New Data Product Reveals True Property Owners Hidden Behind Legal Entities Like LLCs, Trusts, and Holding Companies
ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, today announced the launch of Transparent Owner, a powerful new data product that identifies the true individuals behind residential property ownership in the United States.
Transparent Owner is built using proprietary identity resolution techniques that combine public record data, machine learning, and advanced linking logic to uncover and connect beneficial ownership across properties and geographies. By assigning standardized Owner IDs and resolving inconsistencies in how names appear in public filings, the dataset provides a clearer and more actionable view of who actually controls a property.
“Property ownership has gotten more complex, and public records do not always tell the full story,” said Todd Teta, Chief Product and Technology Officer at ATTOM. “Transparent Owner helps our clients cut through that complexity and see the real picture, whether they are vetting a deal, analyzing portfolios, or building compliance checks.”
Transparent Owner Highlights:
- Owner name standardization – Normalizes thousands of variations in how individuals, LLCs, and trusts are recorded across jurisdictions.
- Entity matching – Resolves owner identities across counties and legal entities using geographic, linguistic, and behavioral signals.
- Unique Owner IDs – Assigns a consistent, persistent identifier to each owner, regardless of how their name appears in different records.
- Mailing address linkage – Connects resolved owner identities to verified mailing addresses, where available, for outreach and validation.
- Owner classification – Categorizes owners into types such as Person, Investor, Lender, Company, Education, or Government, based on ownership patterns and scale.
Transparent Owner is now available as a licensed dataset delivered via Snowflake. It integrates seamlessly with other ATTOM data products through shared identifiers, enabling clients to build a more complete picture of residential ownership and investment activity.
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