Hands on the Market


Assessing Flood Risks Coming across a property in a flood zone area for either yourself or a client can be stressful, especially as we hear more and more about the potential patterns of heavier rainfall and issues like erosion in densely populated areas. It’s important that real estate practitioners closely review FEMA flood zone maps to assess property value and evaluate risks. Learn how to assess flood ris... Read more
Join Us and the American Society of Appraisers in Atlantic City The National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers (NAIFA) has held an educational conference for more than fifty years. This event will mark the first year that the invitation extends to appraisers in all states from Virginia to Massachusetts as a result of the 2018 merger with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), which created one of the largest networks of U.S. real estate profess... Read more
Learn. Network. Prosper: Get Ready for Valuation Expo 2019 Valuation Expo 2019 will offer collaborative experiences, networking opportunities, and 14 – 18 continuing education hours for appraisers in the Windy City. As an enthusiastic supporter year after year, GeoData Plus is once again excited to be a Silver Sponsor in Chicago, IL. We'd like you to join us.... Read more
FEMA Flood Maps Explained With GeoData Plus, we've always included access to FEMA flood zone, panel, and panel date information on our property reports. We recently added a direct link to FEMA flood maps on every property report. Use GeoData Plus to find important flood hazard information for any property across the nation.... Read more
Lis Pendens and Auction Data Available in All of NY State GeoData Plus has greatly expanded its New York foreclosure database. In the past we only provided lis pendens in New York City and Long Island, but we now offer lis pendens and auctions in just about every county in New York State. With access to one of our distressed property packages, you’ll be able to search for NY lis pendens, and/or foreclosures by date, property type, location, plainti... Read more
GeoData Plus Enhances its Nationwide Valuation Tools with Xome® Through its strategic alliance with Xome Inc., a national brokerage, GeoData Plus has added licensed MLS content (where available) to property reports. In addition to providing public record property data on all real estate in the US (via our nationwide expansion), GeoData Plus and Xome now provide augmented property reporting throughout the United States. Read more
What Is a Foreclosure Auction & How Real Estate Practitioners Stand to Benefit As you may know, when GeoData Plus expanded nationwide, it also added a nationwide foreclosure database that includes preforeclosures and auctions. Foreclosure auctions were also made available in New York State. Are you familiar with how foreclosure auctions work? Just as important, do you know how real estate professionals can use a property data source such as GeoData Plus t... Read more
GeoData Plus Opens Office in Charlotte, NC GeoData Plus has expanded with the opening of a second office, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The expansion comes shortly after the property data platform started providing data for all states nationwide. ... Read more
Property Flipping in New York State Flipping is a term in real estate used to define the purchase of a piece of real property and reselling it fairly quickly for a profit. The profit occurs from selling a property while the market is appreciating, and/or improving a property purchased under market value, and then selling it above market value. What are the Risks of Flipp... Read more
Quick Guide: Finding Good Sales Comparables Since 2002, thousands of real estate professionals have been using GeoData Plus to find sales comparables in New York and New Jersey. This year we expanded our property data system, so real estate professionals can search for specific property information all over the United States. GeoData Plus now encompasses property data nationwide including sales comparables in every state, county, and ci... Read more
Fannie Mae Reports the 1004MC Will No Longer be Required On Monday, July 31st at the Annual Appraisal Institute event, Julie Jones from Fannie Mae announced that as part of Fannie Mae’s updated Selling Guide, the 1004MC will no longer be required. While the Twittersphere wasn’t set ablaze with such breaking news, it certainly created a buzz in the room that is rippling across the appraisal industry. ... Read more
What Are Lis Pendens and Why Are They Important to Your Property Searches? Whether you are new to real estate or a battle-hardened professional, you likely know that there’s an opportunity to make money working with distressed properties. If you have the skills and/or nerve to take on these kinds of properties, you may be able to turn a profit in this sector as an investor, agent, appraiser, lender, or through some other angle. With this in mind, GeoData Plus provi... Read more
GeoData Plus Now Offers Property Data Nationwide As a provider of real estate property data, sales comparables and foreclosures in New York State since the year 2000, GeoData Plus has recently announced an expansion of its services nationwide.... Read more
Appraisers: Get Ready For An Epic Event With GeoData Plus What do real estate data, superhero capes, a great giveaway and Charleston have in common? US, and GeoData Plus! Gotham & Real Estate Data Get Together Come network, learn, get equipped for success, and have fun at th... Read more
Woah! What Happened to the GeoData Web Site? If you’ve been using GeoData prior to February 12, and you went to our site to log in and thought, “Am I on the right site? What happened?” We hope you were able to find the log in button without much trouble and got your work done. Once logged in you’ll see the same easy to use GeoData you’ve used in the past.... Read more
Are Foreclosures Dead? And Other Highlights from the MLSLI Tech Fair This year’s MLSLI Tech Fair was a success for the GeoData Plus team. We met many of our happy customers and Erik Wind gave an informative presentation that answered the question, “Are Foreclosures Dead?”... Read more
Send a GeoData Property Report with the Click of a Button We are happy to announce that we have added a new and easy way to send GeoData property reports to your clients and to also share them on social media. Our clients have often asked how to send a property report and until now we have suggested making a pdf and attaching it in an email. This new feature allows you to send a link to a property report via email, share it through multiple social media ... Read more
Summer Reading List for the Real Estate Professional Many of us started the year off with a resolution to read more books. To unplug from our devices and feed our soul and mind the old-fashioned way — written words on paper without the blue light of our phone or iPad.... Read more
From Near Zero to Data Hero – The Evolution of Property Data in Suffolk County Real estate professionals know that having property data and being able to utilize it to its best possible use gives them a competitive edge. Today, we released a new build of GeoData that was aimed at giving our Suffolk County users the best possible experience.... Read more
Tap into the Full Potential of Property Data – Video Tutorials Added At GeoData Plus, we do our absolute best to educate all of our clients on how to use our service. We start by making sure all of our new clients participate in a training usually done through a screen sharing session. The session isn’t pre-recorded or with a group of other new customers; it’s a one-on-one (or office wide) training that is customized specifically to that client&rs... Read more
New York Foreclosure Activity Drops in 2016 The Black Knight report cited in HousingWire defines foreclosure activity as follows: Due to the type of data we collect, we’re defining foreclosure activity as follows: The number of lis pendens filed. Percentage of distressed sales compared to all sale... Read more
Join GeoData at AREAA East Meets West: Manhattan Real Estate Connect GeoData is happy to announce that we will be sponsoring the East Meets West: Manhattan Real Estate Connect brought to you by Asian Real Estate Association of America NY Manhattan Chapter. (Special promo code below.)... Read more
Prospecting is Now a Little Easier While GeoData is well known as a source for all kinds of property data used for valuation and research, it’s also useful as a prospecting tool. Our latest feature just made prospecting a little easier.... Read more
Google Stops Supporting Chrome for Older Operating Systems As of April 2016, Google has ended its support for any computer running the following operating systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. Computers that are running any of these operating systems will no longer receive updates for its Internet browser, Google Chrome.... Read more
Comparable Searching Just Got More Awesome Over the years, GeoData has become known for more than just a source of good sales comparables. We’ve added prospecting tools such as lis pendens searching, as well as access to property data you’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else. However, we never forget that GeoData is used by thousands of people for the purpose of finding accurate comparables. For those ... Read more
How Loud is your Market? Property values are affected by how quiet or loud a neighborhood is. Vehicle traffic, air traffic and noise from nearby businesses can substantially impact the desirability of both commercial and residential properties.... Read more
Hands on the Market: Evaluating Properties Impacted by Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy swept up the Eastern Coast of the United States in late October of 2012 inflicting billions of dollars worth of property damage. In this Hands on the Market segment, Erik Wind sat down with Tom Lauritano of LAS Appraisals, and talked about the impact that Hurricane Sandy has had on property values. ... Read more
Hands on the Market: 3 Steps to a Killer Listing Presentation Erik Wind asks Vincent Koo to reveal his secrets to creating a killer listing presentation. Stating that he is an open book, Vincent gave three steps that he believes give him the advantage when making a presentation to a potential client. Watch the discussion to find out more: ... Read more
4 Ways to Stay Productive During the Holidays Once Thanksgiving comes, many of us often find our real estate businesses slowing down as potential buyers, sellers, and borrowers all tend to start focusing on the joys (or the stress) of the holidays.... Read more
Islip Building Attributes Now Available For those of you who do business in Suffolk County, you know how it’s traditionally been very difficult to get good property data such as square footage, year built and zoning, without having to travel to local assessor offices. Times seem to be changing.... Read more
Upcoming Real Estate Events in the Tri-State Area SIBOR REAL ESTATE SYMPOSIUM Our friends at Staten Island Board of Realtors are hosting their annual Real Estate Symposium on September 30 in The Vanderbilt at South Beach, Staten Island. The event includes a day filled with information sha... Read more
Substantial Updates Made to Upstate New York For those of you who have GeoData for New York City and Long Island, you may have asked at some point about Westchester, Rockland, or other counties. Up until now, the information in those areas has been limited. That’s changed dramatically.... Read more
More trouble with ACRIS for Chrome Users Earlier in the year, we posted an article about not being able to view documents in ACRIS while using Google Chrome. This was due to a browser update that disabled certain plugins like Java. GeoData users who were directed to the ACRIS website to view a recorded document, saw a blank page instead of the document they were trying to view.... Read more
GeoData Welcomes Jonathan Veit Jonathan Veit comes to us from the direct sales department of Cablevision and is our Account Manager. Jonathan has a great understanding of GeoData and how it positively impacts our customers. He is focused on providing superb custome... Read more
Need Help Finding Comparables? Since 2002, customers of GeoData have taught us how they use GeoData in order to get their sales comparables, and how GeoData can be improved to make the process of finding comps easier. In this video, we share what we’ve learned from them. Hopefully this will help you make better property valuation decisions.... Read more
Introducing GeoData’s New Look We wanted to make you aware of some cosmetic changes that we’ve rolled out, a summer makeover if you will. When you log into GeoData Plus, it is going to look quite different but rest assured, we have kept the same great functionality that you rely on. We put together some slides to show you what to expect.... Read more
Wells Fargo Offers Re-Boot Camp at Valuation Expo 2015 We want to share with you some exciting news regarding the upcoming Valuation Expo. We heard that Wells Fargo is offering a Re-Boot Camp on Monday, June 29th, for new and seasoned appraisers. After an interesting conversation with one of our friends at Wells Fargo, we gleaned some key points we know will interest you.... Read more
The State of the Short Sale Market with Phil Tesoriero In this pilot program for Hands on the Market on the Mortage News Network, Erik Wind discusses trends and recent news stories pertaining to short sale data and foreclosures with Short Sale Specialist, Phil Tesoriero.... Read more
Having Trouble with ACRIS? If Google Chrome is your primary Internet browser, you may have noticed that while accessing the ACRIS website through GeoData Direct, you are unable to view documents. Instead of the document, you see a blank page with a message similar to “This plugin is not supported”. This is due to a recent update to Google Chrome. As of Chrome’s version 42, which was relea... Read more
How will Collateral Underwriter affect Appraisers? In early 2014, Fannie Mae made its Collateral Underwriter software available to lending institutions and appraisal management companies as a way to critique UAD appraisals. Since then, there has been some confusion and a lot of discussion over how this will affect appraisers and appraisal management companies.... Read more
How Can GeoData Grow My Real Estate Business? This is our new video series where we bring you answers to frequently asked questions and hot tips on using GeoData’s services to make your life easier! Today, we are talking about why GeoData has been a trusted data source in the New York metropolitan area for the past 15 years and how we can grow your real estate business. See more videos at geodataplus.com/hands-on-the-market... Read more
This Video May Help You Find Your Next Deal Introducing our new video series where we bring you answers to frequently asked questions and hot tips on using GeoData’s services to make your life easier! Our first video demonstrates how easy it is to reach out to the pre-foreclosure market by doing a lis pendens search and quickly creating mailing labels. Let us know if you have a question or topic that you would like to see us address in the future.... Read more
New Jersey Property Data Now Available GeoData Plus is a trusted resource for real estate professionals throughout the entire state of New York. Appraisers, agents, investors and lenders rely on us every day for property data, comps, and to help them find their next deal.... Read more
Babylon Photos, Building Sketch and Square Footage Now Available A few months ago we announced our new Suffolk County Property Report, which, for the first time anywhere, included building details and sketches for properties in Brookhaven. Knowing that our customers were also looking for that level of detail in other towns, we’re pleased to announce that we now have similar information for properties within the Town of Babylon.... Read more
The Top 4 Reasons To Attend Triple Play Realtor Convention Earlier this month, the GeoData Plus team had the pleasure of attending the Triple Play Realtor Convention and Trade Expo in Atlantic City. We came away excited about new connections, inspired by excellent speakers, and loaded down with tips and information from experts in the real estate industry. In case you are wondering if this is a conference worth going to, we thought we’d share the to... Read more
Data on Commercial Properties Now Available for Nassau County GeoData has always been a treasure trove for property data on residential properties, and of course, our information on sales and lis pendens have been available for years. But, until now, no company (including us) has ever been able to provide much information on the 40,000+ commercial properties in Nassau County, which is home to thousands of residential complexes, office buildings, retail store... Read more
Creating a Shortcut to GeoData Plus on Your Mobile Device GeoData Direct can be available at your fingertips on your mobile device in seconds — all it takes is a little bit of setup. Many GeoData customers already know that it’s possible to access GeoData Direct from your phone, but here’s a way to make it even easier. By following these quick and easy steps specific to your operating system, you can have immediate access to GeoData Dir... Read more
Telephone Numbers Added For New York and New Jersey Property Reports Author’s note: Since the publication of this article, we have since added telephone numbers to all of New York and New Jersey, rather than just NYC and Long Island. The team here at GeoData Plus are constan... Read more
Google Street View Images Added for NYC, Nassau and Suffolk Counties Even if you have all of the data pertaining square footage, number of rooms, style, lot size, and other details about a property, sometimes it’s the picture of the building that really tells you if you’ve found what you’re looking for or if the property in question is a waste of your time. GeoData just added Google Street View images to our property reports for almost all propert... Read more
CrowdPrice launches on GeoData Direct This article was written by Patrick Hunt, co-founder of CrowdPrice, our newest feature. I met Patrick at the Inman Real Estate Connect conference this past January and am pleased that we were able to form this partnership, especially seeing how the spirit of the conference is all about connection. Please check it out and let us know what you think! &nd... Read more
Updated Nassau County Property Report As many of you know, GeoData Direct recently enhanced both its Suffolk County Property Report and New York City Property Report. It should come as little surprise that Nassau County was next.... Read more
Brookhaven Square Footage and Other New Features in our Updated Suffolk County Property Report We’ve got some big news for those of you who use GeoData Direct for your work in Suffolk County. After we released an enhanced property report for New York City in March, we had a lot of clients asking us when Suffolk County would get its own souped-up property report. The answer is: now. Our new Suffolk County report is live and we think you’ll find that it contains a lot of very usef... Read more
Arms length, flips and foreclosures: Using Comparables to Determine Property Values Part 2 Last month we told you a little bit about how real estate professionals use comparable properties (or “comps”) to help determine the value of a property. We talked about what factors should be considered when looking for suitable comps (location, size, style, and date of sale), but we didn’t delve into how the circumstances of a sale can affect the suitability of a ... Read more
Tax Maps For Suffolk County Now on GeoData Direct If you have access to Suffolk County and use our maps, you may have noticed the inclusion of an option to view tax maps. If you’ve been curious enough to click on it, you’ll see that the option wasn’t put there in error — yes, for the first time, we now have Suffolk County NY tax maps.... Read more
How to Use Comparables To Determine the Value of Your Property Many of our clients who are more seasoned real estate professionals may find this article elementary — but I also know that there are many of you just getting started in real estate who might benefit from a quick lesson on how to formulate your own opinion of value on a property.... Read more
Appraisers: How do you handle a borrower’s rebuttal? Read reprinted article here (article originally from Wall Street Journal) Read more
Be sure to “Like” and “Follow” GeoData Plus Be sure to find out about all of the updates that are coming to GeoData. Check our blog when you can. Or, you access us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. To all of our loyal customers, thank you for business as we continue to improve GeoData Direct.... Read more
Robert Whiddon named Operations Manager We are happy to share that Rob is now operations manager at GeoData. What does that mean for him? Not much, he’s already been doing it for a while – now it’s just official. Congratulations, Rob!... Read more
Emily Stock joins GeoData Plus GeoData welcomes its newest member of the team, Emily Stock. Emily is no stranger to GeoData. She’s been working for Erik Wind since 2010. She’ll be doing a lot of everything including account management, testing, and accounting.... Read more
GeoData Plus Names Erik Wind President Erik Wind returns to GeoData Plus as president. Erik held a leadership role with the company during GeoData’s formative years, when they released pre-foreclosures for Long Island and New York City, became the only company with one zoning map for all of Nassau County, and transformed GeoData from a desktop application into its present web application.... Read more
Erik Wind listed in National Mortgage Professional’s 40 under 40 Be sure to check out National Mortgage Professional Magazine. GeoData’s consultant Erik Wind was named one of their 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40.... Read more
1004MC Now Includes Listing Data on GeoData Direct GeoData Directs 1004mc now includes listing data. Previously, GeoData Direct (along with most other data providers) only included closed sales in their 1004mc analysis. Now, you can produce a complete 1004mc that includes sales and listing... Read more
For Sale and Rental Listings Added to CMA on GeoData Direct GeoData Direct now lets you search “For Sale Listings” as comparables in addition to closed sales. There is more of a demand than ever before to include listings in BPO’s and certain appraisal reports. You can now get both by using GeoData Direct. For Sale Listing comparables are available to all GeoData Direct customers at no additional charge.... Read more
Robert Whiddon Joins GeoData Plus GeoData is happy to welcome its newest employee, Robert Whiddon. Rob’s diverse background includes expertise in mortgages, real estate transactions and title work. He will be working in customer service, so you may hear him on the phone at some point.... Read more
For Sale and Rental Listings Added to GeoData Direct GeoData Direct now displays properties listed for sale or rent on applicable Long Island and New York City properties. Listing information will include the listing price, date, photograph(s), room count, and other details.... Read more
GeoData Direct adds square footage, room count, and other key data to Smithtown To anyone not doing business in Smithtown, New York (Suffolk County), this may not be worth reading. But those who are continuously frustrated by the lack of detailed information in Suffolk County, this addition to GeoData Direct brings great excitement! Style, year built, square footage, room count and basement details are now available. Stay tuned while GeoData Plus works to add the same detail to Brookhaven, Huntington and other Suffolk Townships.... Read more
GeoData Direct adds Automated Market Analysis In addition to finding the most up-to-date comparables, GeoData Direct users can now select up to six comparables, and perform a real estate market analysis. The market analysis compares the subject property against the comparables side by side, adjusting for sale date, lot size, garage, rooms/baths and square footage. A value of the subject property is calculated based off of the comparable adjustments.... Read more
1004MC Sales Statistics Added to GeoData Direct As of April 1, all 1-4 unit Fannie Mae appraisals will require completion of the 1004MC Addendum. GeoData Plus is pleased to generate the sales statistics of the 1004MC at no additional charge to its subscribers. Subscribers to DataMaster can auto-fill their 1004MC directly from GeoData Direct.... Read more
GeoData Direct Integrates with DataMaster to Populate your ACI, WinTotal and Other Appraisal Software Forms GeoData Plus has teamed up with DataMaster USA, allowing customers to automatically export subject property and comparable sales directly into their appraisal software. This incredible time saving service works with all of the major appraisal softwares: The days of data entry are over. Appraisers can now spend more time being analysts, and less time as typists.... Read more
GeoData Plus is now available in ALL of New York State GeoData Plus is now available with full real estate property data in ALL of the following counties in New York State: The owner(s) of the property & how to contact them Building characteristics, such as square footage and number of rooms Read more
GeoData Direct now works in any Web Browser GeoData Direct now works in any web browser! Read more
GeoData Plus Creates Nassau County’s First Countywide Zoning Map GeoData Plus went through a pain-staking process of collecting zoning maps from every municipality, and combining them into one map. Zoning information can also be viewed from the property reports.... Read more
GeoData Direct Identifies Potential Foreclosure Sales GeoData Direct now highlights potential foreclosure sales in green. GeoData defines potential foreclosures as sales that have taken place within one year of a lis pendens (or other foreclosure related lien) being filed on the property. The property was likely sold as a result of a short sale, foreclosure auction, or REO. Knowing if a property sold as a result of a foreclosure is imperative when selecting the right comparables.... Read more
Updated Flood Zones in New York City on GeoData Direct FEMA has released new flood zones for New York City which have just been added to GeoData Direct. The flood zones are visible on GeoData Direct’s maps: As well as the property reports:... Read more
GeoData Direct Adds Number of Shares to Co-op Sales in New York City This valuable information is available in Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Manhattan Read more
GeoData Direct Adds Additional Search Fields GeoData Direct now allows you to search for lis pendens by zip code. Also, GeoData has added owner name and address to property, sales, CMA, and lis pendens search results as well. Search results can be printed and exported to a CSV spreadsheet.... Read more
GeoData Direct Adds Map and Phone Links to NYC Property Reports GeoData’s New York City property reports now link directly to maps on both NYC.Gov and NYC Oasis. Find phone numbers matching the address of the property, owners name, and owners address.... Read more
GeoData Direct adds zoning details and floor area ratio for New York City GeoData Direct now provides the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of every property in New York City. Our extensive database allows us to include the Actual FAR of a building, as well as FAR regulations for a property’s zoning district. FAR and zoning information of a particular property may be accessed directly on the property report.... Read more
GeoData Direct has all Liens and Lis Pendens for New York City GeoData Direct now has all liens and lis pendens (active or not) on any property in New York City. Our extensive database allows us to provide our clients with access to over twenty years of property liens in NYC.... Read more
Nassau tax history is now available on GeoData Direct GeoData Direct now shows the tax history of every property in Nassau County from 2004 to present, as well as two years of tentative values for upcoming years. A table with tax history information appears directly on the Property Report. As always, tax histories are also available for all New York City properties dating back to 1990. ... Read more
GeoData Direct has Lis Pendens for Nassau and Suffolk GeoData Direct now displays lis pendens on applicable Nassau and Suffolk properties. A lis pendens literally means “a suit pending” and is a written notice concerning real property. A lis pendens is often the first notice to the public of a possible foreclosure.... Read more
GeoData Direct announces co-op sales in New York City GeoData Direct now offers its users instant access to co-op sales in four of the five boroughs of New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan). Users of GeoData Classic need to run a brief update in order to gain access to these co-op sales. Searching for Co-Op Sales: Viewing A Building’s CoOp Sales:... Read more
CMA, Neighborhood Statistics and Building Reports on GeoData Direct The CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) has more options than ever before. GeoData’s CMA tool includes features such as square footage range, multiple class/style selections and the ability to view the full report (including sales history) on any comparable with just one click.... Read more
Search properties by address, legal ID or owner on GeoData Direct The new search interface of GeoData Direct is now very fast and intuitive. Users may quickly search for a property by address, legal ID, or owner. Partial information is also accepted such as the street name without the suffix (ie, Park instead of Park Ave still yields results).... Read more
GeoData Direct adds telephone numbers When viewing a property report on GeoData Direct, you can obtain telephone numbers for the property address, the owner address, or name of the owner when available.... Read more
Current Staten Island Property Sales are Available on GeoData Direct Staten Island sales are now only weeks behind the rest of New York City sales. Due to the way Staten Island deeds are processed, they have always been further behind than the other Boroughs. But due to some recent changes in Staten Island and GeoData’s technological resources, our sales data is now only weeks behind.... Read more
GeoData Classic adds New York City Property Photographs GeoData Classic has released New York City Property Photographs for all of the five boroughs. Property photographs for specific properties may be found on Property, Assessment and CMA reports. ... Read more
GeoData Classic: Improved Reports, Nassau Sketch, Suffolk Aerial Photography The latest edition of GeoData Classic includes the following new features due to the popular requests of our valued customers: Reports: Our assessment, sales, and CMA reports have all been re-made to have a cleaner, more profes... Read more

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Gotham & Real Estate Data Get Together

GeoData Plus is now available with full real estate property data in ALL of the following counties in New York State: