General FAQ
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
Sometimes we're asked "can I switch between line chart and a bar chart"? No, you can't. The reason is that they show different things. From a data visualization standpoint, there is a right and wrong answer to which chart should be used and ...
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 ...
Defining quadrants on Pricing Insights
When using Pricing Insights, you may have noticed that the chart area is segmented into 4 distinct quadrants, defined by the black intersecting lines. The horizontal black line is set at the median sold price of the market defined by the filters. ...
Updated way to Print a Dashboard
The way to print Domus dashboards is changed in April 2022. Previously, there was a small icon that looked like a printer in the top right corner. For technical reasons too boring to go into, the icon is moving to the bottom right corner. It will ...
Creating Branded Stats
Whether it's for an email campaign, posting on social media, or handing out at an open house, it's nice to have stats with your own branding information on them. While you can sign up for a custom infographic for that purpose, there are lots of ways ...
Data drill-through isn't working
One of the most popular features of our dashboards is the ability to drill into the underlying MLS listing data. If you've already reviewed the FAQ on how to do this, and are still having problems, here are some additional tips for troubleshooting. ...
Printing using Safari
For as much as we love Apple products (and we really do!), Safari makes us sad because it doesn't play nice with printing. While Domus dashboards have their own 'print' button, that function relies on the printing capabilities of whichever browser ...
Troubleshooting data export
On the member-only dashboards, data drill-through is a feature. From here, you have an option to export the data, as seen below. Typically, the downloaded xls can be found either in the bottom bar of your browser window, or in your default ...
Choosing Median vs Average for metrics
Some stats programs give the user the choice between using Median or Average aggregations for metrics. Domus typically does not offer that choice, and the reason is simple. The decision to choose between Median and Average for any aggregation is ...
Posting on Facebook
Posting market statistics on Facebook is a great way to engage clients and generate leads. Depending on what you're posting, there are different ways to optimize the level of engagement you'll get from your users. Direct URL Posting If you've ...
Share a market stats image from a mobile device
If you find yourself away from your office and need to share some stats with a client on the go, just use your mobile phone. First, use a browser app to access the dashboard of your choice. Once you've filtered down to the market segment you're ...
Print Orientation (Landscape vs Portrait)
Most of the dashboards have a native Landscape orientation, sized to 8.5x11. We use code in our css to "force" the browser to print that way, but not all browsers listen to us. The css hasn't been accepted as the current standard yet, so it's ...
System Maintenance Schedule
We're always working on new, cool enhancements to our dashboards that usually don't result in any downtime to user access. However, we do perform some maintenance on a regular schedule. These occur at midnight Pacific Daylight Time, and system ...
Sharing stats with clients and prospects
There are several ways you can share market statistics information with your clients and prospects. Note that some of these suggestions link to other Knowledge Base articles with additional information. Embed the Infographic in your website using ...
Monthly availability of Dashboards
Domus dashboards are NOT like the old school PDFs that you might be used to. While other vendors send reports directly to your email that you can post or share, that's not how we work. Instead, our dashboards are online, interactive reports that ...
Price bands and Buyer markets
A common way to view real estate is by geographical markets. A less common but equally important way to view markets is by price band. Most every market can be broken up into 4 submarkets. We refer to them as Entry, Core, High End, and Luxury. It's ...
What are Seasonal metrics?
Some metrics are discussed in terms of being "Seasonal" or not, so what does that mean? Put simply, a seasonal metric has some type of observable and consistent pattern that repeats over several time periods. The best examples of this tend to be ...
The Lifecycle of Listing Metrics
There are lots of metrics that can be used to evaluate the real estate market, and they're all related to specific dates in the listing lifecycle. For example "Number of New Listings" are counted based on the Listing Date, and "Number of Closed ...
Metric Definitions
Active Inventory is the number of properties available for sale.in an active status at the end of the month, based on the purchase contract date. Absorption Rate or Months Supply of Inventory is the number of months it would take to sell through the ...
Market statistics that don't match across sources
Sometimes we get questions like "why doesn't the number on a Domus dashboard match the number on some other report?" There could be lots of reasons, but unless the vendor who produced the other report can provide all of the listings that went into ...
I just ordered a custom branded Infographic, now what?
Now that you've placed your order, you can sit back and relax while we build your Infographic. Please allow up to 7 days for completion - you will not be billed during this time! We'll send you an email when it's ready for your review. Choosing a ...
How to Embed a dashboard in a website
READ ME FIRST Successful embedding is dependent on your web hosting platform. Not all websites play nice with embed/iframe code. If you have problems, first test the dashboard URL by opening it in a new browser tab. If the dashboard displays ...
How is the Domus calculation for Months Supply of Inventory (MSI) different than the NAR definition?
The National Association of REALTORS®, or NAR, annualizes and seasonally adjusts many of their metrics, which "smooths out" the results and trend lines. You can read more about their methodology here. At Domus, we recognize that seasonality is just ...
The Difference between Year to Date and Annualized metrics
In Market Insights, choosing the 'By Year' time period gives you the additional option of choosing 'Year to Date' or 'Annualized' as the aggregation against which to compare the current year results. Note that the current year on the chart AND the ...
Getting Started
Are you a brand new user of Domus Analytics dashboards? If so, there are a few things you can do to get up and running right away. Head back to the Home Page and sign up for a training class. These are generic classes held at least monthly. Your ...
Why are 2 different time periods showing the same results?
In Market Insights, you can choose to display the dashboard by Month, Quarter, or Year as shown below. However, there are a couple of times a year when the results across specific time periods will be the same. In February, the results by Month and ...
It's May, why is the dashboard still showing Q1 data?
All of the Domus Analytics dashboards except for 'Weekly Trends' display results through the last full calendar month. Similarly, the Quarterly metrics inside Market Insights only display results through the last full quarter of data. So in April, ...
What Browser should I use to access the dashboards?
Domus dashboards work with most modern browsers: Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Opera Microsoft Edge (2020 version or later) Safari (16.4 and newer) As of April 2022, support for all versions of Internet Explorer was discontinued. We recommend using ...
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