Patent ID: 8380543

Claim:
A method of reducing the risk to a Vendor of a First House that the Vendor of the First House will have to pay Monthly Carrying Costs associated with the First House in the event that the First House is not sold within an acceptable predefined or determinable period of time, comprising the steps of: storing information relating to the Monthly Carrying Costs and geographic area associated with the First House in a structured and retrievable form on an electronic data storage device; storing information relating to a Minimum Acceptable Price for the sale of the First House in a structured and retrievable form on the electronic data storage device; calculating by a digital processor, versus additional structured and retrievable information stored on the electronic data storage device which relates to: (i) an historical average number of days required to sell a property comparable to the First House located in the same geographic area as the First House, or alternatively located proximate the geographic area of the First House; and (ii) an historical sale price of a property comparable to the First House located in the same geographic area as the First House, or alternatively proximate the geographic area of the First House, the likelihood that the First House will not be sold at or above the Minimum Acceptable Price during the acceptable predefined or determinable period of time and calculating, by the digital processor versus the additional structured and retrievable information, a likely length of time required to sell the First House at or above the Minimum Acceptable Price; calculating a potential claim exposure of having to pay the Monthly Carrying Costs after the acceptable predefined or determinable period of time until the First House is sold at or above the Minimum Acceptable Price; calculating a premium to be charged to the Vendor; and entering into an agreement with the Vendor, wherein the Vendor agrees to pay the premium, and a Third Party agrees to pay the Monthly Carrying Costs associated with the First House in the event that First House is not sold within the acceptable predefined period of time and until such time as the First House is sold at or above the Minimum Acceptable Price.