REALTOR® magazine and the National Association of REALTORS® (www.realtor.org) broadcast e-mail survey links to its member sales agents, brokers, and appraisers, more than 4,000 of whom responded with estimates of resale value.
Specpan (www.specpan.com), an online market research company, programmed and hosted the Web-based survey, collected and compiled the data, and provided pre- and post-survey consulting.
HomeTech Publishing (www.hometechpublishing.com), a developer and publisher of construction estimating books and software, provided cost estimates for all 35 remodeling projects, customized for the 80 cities surveyed.