We’ve posted the February First American Loan Application Defect Index, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. The Defect Index decreased 1.3 percent in February as compared with January and decreased by 5.1 percent as compared with February 2015. The ... Read More ›

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 ... Read More ›

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. Read More ›

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. Read More ›

We’ve posted the October 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 2.5 percent in October as compared with September and decreased by 10.2 percent as compared with October 2014. Read More ›

Hard to believe that we’re releasing today the fourth iteration of the monthly First American Loan Application Defect Index, which estimates the frequency of defects in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. Read More ›