If you’ve been using PadMapper today, you may have noticed that there is now an additional piece of info in each bubble: how much more or less expensive that place is than the median xyz BR in the area.
It doesn’t necessarily work very well in sparse areas, so take it with a grain of salt, but it should give you a rough idea of how good a deal a place is (and if it’s 95% less than the median, there’s probably something suspect about the place, or my comparison algorithm is having a brainfart).
If you see too many algorithm brainfarts, please let know at padmapper@gmail.com. Happy hunting!
I am a big fan of the comparison pricing!
Median info is very useful. Can you say something about your sources? e.g. do you average nearby padmapper listings? If so, at what distance, how long ago?
It would be useful to see a map of median prices for the filter settings. It could help one figure out what section of town to look in. Or if one could click on a point and see what the median is for that neighborhood (if there are no padmapper listings then there is no way to see the median for a particular neighborhood).
Basically it takes the median of the nearest 50 or so places with the same number of bedrooms that are currently on padmapper. Interesting idea for area medians…