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It should be the "list price range" that you entered as "search criteria" for that data set. $100,000-$300,000 for instance.
The above makes absolutely no sense. That is not what it says at the top of page 2. Would be difficult for that to match the 1004MC. Which it is supposed to do.
is that a joke? never heard of searching by price....
It says "comparable properties". How is the reader of your report to know what you consider to be a "comparable property"? Unless clearly identified in the report what search criteria you used to find "comparable properties" simply saying that there are "no listings" found from $0-$0 is poor practice. The neighborhood could be overrun and oversupplied with listings that you don't consider "comparable" that somebody else might. If, somewhere in the report you clearly identified what a comparable property would be defined as (say on the 1004 MC) then you could skip that particular disclosure. Otherwise, it is much better to let the reader of the report know that you found no listings between a certain "comparable" price range, not that there were no listings in the neighborhood from $0-$0. You won't find that guidance written down anywhere, just an observation from somebody who does lots of reviews and is "triggered" by laziness.
Do you throw in all the outliers? Do you consider repossessions & tear downs along with McMansions with helicopter pads to be comparable to most manufactured homes you appraise or do you filter those out by price? Why is "price" the subject of that questionnaire at the top of page 2 of the URAR if it has no bearing on comparability?
It also says There are "x" comparable properties currently offered for sale in the subject neighborhood. So if there are actual comparable properties for sale. You put in your "price range" search criteria instead of the actual range of of those properties. Same for comparable sales?
I let the listings and sales speak for themselves, if one or the other is unable to "speak" then I do a little better at informing the reader of the report what price criteria was researched than a bunch of zeros. You should as well.