As we reflect on 2025, I want to express the gratitude all of us at Bradford Technologies have for you, our loyal ClickFORMS users. It has been a challenging year for all of us with the introduction of UAD 3.6 and the new dynamic report, but like you, we are anxiously looking forward to 2026 and full production of the new report.
It was a major decision for us to not develop a form-filling application for UAD 3.6. But we knew this was a unique opportunity to truly reset and provide an appraisal platform for the future. A future where form-filling is a thing of the past.
We have held webinars and produced videos of our UAD 3.6 software NightHawk, so you know what we are developing. Let me give you the latest update on our progress.
Current Development & GSE Verification
We are in the process of getting Nighthawk verified by the GSEs. Our approach to the development and verification process has been to take deliberate steps to ensure a stable and reliable application. We've been carefully crossing our t's and dotting our i's because much of what we're producing has never been done before.
The first quarter of 2026 will have three main milestones for us. The first, which we expect in January is to complete the verification process. While this is a milestone to be celebrated, it also marks the beginning of our most important phase in the development of NightHawk — the training and education of you, our customers on how NightHawk handles UAD 3.6 data and automatically creates the report. We are gearing up our Technical Support team, starting a Customer Success department as well as partnering with educators to assist in this training and education endeavor. We consider it to be critical to the success of NightHawk. The training program will continue throughout 2026. This phase will initially also involve rigorous beta testing followed by the third phase which is the broad release to all our customers. We expect all these phases to be completed within the first quarter of 2026.
Many of you have emailed us with questions, so let me answer some of the most common ones:
NightHawk System: NightHawk consists of two separate applications. A mobile inspection app (with sketching) and the main NightHawk online platform for producing
your appraisal. The mobile app has been designed for use with Apple's iPad Pro versions.
Our Value Proposition: NightHawk automatically retrieves eight or more sources of information at startup. Considering the elimination of tedious tasks such as manually gathering this information and the elimination of hours spent on "form-filling", just to name two time saving features, we believe NightHawk will provide everyone with tremendous value and opportunity for increased profitability.
Pricing: Many have asked about pricing. The fee for Nighthawk will be on a per use basis. We are still negotiating deals on the data and services. Once this is finalized, we will be able to announce a fee. For those of you that are cost conscience about per usage fees, keep in mind that in 2026, NightHawk may be free during the initial rollout phases. This will allow you to test and determine its true value to your business.
ClickFORMS Memberships: We'll have NightHawk memberships that are standalone and of course value packages that include ClickFORMS. We'll announce these packages as the final NightHawk feature set readies for roll out. We truly believe NightHawk will create opportunities for appraisers to increase their profitability.
Future Status Updates: As we continue making progress, we will have a series of webinars on NightHawk and mobile inspection app, so please be on the lookout for these announcements.
Future of Appraising Webinar: Lastly, would like to encourage you to attend Martin Wager's class on The Past, Present and Future of the Mortgage Appraisal. I will be on the webinar on the second day discussing the future of appraising. This will give you some insights into what we are planning for the future of NightHawk and appraisal software in general. For more information, click here.
Happy New Year and Best Wishes to everyone in 2026,
Jeff Bradford
CEO
Bradford Technologies
