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Frequently Asked
Questions
Where does Sawtooth
Research Group get its information? Our
information comes from each state’s titling/registration department. This
department varies from one state to the next. They send us computer generated
files on a weekly or monthly basis. We then look at every Manufacturer’s
Certificate of Origin (MCO) that is used as backup for the transaction. That
allows us to extract information such as Manufacturer name, Retailer name,
Model and Model numbers, length and width, etc., and pass that information on
to you. Why don’t these
numbers match with our sales figures for the same period of time? Each
home that shows up in our report, does so according to its ‘registration’ or
‘recording’ date. That means the home has been sold, delivered, closed and all
the titling paperwork is in to the given state. At that point a computer
record is generated (with a recording date) and then the information gets to
us. Our research shows that that length of time is a minimum of 30 days. This
timeline can be longer if the Retailer or Lender (especially on land home
transactions) is not prompt in submitting paperwork, or the information is
submitted incompletely or incorrectly. Do these figures
include Real Property transactions? Yes!
Even though Real Property homes do not get a title, they go through the same
registration process at the state level that Personal Property homes do. Two
points of caution here: 1) We are only able to report homes as Real Property
if the home is recorded as such during the initial registration. Many home
owners take a month or two to complete this process. Their home will already
have shown up as personal property in a month prior to when they do get their
paperwork completed. 2) Each state has its own laws that govern the handling
of real property transactions. You should reference our "Definitions and
Notes" section of the state you are interested in for further
explanation. Why does it take
30-60 days after the end of a period to get a report out? As
mentioned earlier, we look at all MCO’s collected by the state and from them
we glean valuable information. However, before we can get a look, the State
has to issue a title and send the paperwork to their microfilming department.
Only after the microfilming process is completed are we able to obtain those
copies. That timeline varies with every state. Are Retail Sales
Prices available for all state's reports? No! If
the state we're reporting on does not have a sales tax, then typically the
state does not record the sales price, nor do they require individual
Retailers to report that amount to anyone. Are you able to
generate Customized Reports? Yes! If
you have an idea for a custom report that you don’t see here, give us a call
and we will let you know if we can put it together for you, and how much it
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