Average Days on Market. Average Number of Homes Sold. Average Commission. Average Listing Terms. It's all so Average nowadays. And that's not good. In today's market the use of an Average in real estate is fast becoming an antiquated tool.
We know it. Consumers know it. We need a new tool. As a species we've developed tools, refined the effort and later created a new device or methodology with better results. 
So why can't we shake Average?
The ancient Greeks and Romans relied upon bloodletting to purge the body of unwanted elements. One of those elements it turned out was blood.
"Hi, this is Doctor Herophilus's office calling. Yeah, Kleptotheceles didn't make it. You can come by and pick up his body. Bring one of those new mop thingy's too."
Bloodletting continued into the Medieval ages.
The Hindenburg airship was filled with hydrogen, a highly combustible and volatile gas. The balloons we use for Open Houses are filled with helium, a relatively inert gas. Some houses should be marked with hydrogen balloons, however.
Everyone attached to these "hot" listings is going to blow up sooner or later. Me? I want to go up reaking of Jack Daniels and squeaking like Mickey Mouse. 
The Hindenburg blew up right here in New Jersey. Need I say more?
We find Average on our blog, in our CMA's.
Heck, I found "Average" scribbled on my pillow one morning.
I wasn't that bad.
At least I didn't find Simon Cowell behind a table in a tight T-shirt at the foot of the bed.
"Andrew, that must have been the most horrid performance I've had to sit through yet. Dreadful. The only good thing was the ending."
What say you Randy? "Naw, dawg. Not even close. It was that bad." 
If you can devise a better metric or "number" to describe fluctuations in real estate prices, units sold, marketing time, compensation, then please educate the rest of us.
For now I'm going back to the garage.
I'm reeling from a splitting headache and just found a rusty corkscrew. The average cranks to penetrate my skull cap is 114. I can do better. Just watch me with this 16th century spyglass. To prevent yourself from losing your lunch, strap on this whalebone corset and synch it really tight.
On average it's a long and bumpy ride through a bad real estate market.
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I'll see your Jack Daniels, but I'll raise you to going with a Howl!!!! If we all gotta go -- I want to be heard!
Careful with that corkscrew. I'd rather see you use it on a bottle.