A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE STRENGTH OF A REAL ESTATE OR COMMODITY MARKET A method for monitoring the strength of a real estate or commodity market is disclosed. By gathering information regarding the total number of sales, total number of pending listings, total number of active listings, and total number ofexpired listings in a time period, a market index may be derived. This market index can then be charted over a plurality of periods, giving an indication of any temporal trends. JEN/gfb/daf 1/ROTR-5048