I find that there is no longer a rationale to include this information in my typical reporting and especially the supporting data. The number will not be on the downturn for any length of time in the near or far future for that matter. What this represents to me is the glut of homes which remain active but are pending short sales which may have been under contract as long as 26 months ago and remain here statistically messing with our numbers. I'm am not saying to ignore them only that their existence tends to undermine current market assessments. To alleviate some of the effect this has when persons are attempting to determine the strength or weakness of a market it might be desirable to create a new field to identify this trend. I'll call it DUC (Days Under Contract), when used simultaneously with DOM it might weed out false telltails about activity in local markets. With roughly 50% of sales being either Short or REO it's just one more quotient to use when determining market strength.
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