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Freshness and confidence

How report count, age and disagreement affect the language shown beside a figure.

Last updated 6 August 2026

Three signals, not one score

Rentnama looks at how many reports support a figure, how recent they are and how widely they disagree. None of those signals is enough on its own. Ten old reports are not current evidence; ten recent reports spread across a very wide range are not a precise answer.

The language beside the figure reflects that context. Wide disagreement prevents the strongest confidence label even when the report count is healthy.

Older information is labelled

Older evidence remains useful as history, but it is labelled as older rather than presented as current market knowledge. The date on the page is part of the answer, especially in a fast-moving area.

When comparisons are withheld

A building-to-area comparison appears only when both sides have enough independent evidence. Rentnama prefers like-for-like home types before a broader locality comparison, treats small percentage differences as ordinary noise, and does not let a new report help grade the comparison shown back to that same report.