Founded in 1984, SMR Research Corporation produces real estate and mortgage loan data across the United States. SMR enhances raw tax assessor and county recorder records by utilizing information gleaned from over 500 additional public sources, and by creating predictive models applied to both commercial and residential data sets. SMR also comments on mortgage, home equity loan, and real estate markets through analytical reports to its clients. SMR's customers include major U.S. banks, credit unions, insurers, utilities and a variety of other firms.