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House Report vs BuildFax (Verisk)
Building-permit history, sold mainly to insurers and through inspection software.
BuildFax is a permit database. Inspectors can attach a $5 BuildFax permit history to a HomeGauge report. A House Report shows the permits the city publishes, dated and sourced, on the same timeline as the inspection, next to the findings those permits relate to.
| BuildFax (Verisk) | House Report | |
|---|---|---|
| Built from an inspection | BuildFax (Verisk) No. Permits only. | House Report Yes. Every House Report is built from a licensed inspector's written report, finding by finding, with the subsection cited. |
| Equipment age | BuildFax (Verisk) No. A permit date is not an install date. | House Report Yes. Water heater, air conditioner and furnace with manufacture year and age at inspection, read from the report. |
| Inspector named | BuildFax (Verisk) Only when attached to an inspector's own report. | House Report Yes. Company, TREC license and, when the inspector has a public profile, logo and contact details. |
| Public records | BuildFax (Verisk) Permits, nationwide, from a proprietary compilation. | House Report Permits from each city's open feed (Dallas, Plano, Arlington, Austin, every Collin County city); where a city publishes no feed, the report says so instead of showing an empty card. |
| Delivery | BuildFax (Verisk) Through the inspector's software or an enterprise API. | House Report Instant. Opens as a link; no account needed for whoever you send it to. Print or save as PDF. |
| Price | BuildFax (Verisk) $5 wholesale through HomeGauge; enterprise pricing otherwise. | House Report $29 per report. Free to the client of a partner inspector who shares the link. |
| Coverage | BuildFax (Verisk) National permit coverage, depth varies by jurisdiction. | House Report Texas. 95,000+ inspections on 82,000+ properties, Dallas, Fort Worth, Collin and Denton counties, Austin, Houston and San Antonio. |
When BuildFax (Verisk) is the better pick
You need permit history for a home outside the Texas cities with open feeds, and your inspector uses HomeGauge.
See a House Report first
A real Texas inspection, address withheld, rendered exactly as a buyer receives it.
Open a sample reportFacts about BuildFax (Verisk) were checked on Oct 30, 2026 at: buildfax.com, HomeGauge BuildFax add-on. Prices and features change; the source is the authority.