Recent Posts by FirstAm Editor

Introducing the State of Homeownership resource page and whitepaper
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FirstAm Editor on March 2, 2016
We’re excited to share with you today the launch of our new State of Homeownership resource page for insight and perspective from First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming on the economic and cultural trends shaping homeownership.
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Mortgage Defect and Fraud Risk Declining in Super Tuesday States
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FirstAm Editor on February 3, 2016
We’ve posted the January First American Loan Application Defect Index, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. The index remained unchanged in January as compared with December and decreased by 5.0 percent as compared with January 2015. The Defect Index ...
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Mortgage fraud and misrepresentation risk very low in Iowa
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FirstAm Editor on January 28, 2016
We’ve posted the December First American Loan Application Defect Index, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. Overall, the index fell 2.6 percent in December as compared with November and decreased by 8.4 percent as compared with December 2014.
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Infographic – Q4 2015 Real Estate Sentiment Index
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FirstAm Editor on January 15, 2016
The fourth quarter 2015 First American Real Estate Sentiment Index, which measures title agent sentiment on a variety of key market metrics and industry issues, is based on a quarterly survey of title agents that do business with First American. In fact, more than 3,000 title agents from 50 states have participated in the first two editions of the ...
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Fraud and misrepresentation risk concentrating in Florida
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FirstAm Editor on December 29, 2015
We've posted the November First American Loan Application Defect Index, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. Overall, the index fell 1.3 percent in November as compared with October and decreased by 8.2 percent as compared with November 2014.
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Real Estate Sentiment Index: Title agents feel a Fed rate increase will impact first-time homebuyer demand most
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FirstAm Editor on December 8, 2015
We’ve posted the fourth quarter 2015 First American Real Estate Sentiment Index, which measures title agent sentiment on a variety of key market metrics and industry issues. It’s based on a quarterly survey of title agents that do business with First American. More than 3,000 title agents from 50 states have participated in the first two editions ...
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