As long as the public data doesn't get tied up in exclusive access deals, and remains free as both beer and speech, I don't have a problem with aggregators like Core Logic. When it slides into an entity selling data or providing it exclusively to a limited number of companies, that's when my hackles get raised...
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Ian White <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure what the big deal is--it's typical American ingenuity...take > something that is public, aggregate to the end of time, package and sell for > a lot of money. I do it where I can. First American, LPS and other companies > have a nice business in parcel data. It's a lot of hard work. They pay > county government money for access and have significant data massaging > operations. There's nothing any more sinister about CoreLogic than > Experian/Equifax/Harte Hanks, etc...All these companies take 'public > records'--DMV, arrest, tax assessor, credit behavior, etc....and create > profiles of millions of Americans. > > == > > Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc > > 690 Fifth Street Suite 200 :: San Francisco CA 94107 > > T.415.946.8170 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com/blog > > On 17 Jun 2010, at 10:34, DNR wrote: > > Hi everyone, I'd like to hear your feedback on this apparent milestone in > privately held public data aggregation, and what you think the impacts are > of this one company having control of so much data. Does the fact that it's > publicly traded make a difference in the legal challenges that come up with > public access to data? How so? I don't know the subscription costs to access > this data and how their product displays whether the data is from public > sources, or their proprietary ones - does it all just blend together into > their product? Anyone work with CoreLogic, or First American, which spun off > into CoreLogic? What's their reputation? I'm hoping there'd be some First > American Spatial Solutions employees here who could chime in. Who's watching > this data maintainer? > > -D > > — Industry-Leading Provider Now Covers 3100 Counties, More Than 1000 > Counties Greater Than Its Closest Competitor — > > SANTA ANA, Calif., June 3 — (PRNewswire) — CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading > provider of information, analytics and business services, today announced > that its industry-leading property level dataset now covers 3100 tax roll > counties representing 99.8 percent of the U.S. population and 98.7 percent > of all counties. With this expansion of county coverage, CoreLogic now > exceeds its closest competitor by 1,000 counties. > > This public record county assessor data includes comprehensive > property-level characteristics, land dimensions, legal descriptions, > ownership, and tax and value information. This base information is then > linked to a variety of transactional current and historical data, such as > deeds, mortgages, pre-foreclosure and other involuntary liens as well as > demographic, scholastic and trend information. > > "For our customers, data coverage, currency and depth are vital to their > day-to-day operations," said George Livermore, group executive, data and > analytics, CoreLogic. "This milestone enables our clients to access > nationwide county-assessor-specific real estate data and leverage the > growing suite of analytics built upon this information to grow and retain > their business." > > CoreLogic maintains the most comprehensive repository of public, > contributory and proprietary data in the United States, which combines > property and mortgage information; legal, parcel and geospatial data; motor > vehicle records, criminal background records; national coverage eviction > information, payday lending records, credit information, and tax records. > CoreLogic databases are continually updated and include: > > 98.7 percent of U.S. real estate property records > 80 percent of mortgage applications > 85 percent of mortgage loan servicing performance information > 97 percent of loan level, non-agency mortgage backed securities > 550+ million historical transaction records and data spanning more than 40 > years > The nation's largest contributory mortgage fraud database > > The company's proprietary algorithms and modeling capabilities allow it to > analyze these information assets and other multidimensional data providing > clients with unique analytics and customized outsourcing services. > > About CoreLogic > > CoreLogic is a leading provider of consumer, financial and property > information, analytics and services to business and government. The company > combines public, contributory and proprietary data to develop predictive > decision analytics and provide business services that bring dynamic insight > and transparency to the markets it serves. CoreLogic has built the largest > and most comprehensive U.S. real estate, mortgage application, fraud, and > loan performance databases and is a recognized leading provider of mortgage > and automotive credit reporting, property tax, valuation, flood > determination, and geospatial analytics and services. More than one million > users rely on CoreLogic to assess risk, support underwriting, investment and > marketing decisions, prevent fraud, and improve business performance in > their daily operations. Formerly, the information solutions group of The > First American Corporation, CoreLogic began trading under the ticker CLGX on > the NYSE on June 2, 2010. 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