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Research methodology and operational eviction data documentation
Research methodology and operational eviction data documentation
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Case Aging

Case aging measures the distribution of how long currently-open eviction cases have been open, measured from filing. It is the standard way to see whe…

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Filing to Hearing

The interval between the dispossessory being filed and the case being heard, for cases that reach a hearing. It is largely a measure of court calendar…

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Judgment to Writ

The interval from judgment entry to the writ of possession actually being executed. In our records this is consistently the stage with the widest vari…

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Writ and Setout Delays

A decomposition of the reasons an execution window was missed, rescheduled, or ran long, coded from our completion reports.…

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Cost Benchmarks

The distribution of realised cost by stage across completed cases, alongside estimated lost rent for the same cases where rent is recorded.…

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Portfolio Delinquency

How delinquency is distributed within portfolios — concentration, persistence, and what share resolves without a filing.…

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