Setting Your Comps Definitions with Custom Parms

Use our custom parameters for generating the most accurate comps for your market and your use case

Custom Param

Description

Fields to Use

armsLength

If set to true, this will grab only sales that have the "lastSale.transactionType" of arms length (check all the txn types we support: https://developer.realestateapi.com/reference/transaction-types)

armsLength: true

baths

Use Case: subject property has 3 bathrooms; I want to find comps that have at most 5 baths, and at least 3 baths.

bathrooms_min: 3, bathrooms_max: 5, bathrooms_boost: 50

bathrooms_min, bathrooms_max, bathrooms_boost

same_baths

If set to true, will only grab comps with the same number of bathrooms

same_baths: true

beds

Use Case: subject property has 3 bedrooms; I want to find comps that have at most 5 beds, and at least 3 beds

bedrooms_min: 3, bedrooms_max: 5, bedrooms_boost: 50

bedrooms_min, bedrooms_max, bathrooms_boost

same_beds

If set to true, will only grab comps with the same number of bedrooms

same_beds: true

livingSqureFeet

Use Case: subject property has 2500 living sqft; I want to find comps that have at most 4000 living sqft, and at least 1800 sqft

living_square_feet_min: 1800, living_square_feet_max: 4000, living_square_feet_boost: 50

living_square_feet_min, living_square_feet_max, living_square_feet_boost

lotSquareFeet

Use Case: subject property has a lot size of 5000 sqft; I want to find comps that have lots that are at most 10000 sqft, and at least 4000 sqft

lot_square_feet_min: 1800, lot_square_feet_max: 4000, lot_square_feet_boost: 50

lot_square_feet_min, lot_square_feet_max, lot_square_feet_boost

yearBuilt

Use Case: only want to get comps that were built after 1980

year_built_min: 1980, year_built_max: 2024, year_built_boost: 50

year_built_min, year_built_max, year_built_boost

lastSalePrice

Use Case: if you know your expected value range of the comps ahead of time

last_sale_price_min: 500000, last_sale_price_max: 750000

last_sale_price_min, last_sale_price_max

mlsListingPrice

Use Case: having issues with non-disclosure state last sale price reporting when generating list of comps

mls_listing_price_min: 500000, mls_listing_price_max: 750000

mls_listing_price_min, mls_listing_price_max