So there are more than a few people who sign up on my web sites for free market analysis, what we call a CMA, Comparative Market Analysis.

I want to write a little about it, since finding your home value in Murrieta and Temecula is not that difficult, however, the purpose of that house value may be something to consider.

Some people are looking for values for a Prop 8 tax re-assessment for their property taxes, in that case, we can only use comparables (comps) from the first 3 months of the year, and if I know this, I don't give you the wrong data.

If you are looking for a value for your French Valley home, simply because you want to know what it is worth. I will typically give you values based on what have sold with a slight eye to what the market it doing.

On the flip side, if you are looking to sell your home, standard equity sale or if you owe more than the property is worth. In that case, I want to make sure that you not only know what the market is selling for, but also that you have a good understanding of how buyers are behaving today and how that can affect your sales price. At writing time, there are hardly any homes for sale and lots of buyers, that drives bidding and if the market here has flatlined, there are definitely areas that are increasing in value as well.

So if you are requesting this, please feel free to give additional details on what specifically you want to do with the market analysis.

Here is brief video intro where I also explain that - and you have a chance to meet me in person - sort of...

If you have comments on the video format and such, please let me know, I am continuously making things better.