For Buyers

What the listing won't tell you.

Home inspections cover the apartment. They don't cover the building. Lucen surfaces title and lien issues, upcoming facade orders, boiler/elevator risk, HOA red flags, and neighborhood signals — before the offer, not after closing.

Why this exists

The $412,000 blind spot.

Median U.S. home price: $412K. Median cost of buyer surprise — surprise assessments, undisclosed violations, building maintenance deferrals — can exceed $50K in the first two years. Lucen is the diligence layer between your offer and your regret.

$50K+
Potential surprise cost from facade / elevator / boiler assessments in years 1–2.
DOB filings · industry est.
30%
Of sales that conduct a formal due-diligence report — most don't catch building-level risks.
Industry research
$500+
Average cost of a manual property survey — which takes 3–5 days and still misses the building story.
Bankrate 2025
$99
Lucen buyer report. Same day. More signals. Every finding sourced.
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What's inside

Ten diligence layers, one report.

Title & lien summary

ACRIS deed history, open mortgages, liens, and ownership trail in one view.

Building compliance

Every open DOB violation, OATH/ECB judgment, and facade inspection status.

HOA / Co-op red flags

Recent special assessments, monthly dues trend, rule-enforcement history.

Price context

Unit sales history, building comps, neighborhood trends, 10-year price projection.

Capital planning

Elevator, boiler, and facade history → likely maintenance windows over the next 24 months.

Environmental risk

FEMA flood, heat, hurricane, wind, earthquake — every peril scored with source data.

Neighborhood

School quality, crime, transit, amenities — weighted by distance from the exact address.

Compare finalists

Put 3 or 4 candidates side by side. See which one wins on what you actually care about.

Negotiation inputs

Specific issues you can point to when you ask for a price reduction or seller concession.

Buyer pricing

Three tiers. Match your search intensity.

Single report
One property. One decision. Everything above.
$49 / report
Delivered in ~30 seconds
  • Full 11-index Lucen Score™
  • Title & lien summary included
  • HOA red flags & capital signals
  • Shareable PDF
  • 30-day score monitoring
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Unlimited 30 days
Actively shopping? Unlimited reports for 30 days.
$149 / 30 days
Unlimited NYC metro addresses
  • Everything in Finalists
  • Unlimited report generation
  • Saved comparisons dashboard
  • 90-day monitoring on saved
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Spend 0.02% of the purchase price to see what the listing hides.

The inspection you pay for won't catch building-level risk. Lucen will.