Valuation and market analysis
Valuations, comparables, reports, heatmaps and market statistics.
How many valuations can I save?
Your CASAFARI account stores only your last 100 valuations. When you reach that limit, older valuations are automatically removed from the list to make space for new ones. To keep a permanent record of an important valuation, export it as a PDF and save it locally or in your preferred storage system.
What do selling price, fair market price and out of market price mean?
Fair market price is the average price per m² of your selected comparables multiplied by the property's total area, and the selling price range is a band around it, usually 7% below the fair market price. A property priced more than 7% above the fair market price is considered out of market.
How do I perform a property valuation?
Open Valuations & Market Study (CMA), search for the property by address, postcode or cadastral reference, enter its details in the Valuation settings tab and click Evaluate. Review the estimated value range and comparables in the Evaluation tab, then click Export & Share to download a PDF or share it via SmartLink.
How do I create a valuation report?
Open the Property Valuation Tool from your CASAFARI dashboard. Enter the property address and details, click Evaluate, choose your comparables, then customise the report and generate it as a SmartLink or export it as a PDF or CSV file.
Which locations can I analyse in Market Analytics?
Before running a market analysis, select the location you want to analyse. For best results, choose a province, a state or region, or a city. Time Series and Price Distribution do not accept an entire country or a specific street, but the Heatmap supports a whole country.
How do I add or remove comparables in my valuation?
Run your valuation in the CMA tool and open the Evaluation tab. Untick the box next to a listing to remove it as a comparable, or type a property's listing reference in the search bar at the top of the comparables list and click + to add it.
What can I do in the Heatmap tool?
The Heatmap, one of the three tools in Market Analytics, shows the average asking price, average asking price per square metre, number of listings and price increases and decreases for your chosen location, property type and time period. It presents them as a ranking table and an interactive map.
Where can I see my past valuations?
Open the Property Valuation tool from your CASAFARI dashboard, scroll to the bottom of the search page and click My Valuations. That page lists your saved valuations, but your account keeps only the last 100, so export important ones as PDF.
How do I add extra characteristics to my valuation?
In the Property Valuation tool, go to Step 2: Valuation, scroll down the left-hand column to Additional Characteristics and click Add new. Describe the feature, choose a Positive, Negative or Neutral impact, enter the estimated impact value and click Add.
Do extra characteristics and details affect my valuation?
No. The details and characteristics you enter in the Valuation Settings step do not directly change the estimated price. They help CASAFARI find the most similar comparable properties, and the estimate is based mainly on market data and those comparables.
How do I generate a report in a different language?
To generate all your reports in another language, select it from the language selector at the top right of the CASAFARI platform. To change the language of a single property valuation report only, click Personalize within your valuation and select the language for that report.
How do I use the graphics on a property page?
Open the property's details page from Property Sourcing and scroll down to the Graphics section at the bottom. Its charts help you evaluate the property's pricing in the context of the local market and track how it has changed over time.
Where is the property shown on the graphic?
On a property page, scroll down to the Graphics section. The property you are viewing is marked with a house symbol on bar charts and a red dot on scatter plots, so you can see at a glance how it compares with other listings.
How do I download the valuation report as a PDF instead of a SmartLink?
Create your valuation in the Valuations & Market Study tool, then open either Basic (manual personalisation) or AI Presentation and make your changes. Click the download button to save the document as a PDF; in AI Presentation, the button is in the top right corner.
How do I perform a market analysis?
Log in to CASAFARI, open Market Analytics from your dashboard, choose the area you want to analyse, and apply filters such as operation type, property type and condition. Then set the time period and review the results in the heatmap, price distribution graph and time series chart.
What can I do in the Price Distribution tool?
The Price Distribution tool in Market Analytics shows interactive graphs of price distribution (total and per square metre), time on the market per price segment, market stock and average asking price (total and per square metre). You can export the results as a PDF or a SmartLink.
What can I do in the Time Series tool?
In the Time Series tool, part of Market Analytics, you choose an area and a time frame and track how that market changes: asking prices, price per square metre, price changes, new listings, and sold or delisted properties. You can export the analysis as a PDF or a SmartLink.
What are outliers?
Outliers are properties whose information looks wrong or whose values are out of the ordinary compared with the sample mean. Most of the time, they appear because of errors in the information in the real estate listing itself.
How is the estimated value calculated?
The estimated value is the average price per square metre of the selected comparable properties multiplied by your property's total area in square metres: average price per m² × property size (m²) = estimated value.
How do I edit the content and order of my valuation report?
In the Property Valuation tool, at the second step of the valuation, select Personalize Report instead of generating the report or SmartLink. Click the bubble beside each section to include or exclude it, and drag the six-dot icon to change the order.
What is the difference between purple and black sold properties in comparables?
In the CMA tool's comparables list, purple sold properties have closed transaction prices from official or verified closing records. Black sold properties are listings marked as sold without closed transaction price data, so prioritise purple ones for a more accurate valuation.
How do I use the location tools on a property page?
Open the property's page from Property Sourcing and scroll to the location section below the property's history tool. There you can use the Heatmap, Similar transactions, Time to Travel and Points of Interest tools to assess the property's surroundings, accessibility and convenience.
How do I extract a market report?
Open Market Analytics in CASAFARI, apply your filters and select the location you want to analyse, review the analysis, then choose SmartLink or PDF at the bottom of the page to export the report.
Why am I not getting comparables?
If a valuation shows fewer comparables than expected, choose "Comparables must have at least 1 selected characteristic" in step 1, then in step 2 set the property status to All and increase the search distance (up to 50,000 metres). You can also add a specific property manually by entering its reference number above the comparable column.
Where can I see comparables with real closing prices?
Open your valuation in the Property Valuation (CMA) tool and go to the Evaluation tab, where comparables with real closing prices are marked with a purple "closing price" tag. These prices come from official records or trusted transaction data in your market.