Patent ID: 8401877

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of providing an information portal for enabling a lender to access information about one or more foreclosed properties associated with the lender, comprising: maintaining a property database at an information portal server, the property database containing property-specific information for one or more foreclosed properties, comprising the steps of: receiving property damage information for one or more foreclosed properties; receiving property insurance information relating to the one or more foreclosed properties; determining whether the one or more foreclosed properties is damaged based on damage information in the property database; and determining whether or not a property insurance claim was filed for the property based on property insurance information in the property database; receiving at the information portal server a first user input from a user associated with the lender; receiving at the information portal server a second user input from the user associated with the lender, the second user input comprising a set of one or more property characteristics; retrieving from the property database property data corresponding to a first set of foreclosed properties associated with the lender and having the one or more property characteristics, the first set of foreclosed properties comprising one or more foreclosed properties; displaying data corresponding to the properties in the first set of foreclosed properties, said data retrieved from the property database and comprising an identification of the properties in the first set of foreclosed properties, and a damage indicator and a property insurance claim status indicator for the properties in the first set of foreclosed properties.