WALS

WALS is more than just an off-the-shelf solution. It is purpose-built software developed in collaboration with housing associations, designed to meet their unique needs. Over 240 Dutch housing associations already leverage WALS capabilities to streamline their financial planning. Now, it is available for English housing associations too.

Why choose WALS?

It begins with a detailed data model that seamlessly integrates and compliments the core systems used by English housing associations. Detailed information on UPRN level from your fixed asset register, individual loans from your treasury management system, and individual new schemes are included as standard. With automated data processing, information flows directly from core systems, reducing manual input and significantly minimizing errors: saving you valuable time.

Additionally, WALS offers advanced housing finance modeling, allowing you to navigate complex scenarios with ease. Forecast your cash flows, balance sheet and comprehensive income statement with ease. Manage multiple interconnected entities, accurately predict loan covenants, and secure new funding with confidence. Designed specifically for the social housing industry, this sophisticated model simplifies complex financial modeling, providing you with user-friendly software that enables well-informed decision-making.

WALS offers powerful scenario capabilities, allowing you to effortlessly create, calculate, present, and compare multiple scenarios. Stress-test your plan to anticipate and prepare for potential risks and update them regularly to ensure they remain relevant and robust. Additionally, you can leverage the Ortec Finance Quarterly Economic Outlook, which provides a comprehensive overview to support strategic, data-driven decision-making.

The key benefits of WALS

• Save time
  Streamline your financial planning processes, freeing up valuable resources to focus on analysis and optimizing instead of data-handling.
• Enhance quality and transparency
  Improve the quality and clarity of your financial plans, building stakeholder trust with a single source of truth.
• Strengthen risk management and investment decisions
  Bolster your financial risk management and make informed, strategic investment decisions, contributing to the long-term goals of your housing association.

Choose WALS to elevate your financial planning with a purpose-built solution designed especially for housing associations.

Key Features WALS

• Integral multi-year simulation of assets and liabilities
• Valuation of real estate against the market value in rented state (EUV-SH or MV-T), market value in vacant possession (MV-VP) or historical costimpact of different investment strategies
• Advanced stress testing, based on our economic scenario model
• Simulation on individual unit and loan level, based on uploads from your asset register and treasury management system
• Dashboard tooling for financial and non-financial metrics
• Easy to add and compare plans

Consultancy and training

• Execution of merger and regional analyses etc.
• Review of financial multi-year budget by quality analysis or quality scan in
• Support for determining recovery plans
• Skills training and WALS course
• Risk management course
• Stress Analysis

Ready to transform your financial planning?

Discover how WALS can benefit your housing association. Contact David today and send us your questions - we're here to help!