Zillow helps you find a home. UnveilHome helps you question it.
We cross-check property records, permits, ownership, flood maps, taxes, and HOA signals — then hand you the questions, documents, and risks to investigate before you commit.
A listing site shows sale history, HOA status, and neighborhood trends as separate, unrelated numbers. We look across all of them together and surface what only becomes visible when you connect them — like a seller's unusually short ownership tenure paired with a declining local trend and an unconfirmed HOA. That's not a data field. That's the thing an advocate would notice.
Real estate portals make money connecting you to agents and closing deals faster. We don't. UnveilHome is paid once, by you, to be honest — including when the honest answer is "investigate this before you offer."
What you actually get
One score, one plain-English verdict. You know immediately whether to move forward, proceed carefully, or dig deeper — before you read a single data point.
Roof and HVAC risk estimates plus a property-specific checklist mean you're not hoping the inspector catches everything — you already know where to look.
Copy-paste-ready questions for the listing agent, built from this specific property's actual data — not a generic checklist everyone gets.
We connect facts across permits, ownership history, and HOA records to surface what a single data field would hide — before you sign, not after.
The process
Street address, city, and state. We standardize and verify it automatically.
FEMA flood maps, Census data, NCES school data, property records — all in parallel.
Claude synthesizes 6 data layers into plain-English findings with clear risk flags.
Know what to ask about, what to investigate, and what to feel good about.
Sample output
Listing sites show surface-level risk badges. Zillow removed climate risk scores from listings in November 2025 after real estate industry complaints that the data was hurting home sales. Neither shows you the full picture — deed history, HOA signals, open liens, permit flags, school trajectory — in one place, in plain English, before you sign.
Every report ends with a plain-English summary and the one thing you should investigate before making an offer.
"123 Maple St is in FEMA Zone X with minimal flood risk and no federal insurance requirement. The Cary neighborhood has seen 18% income growth over 5 years and the school district has increased per-pupil spending 28% since 2019 — both positive long-term signals. Records indicate a possible HOA; this is unconfirmed and should be verified directly with the seller before making an offer. The one thing to verify before signing: the property has 11 permits on record including a recent addition — pull the full permit history from Wake County to confirm all work was properly closed and inspected."
UnveilHome is paid by buyers. Never by agents, sellers, or lenders.