General FAQ
Why don’t the charts include a legend?
We intentionally leave legends off our charts—and that decision is rooted in how we prioritize interactive, online use over static presentation. But don’t worry: we’ve got a few workarounds that can help when you're printing charts or sharing them ...
Do the dashboards have Saved Search Capabilities?
At this time, we do not support saved search functionality, meaning there is no built-in feature that allows users to save a specific set of filter selections for reuse later. Each time you open a dashboard, filters will reset to their default ...
How to Identify Listings with Missing or Bad Data?
“Bad data” typically refers to incomplete or ambiguous listing information, such as missing city or county names, vague geographic labels (like “Other” or “Out of Area”), or completely null fields. These issues usually originate in the MLS and can ...
What’s included in the Concessions Amount metric?
What does the "Concessions Amount" metric represent? The Concessions Amount metric reflects the total dollar value of any buyer or seller concessions reported for a listing. These can include: Seller-paid closing costs Repair credits Rate buydowns ...
Why are there Blank or Null Values in Dropdown Filters?
Why are there blank or null options in some dropdown filters like County or City? Occasionally, you may notice blank or “null” entries in dropdown filters. This happens when the underlying listing data is incomplete, inconsistent, or ambiguous. In ...
Why We Don’t Use Rolling Averages
What are rolling 3- or 6-month averages, and why do people use them? Rolling averages smooth out short-term fluctuations in data by averaging a value over a defined time window, typically 3 or 6 months, so each new data point is the average of the ...
Accessibility features and inclusive design in the dashboards
We understand that not everyone is blessed with the extra-special senses of Superman, and are working hard to insure that our dashboards accommodate as many users as possible. It's an ongoing process, so we'll update our features here as they get ...
Market Insights v5 Pro Features
The newest version of Market Insights is our biggest update yet, so take a look at all those features if you haven't already. In addition, we also added a "Pro" tier of Market Insights especially for clients who want more - more customizations, more ...
Using Comparison column charts
You can easily compare metrics across many different categories using the Comparison column chart. First, select it from the chart filter located below the metric name. When the chart loads, it will default to a single 'All' column. Choose a breakout ...
Travel back in time with stats
Great Scott! Did you forget to send stats to a client and they want to see a prior month? Or maybe you're just interested in doing some analysis on what the market was doing last summer. Whatever the case, you can use several different dashboards to ...
What's a metric indicator line?
In a few of our dashboards, you'll find a "Metric Indicator Line." This line is a visual cue to show the value of the selected month metric, as compared to the trend of that metric over time. This allows you to quickly glance at the trend line and ...
Copy or download any chart in a single click
When you're trying to share a chart to social media or an email newsletter, there's a quick way to do it. From the top right corner of the chart, there are two icons. The one with the down arrow is the Download icon, and the one with two rectangles ...
Export calculated results from any chart
If you've ever used the drill-through feature in a member dashboard, you know you can get to all the individual listings. But there may be instances where you want to export the calculated results from an individual chart. To do this, just click on ...
Add Mortgage Rate to any chart (Q2, 2024 release)
Mortgage rates have an outsized economic impact on the buyer power of most people shopping for a home. We've added the ability for you to overlay the historical rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage onto any metric on the time series to see that impact. ...
Market Insights v5 New Features
The newest version of Market Insights is our biggest update yet. While we did a lot of technical "house-cleaning" behind the curtains, here are all the new features that impact you and what you can do with the dashboard. New Design! The chart area is ...
What it means when the chart vertical axis shows duplicate small numbers
Have you ever seen a chart that looks like this? If so, don't worry, the chart isn't wrong. Look closely and you'll see that even though the y-axis repeats the numbers, the pop-up on the chart is correctly showing the number of listings for that ...
Why dashboards don't always show the same month of data
If you find yourself looking at two different dashboards, and one of them shows the prior month while the other shows the month before that, then it's probably the first week of the month. And you're probably looking at one of the public dashboards ...
The many faces of Days on Market (and why it may be different than your MLS)
Days on Market (DOM, for short) has a different definition depending on who you ask. At a high level, the MLS calculates the number of days on market, usually starting with the listing date, and ending on either the contract date or the close date. ...
Why aren't all the subdivisions in the filter list?
If your dashboard contains a filter for subdivision, you may notice that not all the subdivision names are included. This usually stems from the fact that there can be THOUSANDS of subdivision names in the MLS. Often times, the field that captures ...
Why is Price per SqFt down when the Sold price is up?
In another episode of data is weird, you may come across a situation where the median sold price is up one month while the sold price per square foot is down. While it's not intuitive, that does happen. It has to do with the product mix. For example, ...
How the overall median close price can be up when individual area prices are down
Have you come across a situation where the overall median sold price is up, but the sold prices by geographic areas are down? Well, sometimes data looks weird, even when it's correct. This is one of those cases. The issue is rooted in the definition ...
LiveLink not available error message
Did you see the below message? Not to worry. There are only a couple reasons you might get this error. The most likely explanation is that you were viewing the dashboard, and then left the tab open and you walked away from your computer. If more than ...
Home Affordability Index explained
The Home Affordability Index (HAI), as defined by NAR, measures whether or not a typical family earns enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a typical home based on the most recent price and income data. In selected markets, we calculate the ...
How to run stats for an area without polygon maps
When conducting a home search, the ability to draw a custom polygon map can be a useful tool. After you've done that, you may want to draw that same map on your stats solution to understand the economics of that area. But that's a mistake. At a very ...
Dollars per acre for Land property types
If your dashboards contain Land as a property type, then there will be metrics called "Sold Price per Acre" ( or $/Acre). To view this metric, you must choose Land, and only Land, from the Property filter. On the Infographic and Market Review ...
Slider filters don't work on Safari on iPad
When using an iPad to access a dashboard with slider filters, like price range, you may encounter a problem when you are using Safari as your browser. This is likely because Safari is trying to use the "Desktop" version of the dashboard website ...
Why is MSI overall higher than any single price bucket?
Eagle-eyed agents may see that sometimes the Months Supply of Inventory (MSI) for a total region, as defined by the time series, is greater than (or smaller than) the MSI for any of the different price buckets in the Price Distribution chart. It's ...
How to merge PDF documents
There's several reasons you might want to merge PDF documents together to create a package. Maybe you have pages from different programs, maybe you're building a monthly report package. There's another document here on exporting a Domus Analytics ...
Line charts vs Bar charts
We sometimes get the question: “Can I switch between a line chart and a bar chart?” The short answer is: no, and there’s a good reason for that. Charts aren't just a matter of personal preference. From a data visualization standpoint, different chart ...
Why does the dashboard keep scaling down in size?
Domus dashboards are designed to scale up or down to whatever size frame, window, or screen they are given. This means that the smaller the screen you're using (like a phone or min-tablet), the harder it will be to use the dashboards. Stats really ...
Troubleshoot a Dashboard on Safari
If you're using Safari, and the dashboard you're trying to view won't open, you probably need to change some settings. Safari's built-in pop-up blocker can cause problems in both displaying a dashboard and in preventing the drill-through pop-up box ...
Dashboard reverts to a login screen
If you like to keep multiple tabs open on your browser, you may find that the tab with your member dashboard reverts to a login screen that looks similar to this: This happens because each dashboard has a 1-hour expiration due to inactivity. You've ...
Why can I only select 1 property type on Pricing Insights?
On all of the dashboards except for Pricing Insights, you can select multiple property types at once. Pricing Insights is meant to give you a hyper-specific analysis for a particular property, more like a CMA, in order to determine the best price ...
Default values on Pricing Insights
Recently, someone asked how the default values on Pricing Insights were determined. They were referring to these boxes at the top of the dashboard. When the dashboard first loads, a median sold price is calculated based on the selected filter ...
Why use a 13 month time period?
Market Review displays a 13-month spark line for each metric. If you're wondering why it isn't just set to one year, you're not alone. The first thing to understand is that metrics are only interesting in relation to something else. If you read a ...
How to zoom in on a chart
Much like you zoom in on a map, there are times when you may want to zoom in on a chart. Maybe you're viewing a chart with a long time history, but you only want to view or share a shorter period of time. Maybe you're looking at a price ...
The size of the drill-through pop-up window is too big
If you try to use the drill-through feature on any of the Member dashboards, you may come across a situation where the pop-up window is too large to be useable. This happens if you've changed the zoom on your browser. The dashboard itself will not ...
How to Export a dashboard to PDF
If you like to email documents to clients, or post them online to download, a PDF is a great way to do that. In order to generate a PDF of a dashboard, you'll use the Print function. When the print window opens, use the Destination drop down to ...
The hierarchy of geography filters
When you think about market stats, geography is one of the first things that comes to mind. Depending on the dashboard you're using, you may have one or more geography filters. If there is more than one, then those filters work slightly different ...
The Difference between "Public" and "Member" dashboards
If you're curious about the difference between "Public" dashboards and "Member-Only" dashboards, you've come to the right place. Our solution is a collection of dashboards from simple and high-level to detailed and complex. The simpler dashboards ...
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