ATLANTA, GA – Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today introduced Equifax Home Valuator™, an online service that allows U.S. home buyers and sellers to access property value information on millions of homes — the same type of information used by real estate professionals.
Equifax Home Valuator is part of Equifax’s suite of products that enlightens, enables, and empowers consumers to take control of their financial health and protect themselves from identity theft. Equifax Home Valuator marks Equifax Personal Solutions’ first non-credit based product.
“Equifax Personal Solutions is committed to providing consumers with the information and resources they need to manage their credit health and prepare for major purchases,” said Paul Springman, chief marketing officer, Equifax. “Recognizing that a home can be a consumer’s most significant financial asset, Equifax has expanded its portfolio of products with Equifax Home Valuator, a tool that helps consumers by putting information on home value range into the hands of buyers and sellers.”
With Equifax Home Valuator, consumers gain Internet access to available information, including:
- high and low property value ranges
- recent neighborhood sales
- property record information
For home owners, Equifax Home Valuator allows them to determine the best asking price and sell their houses faster. Armed with this same information, home buyers can learn more about the home they want to help them negotiate a better price.
For online consumers who are in the market to buy, sell or refinance a home or secure a home equity loan, Equifax Home Valuator delivers property value ranges and other critical knowledge prior to the transaction. The product also offers information on the year the property was built, previous sale price, home and lot square footage, number of bedrooms and baths, and assessed value and property tax.
Through its Personal Solutions Group, Equifax provides a range of credit management tools to help consumers take control of their credit, manage their financial health and enable consumers to obtain the most favorable loan terms. Consumers have the flexibility to learn about and purchase credit reports, credit scores and monitoring tools via mail, phone, fax and over the Internet.
For more information about Equifax Personal Solutions and Equifax Home Valuator, visit www.equifax.com.
About Equifax
Equifax Inc. is a global leader in turning information into intelligence. For businesses, Equifax provides faster and easier ways to find, approve and market to the appropriate customers. For consumers, Equifax offers easier, instantaneous ways to buy products or services and better insight into and management of their personal credit.
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