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RESI has been accepted into the Plaid partner program, enabling the integration of KYC and income verification directly into its platform.
The update marks a step toward automating parts of the real estate underwriting process, which has historically relied on manual document collection and extended approval timelines.
Bringing Financial Data On-Chain
Plaid provides the infrastructure that connects user bank accounts to financial applications, supporting thousands of fintech platforms and institutions globally. Through the partnership, RESI can pull verified financial data, including income, employment, and assets, directly into its system.
The integration is designed to reduce reliance on manual inputs such as W-2s, pay stubs, and tax returns, replacing them with real-time verification sourced from connected financial accounts.
Expanding Beyond Property Data
RESI operates as a decentralized property intelligence network on Bittensor, aggregating and normalizing real estate data from public and private sources through a competitive miner network. The platform provides a free API with over 100 attributes per property, pulling from sources such as Zillow, Redfin, and public records.
With the addition of Plaid, the platform extends beyond property data into borrower-level financial verification, moving closer to a full-stack underwriting system.
Toward Automated Underwriting
The company has framed the integration as part of a broader effort to modernize real estate finance infrastructure.
“If we can price a home at 98% accuracy, we can underwrite loans,” said founder Sebyverse in a tweet. “Not just in the USA but at global scale.”
The combination of automated property valuation, financial data access, and decentralized compute is intended to streamline loan decisioning, potentially reducing underwriting timelines from weeks to significantly shorter cycles.
The integration places RESI directly on top of financial data rails used across the fintech industry, creating a pathway for decentralized real estate infrastructure to interact with real-world underwriting workflows.
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