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Upcoming Events: Valuation 2004
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AppraisalWorld Connection Now Available from the Online Store
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Housing Affordability Off in Q3
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NAHB Launches New Web-Based Publication
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Tech Tip: How to Add or Update Reports to the Reports Database
Upcoming Events:
Valuation 2004
We
hope to see many of you at Valuation 2004, November 10-14, at the Caribe
Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. 51 exhibitors and over 1,000 attendees
are expected. Bradford Technologies will be exhibiting in booth #203.
Keynote
speakers for the event are Mark Simpson of Fannie Mae and Jacqueline
Doty of Freddie Mac. They will be addressing the new forms and what
the driving forces were behind the need for change. The event will offer
30 hours of continuing education. On Thursday, November 11, our own
Jeff Bradford along with Jim
Kirchmeyer, Real-Info; Mike Mitchell, FNC; and Kevin Herzberg, Countrywide,
will be participating in a panel discussion moderated by Lee Kennedy,
ARC titled, "AAVMs – Interactive Tools for the Appraiser."
Don’t miss it – it promises to be an interesting and lively presentation.
For more information
about Valuation 2004, or to register, visit
www.valuation2004.com.
AppraisalWorld
Connection Now Available from the Online Store
Now Bradford Technologies
customers can purchase more software and services from our online store.
Located on our web site at
http://www.bradfordsoftware.com/store/store.html, the store is easy
to use and convenient. It's another way we’re making Bradford Technologies
hassle-free and appraisers more productive. Here's the list of what’s
available at the store:
ClickFORMS Maintenance Plus
You can make sure you don't miss out on any new forms or features in
ClickFORMS by renewing your ClickFORMS Maintenance Plus membership before
it expires. Maintenance Plus includes free upgrades, new and updated
forms released during the year, unlimited email technical support, and
unlimited online location maps.
ClickFORMS Live Support
This service provides unlimited personal telephone technical support via an 800 number,
and priority response to email and FAX support questions. It also includes
the option of allowing our trained technical support engineers remote
control of your PC so they can solve complex issues more quickly.
AppraisalWorld Connection
AppraisalWorld Connection is ClickFORMS’ interface for appraisal
report delivery and property data import. For a yearly subscription
service fee you get Lighthouse integration and AI Ready integration,
plus the ability to import from the following databases: RealQuest,
Win2Data, MetroScan, and AIRD Property Database.
Flood Maps
We offer quality flood maps from FloodInsights, a leader in the industry.
Each flood map lookup includes the map, plus the census tract and map
number information. You can purchase flood maps in packages of 50, 100,
250, 500, or 1000. All flood maps purchased from Bradford Technologies
are good for a full 15 months.
Remember, Bradford
Technologies is awarding American Airlines AAdvantage® frequent flyer
miles every time you make a purchase at the store. We give you one AA
mile for ever dollar you spend (excluding shipping and tax).
Please note: AAdvantage®
miles can only be earned from purchases made online. AAdvantage® miles
cannot be awarded to purchases made through sales calls or faxed or
mailed-in purchases.
Purchasing online
is easy!
- Simply click to the store and add the items you wish to buy to your
shopping cart.
- Review the items in your shopping cart at any time by clicking on
the shopping cart icon.
- When you are ready to purchase, follow the instructions on the shopping
cart page.
Our Online Store
is secure and certified by Verisign, so you can be confident when using
your credit card for these purchases.
You will be asked
to log in when you make a purchase so that we can identify your account
and apply your purchases to the correct account. If you are not
current with your software maintenance, you will need to call your account
manager at 800-622-8727 to become current before making purchases on
the website.
Housing
Affordability Off in Q3
General housing affordability conditions remained favorable during the
third quarter, even with a decline that resulted largely from higher
home prices, according to an announcement released Nov. 1 by the National
Association of Realtors®.
NAR's composite Housing Affordability Index was 128.6 during the third
quarter, down 3.7 percentage points from 132.3 in the second quarter
and 7.6 points below the same period a year earlier, when it stood at
136.2.
David Lereah, NAR's chief economist, says current market conditions
are keeping the door to homeownership open. "Any index reading
over 100 is considered sufficient for the nation as a whole and we remain
in pretty good shape," he says.
The third-quarter median family income was projected to be $54,761.
The index shows the nation's typical household could afford to buy a
home costing $242,400—well above the national median existing-home price
in the third quarter, which was $188,500.
NAR President Walt McDonald, broker-owner of Walt McDonald Real Estate
in Riverside, California, says some of the findings are seasonal.
"The third quarter traditionally has a higher ratio of more expensive
homes being sold to families with children," he says. "With
a steady decline in mortgage interest rates, the affordability index
is likely to improve in the fourth quarter."
NAHB Launches
New Web-Based Publication
The National Association
of Home Builders announced this week that they have launched Housing
Economics Online, a new web-based publication. Produced
by the NAHB Economics Group, the new offering is a comprehensive online
news service that consolidates and replaces NAHB's previous for-sale
print publications, Home Builders Forecast, Housing Market Statistics,
and Housing Economics.
The
e-publication will provide subscribers with expert, in-depth analysis
of economic and housing market trends as well as the latest housing
economic statistical data. It is available at two subscription levels,
Pro ($195 for NAHB members and $295 for non-members) and Executive ($995
for NAHB members and $1195 for non-members). For more information, visit
www.HousingEconomics.com or call 800-223-2665.
Tech Tip
How
to Add or Update Reports to the Reports Database
If
you
have a report that has not been added to the Reports Database you can
add it manually by using the following processes:
1. Open a ClickFORMS report
2. Click
on File, and choose Properties
3. If this file has never been on the report list, it will display
“Add to Report List”. Click on that button.
4. If this report
was previously on the report list with little or no information in
the line, it will display the option to "Update Report List."
a. To refresh the
same line in the Report Database, click "Update Report List".
b. To create a new line in the Report Database, click "Refresh",
then "Update Report List".
5. To set the report
list to automatically pop up and ask if you wish to add or update
the database with your report, go to Edit, Preferences, Application
and click on Saving.
6. Add the check box: “Ask before saving the report properties
in the Reports Database. Use this Option to Confirm that the
properties are correct before saving to the database for the first
time.”
Enjoy Your Weekend
We hope you have
a pleasant Fall weekend. Drive safely while you're out inspecting and
don't forget to tell your friends about ClickFORMS.
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Bradford Technologies, Inc will honor your request pursuant to our permission-based email terms and conditions.
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