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Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-18

Loam, an appraisal tool that shows its working

loamappraisal.com ↗ · Useful Tools · score 82.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

Loam helps residential developers estimate what they can pay for land using sold comparables, BCIS-adjusted build costs, and residual land value.

Why it surfaced

This is unusually specific software for a familiar high-stakes spreadsheet problem. Its preview even flags a promote-and-sell route that loses £23,018, while explaining which evidence supports each figure; the tool is invite-only and requires a Searchland account for its automated lookups.

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August 18’s newborn domains include an obsolete pen plotter clocking in at 09:30, emergency warnings designed for sight, touch, or hearing, a funeral-folder tool calibrated for printer drift, and photographs of Colombian rental signs turned into a housing map.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-18 Domain Arrivals issue.