segments require 30 active listings; 30–39 requires caution. The fee city floor is 30 valid-fee listings before trimming, with retained n stated separately. Secondary measures have their own qualifying counts; a city-level count is not their denominator.
Where is the method written down?
On the Seller Blink Rate™ and days-on-market methodology and the South Florida Condo and HOA Fee Index methodology. If a figure and its stated method disagree, report it for source review and an explicit correction rather than assuming which is wrong.
Which asking price is a sale-to-list figure measured against?
Ask. Most published sale-to-list ratios use the final asking price, after any price cuts, which makes the gap look small. PBP reports the sale price against the original asking price first, with the final-asking figure beside it; the difference between the two is what sellers had already taken off before a buyer signed.
Source: PBP Real Estate analysis of BeachesMLS listing data (listings permitted for internet display), as of October 18, 2026, refreshed daily. This data is not verified for authenticity or accuracy and may not reflect all real estate activity in the market. Based on information © 2026 BeachesMLS, Inc. Equal Housing Opportunity. Prepared with AI assistance and reviewed by a licensed broker.