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Streaming Your Own Property Data Playlist
Two decades ago assembling a playlist of your 10 favorite songs was a bit of a nosebleed. First you would go to the (brick-and-mortar) store and purchase 10 different CDs, each containing one of your favorite songs. Or alternatively mail-order those same CDs through the now-defunct BMG Music Club — remember that! — and wait for them to arrive.... Read More »
U.S. Residential Loan Originations Down 19 Percent in Q4 2017 Led by 34 Percent Drop in Refinance Originations
Santa Rosa, California Posts Biggest Drop Among U.S. Metro Areas; Median Down Payment on Home Purchases Increases 20 Percent From a Year Ago; Construction Loan Originations Up 33 Percent to Two-Year High, Up 345 Percent in Houston IRVINE, Calif. – March 15, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today... Read More »
U.S. Home Flipping Increases to 11-Year High in 2017 With More Than 200,000 Homes Flipped for Second Straight Year
Top Major Market Flipping Rates in Memphis, Las Vegas, Tampa, Birmingham, Phoenix; $16.1 Billion In Financed Flips in 2017, Up 27 Percent From 2016 to 10-Year High IRVINE, Calif. – March 8, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Q4 and Year-End 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows... Read More »
Predicting the Best Use of Land with Machine Learning & AI
Q&A with Bryan Copley, co-founder and CEO at CityBldr What is your elevator pitch for CityBldr? We’re a marketplace for development sites. The backbone of our marketplace is artificial intelligence which determines the best use of every parcel of land. How do you and your customers utilize ATTOM Data? If you are a builder or developer we show... Read More »
Powering Real-Time Loan Risk Models with a Property Data API
Q&A with James W. Waters, Founder and CEO at Foresight Information Services What is your elevator pitch for Foresight? Foresight provides risk mitigation and transaction verification data along with civil and criminal court data and income and social security verification data. We started out with a couple guys and $5,000 in sales in... Read More »
Facilitating Fast, Accurate Flood Insurance Valuations
Q&A with Denis Brosnan, CEO at DIMONT What is your elevator pitch for DIMONT? “Twenty years ago, DIMONT founded the industry of providing hazard insurance claims adjustment services for mortgage loan investors and servicers. These days, we’re looking at 150,000 or more damage reports a month on distressed properties. “Essentially our... Read More »