August 10, 2023
What We’re Watching: Your Monthly Mortgage Industry Update – Summer '23 Edition
It’s our Summer Edition. Take a few moments poolside to learn about the latest updates on Fed rate hikes, gain insights into the continued housing ...
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August 2, 2023
Minding – and Mining – the Details Can Reduce Loan Risk
Sir Isaac Newton is famously quoted for saying: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. He wasn’t talking about the mortgage ...
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June 28, 2023
What We’re Watching: Your Monthly Mortgage Industry Update – June 2023
In this month’s update: gain insights into the latest updates on mortgage interest rates, get a quick refresher on FHA vs. Conventional loans, learn ...
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May 23, 2023
What We’re Watching: Your Monthly Mortgage Industry Update – May 2023
In this update: gain insights into rate hikes; read updates to loan-level pricing adjustments; understand what a bridge loan is and why home equity ...
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May 18, 2023
How Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Have Expedited Real Estate ...
First American Data & Analytics Chief Information Officer Calvin Powell shared his thoughts last quarter on the evolution of data extraction ...
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May 4, 2023
What We’re Watching: Your Monthly Mortgage Industry Update – April 2023
In this update: learn about the future of interest rate hikes; the introduction of the 40-year loan modification; changes to the enhanced payment ...
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March 29, 2023
Why HOA Data is an Invaluable Tool with Multiple Benefits
More than 50% of U.S. homes are in a community with a homeowners association (HOA), so your business is likely affected by or can grow because of ...
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March 21, 2023
Focus at ICE Experience: Make the Most of 2023 and Do More With Less
First American Data & Analytics and Docutech attended ICE Experience 2023 this year. The mood was upbeat and attendees seemed focused on getting ...
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February 2, 2023
2023 Housing Market Outlook Shows Signs of Hope, Despite Challenges Ahead
There’s much speculation about what the housing market will look like in 2023, with some predicting a positive uptick in the second half of the year ...
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January 26, 2023
Why It’s Crucial to Access Hard-to-Get HOA Contact and HOA Lien Data
Did you know that approximately 22 new Homeowners Associations (HOAs) are formed every day? This comes out to about 8,000 new HOAs every year. In ...
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January 24, 2023
2023 Challenges And Opportunities: Our Experts Share Their Points of View
As 2022 drew to a close, we brought together a group of First American Data & Analytics leading subject matter experts to share what they see as ...
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September 27, 2022
Proptech Innovation & Enthusiasm Are Still Running High
Earlier this month, we attended our first Blueprint Conference in Las Vegas, and frankly it was an eye-opening experience. If you’re not familiar ...
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September 21, 2022
Accelerating Home Equity Marketing: Let the Data Do the Decisioning
As home equity lending gains momentum among both traditional and non-bank lenders, so too does the competition to gain market share. In Part I of ...
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August 30, 2022
Reduce Risk & Decrease Cost for More Efficient and Profitable HELOC ...
Are HELOCs the new cash-out refis? Given the steep rise in interest rates and the sharp decline in refinance volume, HELOCs and other home equity ...
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August 23, 2022
AVMS: Taking a Giant Leap Forward ... Just in Time for the HELOC Wave
Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) have come a long way since they were introduced almost three decades ago. Initially developed as a tool ...
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