While doing real estate market analysis, it is good to use the current sales price instead of asking values for the house that are recently on the marketplace. Therefore, the listing price is what a vendor expects to get while the closing sales value is what the vendor eventually received. Darius Raisey has shared a few tips on how to do a real estate market study. When done appropriately, there should not be a substantial difference between what you think a property value and the price the assessment comes in at.