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| Data Category | Data Type | High-level Details | Data Provider | Frequency of Updates | Verified by LightBox? | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Map Imagery | Aerial and Road Imagery | Base imagery and functionality for Map images. | Bing Maps | National 100% | ||
| Base Map Imagery | Topography Imagery | Information about the elevation of the surface of the Earth | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | As USGS updates their topography base imagery. | National 100% | |
| Land Data | Parcel Boundaries | The outline of a parcel that is designated by the county. | County GIS | Top metros are updated annually, while other metros is updated once every 3 years; Many counties are updated more frequently than annually and smaller metro and rural areas are generally updated every 2-3 years, but there is no hard and fast rule. | National 100%, where counties do have parcel boundaries. | |
| Land Data | Zoning | Structured zoning, permitted uses, parking requirements, and zoning ordinance links. | Zoning Jurisdiction /LightBox Fulfillment Team | Per job (unless the user skips verification). The fulfillment team will upload a zoning shapefile if they are able to in order to fulfill a job. Fulfillment team is responsible for updating/loading zoning layers. | x | Out of the Box - 16,000 jurisdictions |
| Hazards | Flood Zones (DFIRM) | Areas that are prone to flooding. | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) | Daily, if there is an update from a county. | National 100% | |
| Hazards | Wetlands | Areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time. | U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife | As USDFW updates their shapefiles and data. | National 100% | |
| Hazards | Seismic Risk and Faults | Areas that are more susceptible to earthquakes. | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | Annually | National 100% | |
| Improvement Data | Building Footprints | Explore nationwide coverage of building shapes greater than 250 square feet for more than 99% of the US population. | BFUSA | National 99.0%, Improvements data dependent on county assessor collection. | ||
| Assessment & Taxes | Tax Roll | Official record of property subject to property tax within a given jurisdiction. | County Assessor > Black Knight | Annually on a rolling basis per county (unless the user skips verification); Entire US updated approximately annually from County Assessor sources. LightBox offers verification services as a standard offering to confirm annually updated data with the data currently available on the County Assessor’s website. | x | National 98.7% |
| Assessment & Taxes | Tax Attributes | Special attributes that are not standardized by Black Knight. EX: Base taxes, Special Assessment, Tax Rate, etc. | County Assessor | Per non-skipped job and where data is verifiable by online resources. | x | |
| Assessment & Taxes | Tax History | Historical record of property subject to property tax within a given jurisdiction. | County Assessor > Black Knight | Annually on a rolling basis per county (unless the user skips verification); Entire U.S. updated approximately annually from County Assessor sources. | National 98.7% | |
| Ownership | Sales/Transactions | Historical property sales and loan/financing data. | County Recorder > Black Knight | Updated weekly in majority of areas, with less populous areas updated every 2-4 weeks. There is a 2-8 week lag from the County Recorder’s office (source). Full Market Sale is typically an annual delivery of the assessor tax roll. Transactions which could be a market sale, change of owner name, second mortgage on the property is typically 3 + weeks to be updated in application data. | National 100% (Some non-disclosure states like TX, etc. may be missing) | |
| Market Analysis | Demographics | Population, Age, Household Income, Home Values, etc. | EASI Demographics | Annually, around September. | National, Not including U.S. Virgin Islands. | |
| Neighborhood | Crime | FBI Index Model | EASI Demographics | Annually, around September. | National, Not including U.S. Virgin Islands. | |
| Neighborhood | School | School District Name, Boundaries and School Locations | ATTOM - Name and Boundaries. NCES - School Locations | Annually | National | |
| Neighborhood | Neighborhood | Neighborhood Name, Sub-Neighborhood Name and boundaries | ATTOM | Annually | National |
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