Webinar Description
Changing markets require market to market adjustments.
The Market Change webinars teach appraisers how to select and export MLS data to be analyzed in Excel. Participants will receive a Market Change Excel template and user manual. We show how to save the Excel file as a template so it can be opened instantly without hunting through your file system.
Whether you are new to Excel or a seasoned user, this webinar is for you.
Analyze your market with minimal Excel experience. The template has all formatting and formulas built in. For those who want to change the look of the charts, the manual from the first episode shows you how.
Episode 2 includes a template that was improved based on user input. The manual for episode 2 emphasizes how to use the template. See a workflow that minimizes the time required to get charts with adjustment calculations into your report.
Specifically, this webinar will teach participants:
– How to build and use a Market Change Excel Template
– How to export data from their MLS and import it into Excel;
– How to accelerate their analyses by using excel Tables;
– How to create and format a scatterplot for your analysis/report/workfile;
– How to master the Excel slope function to calculate an adjustment rate;
– How to subtract dates for critical intervals;
– How to apply adjustment rate to interval in days using absolute references;
– How to calculate a market-to-market adjustment using relative references;
– How to lock formula fields and save your Excel template for future use;
– How to protect themselves, by maintaining good records in your workfile;
– What USPAP & the GSEs say about selecting properties for a market change adjustment;
– How to communicate market changes to the client clearly and persuasively;
*This training webinar is not approved for CE credit. It’s just great information and training created to make you better at your job.