Properties - Property Search

Description

Property Search is a vital tool that helps Job-bidders, data researchers and appraisers quickly navigate the large amount of information available in LightBox Valuation.

For a video review of this topic, please refer to the Searching for Properties video.  

Property Search

To access the Property Search module, click the Properties button in the menu on the left.

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Search and Filter

The top of the Properties page has a search bar and filter button.

• Country
• State
• Street Address
• Zip Code
• Latitude/Longitude

Click Filter to open the Property Search Filter modal.

This modal provides a variety of filters, organized by tab.

Most of the filters require selecting an operator (e.g. greater than, between, etc.) from a drop-down menu and entering a value in the corresponding field. Example: The filters below will return results with an Assessed Land Value greater than or equal to 400,000 and Assessed Value less than or equal to 1,000,000.

Click Apply to apply the filters and close the Property Search Filter modal.

The filters are listed at the top of the page. Click the X next to a filter to remove it, or click Clear Filters to remove all filters.

After applying one or more filters, check the Inclusions box. Then click the Inclusions button to expose a drop-down menu containing three commands:

• Add Polygon
• Add Circle
• Add Line

Add Polygon 

Click Add Polygon, then click a starting location on the map. At each vertex, click again, until the polygon is complete.

Add Circle

Click Add Circle. A modal will appear. Enter a Radius and select a unit of measurement from the Distance Unit drop-down menu. Then click OK.

Add Line

Click Line, then click a location on the map to place the first line point. Double click to place the endpoint of the line.

A modal will appear. Enter a Buffer Distance value and select a Distance Unit from the drop-down menu, then click OK.

The results will now only include parcels that have points within the spatial inclusions. To manage inclusions, click Inclusions.

• Click the X next to an inclusion to remove that shape from the map.
• Click Add Polygon,Add Circle, or Add Line to add another shape to the map.
• Click Remove All to remove all shapes added to the map from the Inclusions tool. Shapes that were added using the Draw or Measure tools will not be removed.

Enter location information in the Go to Location search box and press Enter on your keyboard. The properties outlined in green meet the filter criteria.

The Property Search Filter modal also contains a Deselect All and a Reset button.

• Click Deselect All to clear the filters applied on the currently open tab.
• Click Reset to clear the filters applied on all tabs.

Map Controls and Lists

To view more information about a parcel, click on that parcel. The selection will be highlighted in green and information about that parcel will appear in a pop-up window.

To view additional information about the parcel, click the blue APN text, which will open the Property Profile. 

The list of parcels that meet the search and filter criteria will be displayed in a panel at the bottom of the page.

Hover over a parcel on the map to highlight it in yellow and also highlight the corresponding entry in the parcel detail panel. Note: If the parcel you highlighted on the map is not currently displayed in the parcel detail panel, it will not jump to that location in the parcel detail panel.

The reverse also works: Click an entry in the parcel detail panel to highlight the corresponding parcel on the map.

Click on a parcel on the map or in the detail panel to select that parcel and open the corresponding additional information popup.

Click the ellipsis (three dots) in the upper right corner of the parcel details panel to display a menu.

Click Hide List to collapse the parcel details panel.

The map will open in a new browser tab. Right-click on the image and then click Save image as… to save the image to your computer.