Rouse Reports http://www.rouseservices.com/index.html trends this accurately and timely in report summaries. Rouse is thorough, covering appraisals, sales, analytics, OLV’s* (orderly liquidation values) by category, acquisitions by major category, acquisitions by major manufacturer, acquisitions over periods of time (month), sales by sales type fair market value (fmv), sales by major category, sales by major manufacturer, monthly sales by sales type, monthly sales volume and recovery, physical utilization of fleets, rental rate index, industry average age by major category, physical utilization by equipment category, and rental rate index for top equipment categories of major rental companies.

1) Appraisals – recent tracking of appraisal values for used equipment in the area of major rentals indicates a 1.1% increase from February 2012 to March 2012; for the six month period ending March 31, 2012 average index values increased 5.3%, with nine of fourteen categories indicating increases.

OLV’s* (orderly liquidation values) by category – the top fourteen equipment          categories and recent OLVs for them are as follows, from the period of           September 2011 through March 2012: READ MORE: http://lendersolutions.equipmentengine.com/2012/06/20/consider-reviewing-the-rouse-reports-summary-of-may-report/