Use Cases for Property Data
Explore real-world ways to use Datafiniti property data for investing, sales and marketing, fraud prevention, underwriting, risk management, and site selection.
Here are some interesting ways to use Datafiniti Property Data!
Generic Uses
Search for MLS Numbers or Download MLS Markets
Look up properties by MLS number or download entire MLS market datasets.
Search via street address
Find property records by querying specific street addresses.
Search on property statuses
Filter properties by their current status such as active, sold, or pending.
Search broker listing property
Look up properties associated with specific broker license numbers.
Accessing property images and panoramas
Pull a property's static photos and panorama media from the record itself.
Datafiniti's property data covers MLS listings across the entire US market. If you work with an MLS you don't see reflected in our data, contact us at support@datafiniti.co and we'll look into it.
Real Estate Investing
Building rental property data market reports
Generate comprehensive market reports using rental property data.
Determine home values
Estimate property valuations using historical and current market data.
Find investment properties
Identify high-potential investment properties based on your criteria.
Track property status changes
Monitor properties for status updates like new listings or price changes.
Find prices of sold properties
Use transaction records to see what properties actually sold for in a market.
Find days on market for commercial property
Extract how long commercial listings have been for sale to build lead and market reports.
Sales & Marketing
Discover when clients sell their homes
Track when existing clients list or sell their properties.
Find owners that need roofing work
Build roofing lead lists from properties with older roofs, then pull owner contact details with autotrace.
Contact new home owners
Find recently sold properties and reach the buyers through linked people data.
Accessing owners, brokers, & other people data
Link property records to owners, listing agents and other people records to enrich lead profiles.
Find property comps from transaction data
Pull comparable property transactions for pricing and valuation analysis.
Generate a list of recent broker contacts
Build broker contact lists from recent property transaction records.
Fraud Prevention
Underwriting & Lending
Find rental rates for properties
Retrieve current and historical rental rate data to support lending decisions.
Find mortgage lender from transactions
Identify the lenders behind a property's transactions and refinance loans.
Risk Management
Collect HOA fee data for a property
Access HOA fee information associated with specific properties.
Find property refinance data
Look up refinance history and related financial records for properties.
Find property with a lien
Identify properties that have active liens attached to them.
Site Selection
Search latitude & longitude for properties
Find properties within a geographic radius using latitude and longitude coordinates.
Select sites for commercial development
Evaluate and compare potential sites for commercial development projects.
Commercial Intelligence
Datafiniti recommends pulling and viewing historical statuses from the statusHistory field. The statuses field is currently being deprecated, and all status history values are being migrated to statusHistory.