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First American: Fraud Risk Continues to Drop
Today’s housing market benefits from new technology and policy guardrails against fraud and defect risk, innovations that will serve the industry well in the uncertain days ahead, said Mark Fleming, Chief Economist with First American Financial Corp. Santa Ana, Calif.
S&P: Home Price Growth Stable in Early 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices, New York, said home prices continue to increase at a modest rate across the U.S. to start the first quarter.
Single-Family Rental Returns, Rent Burdens Slip
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said average single-family rental yields slipped between 2019 and 2020.
Industry Briefs
Snapdocs Inc., San Francisco, announced an integration that makes its digital closing platform available through the Ellie Mae Digital Lending Platform.
Mortgage Fraud Risk Falls to New Low
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., said frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications decreased by 3.0 percent from December to the lowest level since the company began tracking such data in 2011.
Industry Briefs
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., a provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk services for real estate transactions, and Docutech, a provider of document, eClose and fulfillment technology for the mortgage industry, signed an agreement for First American’s acquisition of Docutech.
First American: December Fraud Risk Slows
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., said its monthly Loan Application Defect Index, which stabilized in November, fell again in December.
Housing Starts Finish Year on Strong Note
HUD and the Census Bureau gave the housing and real estate finance industry something to cheer about Friday, reporting the strongest jump in housing starts in 13 years.
Residential Briefs
First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif., acquired Title Security Agency LLC, a brand within the Arizona real estate community. First American had been a minority owner for five years.