Analysis and data management

Many different types of businesses may benefit from access to the best and most accurate information on price developments in the housing market.

Information Distributors 

Using our Analysis Package, information distributors can download the new index series, whenever they are released. Certain information, such as index series for flats in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo, will be free of charge, providing the public with information and giving way for derivatives trading. Our customers will attain more detailed information. Companies currently occupied in distribution of information, may become selling agents for the index.

Stock Market Trading

As quickly and accurately as the new index captures price changes, it makes the most comprehensive indexes suitable for the stock market trading. The index also can give rise to a number of new financial products. Right now, in cooperation with NASDAQ OMX, the ground is being prepared for financial trading in Sweden.

Banks

A better index makes better interest rate forecasts possible, particularly if they are supplemented by price forecasting and risk models. For the time being many banks are using self-developed housing price indexes. Our Analysis Package provides access to fresh and quality-assured price information online.
An advanced analytics product is also being developed, showing one’s own risk in relation to the trends in housing prices more accurately.

Construction companies

The construction sector is characterized by projects with long lead times. Constructors must make assumptions about what price the housings might be sold for when they are ready. A reliable housing price index provides a good basis for such assumptions. Good statistics on the historical price trend is also important to determine which locations are more interesting for new construction projects. Right now an analysis package is being developed together with one of the largest construction companies in Sweden.

Real Estate Agents

The real estate broker is often the first commercial operator in a home transaction. It is of great value to a broker to be able to present a good picture of housing market developments. It is important both in meeting with potential sellers and in contact with housing speculators. Better information leads to less uncertainty in the housing market, which in turn stimulates more business. We can create a customized sales support for every housing unit, exhibiting information on how the housing market has developed for that specific item. The data is normally presented before the first meeting with the seller and can then be included in the home brochure.

Insurance Brokage

The proper housing price index can be used as a basis for analyzing the customer's home value and risk. We have developed a concept that extends the insurance brokerage business to a new area that has not previously been possible to reach.
Interested?
For more information, please contact Lars-Erik Ericsson at +46-70-366 79 93 or lars-erik.ericson@valueguard.se