The asset price method treats the purchase of an asset, such as a house, as it does the purchase of any consumer good.

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Because the asset price method can lead to inappropriate results for goods that are purchased largely for investment reasons, the CPI implemented the rental equivalence approach to measuring price change for owner-occupied housing.

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On September 28th, the Civil Aviation Authority, the airports' regulator, is to recommend a new method of price regulation, which will end the cross-subsidy of airport charges.

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One method divides the price (of a stock or index) by its trailing 12-month earnings.

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The PJM uses a cleared dispatch method that determines the price paid by buyers taking electricity out of the pool.

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That method, gives me, my target price.

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Oberweis calls the method AGARP, or aggressive growth at a reasonable price.

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But in both measures this price is based on the cost of renting a similar property, using a method that many economists reckon is distinctly dodgy.

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But when price trends for cheaper and more expensive houses diverge, the effect of the mortgage lenders' method is to give the same weight to each type of property.

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Another method of sale allows a seller to simply offer an item for sale at a set price.

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