Catastrophes have rewritten the rules of the insurance game. Before Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, insurers essentially guessed at what the financial damages would be if a disaster struck. Turns out, they drastically underestimated what the losses might be. And they suffered the consequences. Smart underwriters don’t guess. They use the kinds of cutting-edge parcel mapping… Read More »
Not so long ago, real estate transactions were simple and straightforward. A seller listed a home through an agent and a buyer showed interest. The buyer’s agent drew on his or her knowledge of the market to negotiate a final selling price and then the buyer closed on his or her new house. Now, as… Read More »
It might be tempting to think that living in a city puts residents at a lower risk for disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, or forest fires. It might even be true, depending on how far that city is from a coastline or open farm country or a swath of woods. But cities have no shortage of… Read More »
New Partnership Positions Market-Leading Property Data Expert for Sustained Growth PHILADELPHIA, LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, January 8, 2019 – Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specializing in financial and related business services companies, today announced it has completed the acquisition of ATTOM Data Solutions (“ATTOM” or “the Company”), a leading provider of national… Read More »
Love ’em or hate ’em, AVMs are a mainstay in how buyers and industry professionals gauge the worth of a property. It’s been that way since Zillow first introduced the world to the AVM by way of the Zestimate. But a lot has changed since the early days of AVMs. Today’s AVMs are not just… Read More »
Engage. Capture. Convert. With Alexa (Amazon Echo) more abundant than ever in households and even businesses across the nation, it’s becoming more apparent that Alexa may start powering the housing industry. As we see AI and machine learning continue its increasing role in the housing industry, it’s no wonder that real estate agents need to… Read More »
Boundaries for 155 Million U.S. Parcels Joined to Assessor, Recorder, Community Data; Includes 67,000 School Attendance Zone Boundaries, 166,000 Neighborhood Boundaries IRVINE, Calif. – December 17, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today announced it has integrated expanded boundary data into its U.S. property data warehouse. The expanded boundary data… Read More »
Puts ATTOM’s National Real Estate Database of 155 Million U.S. Properties in the Cloud; Enables More Flexible Data Management and Expedited Delivery to Bulk Licensing Clients; Resulted in an Estimated 30% Cost Savings in ATTOM’s Infrastructure Budget OCEANSIDE, Calif., October 30, 2018 – ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, and Managed… Read More »
New ATTOMIZED AVM Available in 2,194 U.S. Counties Located in all 50 States; Full White Paper Detailing “Black Box” Behind AVM Methodology Available to Download IRVINE, Calif. – June 26, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, and AVM Analytics, a valuation software development firm, today announced the launch of… Read More »
“Data aggregation is any process in which information is gathered and expressed in a summary form, for purposes such as statistical analysis. A common aggregation purpose is to get more information about particular groups based on specific variables such as age, profession, or income.” What is data aggregation? – Definition from WhatIs.com Data aggregation at ATTOM Data… Read More »
