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Learn how to forecast home value using Excel.

To make a FORECAST in Excel, you can use the FORECAST function, which predicts future values based on past data. Excel is good for forecasting because it provides various built-in functions and tools for data analysis. The formula for forecasting is =FORECAST(x, known_y's, known_x's), where x is the data point you want to predict, known_y's are the known values, and known_x's are the corresponding time points. To create a predictive model in Excel, you can use the Data Analysis Toolpak or build a regression model with the LINEST function. The forecast sheet option is found under the "Data" tab in Excel, where you can select "Forecast Sheet" to create a visual forecast based on your data.

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The FORECAST (or FORECAST. LINEAR) function in Excel predicts a future value along a linear trend. The FORECAST. ETS function in Excel predicts a future value using Exponential Triple Smoothing, which takes into account seasonality or aggregation.

ETS. CONFINT function returns a confidence interval for a forecast value at a specific point on a timeline (i.e. a target date or period). It is designed to be used along with the FORECAST. ETS function as a way to show forecast accuracy.

SEASONALITY
Returns the length of the repetitive pattern Excel detects for the specified time series.

STAT
Returns a statistical value as a result of time series forecasting.

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00:00okay this excel tip is really interesting we're going to forecast what our home price will be in
00:04the year 2040 here given this historical price of the same home well in excel we have this function
00:11called forecast and there's six different forecast function that you can use the first four of them
00:18pertains to ets which stands for exponential triple smoothing which takes into account
00:23seasonality and aggregation this conf stand for confidence interval this is seasonality and this
00:31was statistics we're not going to cover any of these first four ets functions in this excel tips
00:38and tutorial we are going to cover using the forecast linear which assumes that the growth or
00:44the depreciation of the house is going to be a linear trend but if you have excel 2013 and or
00:51older
00:51you're going to have to use this forecast function here i'm going to double click this forecast
00:56linear here the first argument that is looking for is your x which is going to be our year in
01:02cell
01:03e4 which is covered by this formula here and the second argument will be the known y's which is
01:09going to be our home value and the third argument and the final argument is your known x which is
01:15going to be the year itself close parentheses and hit enter and according to excel's forecast
01:21function in the year 2040 using a linear model your home value is going to be this much
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