December 5, 2019
DataTree President Robert Karraa Wins HousingWire Vanguard Award
We’re honored to be honored… First American® DataTree® is proud to wrap-up 2019 with recently awarded HousingWire Vanguard winner, Robert Karraa, ...
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August 23, 2019
Getting the Most From HOA Lien Data
Homeowners’ Association (HOA) liens can be risky undertakings for mortgage lenders. HOA liens are designed to protect homeowners’ associations by ...
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August 15, 2019
Intelligent Marketing: How Homeowner Data Saves Lenders Money & Improves ...
Today’s mortgage lenders are working as sales agents pitching their products to the right kind of borrowers. Often, this leads to an increasingly ...
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August 1, 2019
Real-Time Data Delivery: Why it Matters
Mortgage lenders have an important balancing act – they must attract the ‘right’ clientele, who are at the core of the business, while managing risk ...
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July 18, 2019
Reports to Help Mortgage Lenders Estimate Loan Balance
As part of the mortgage lending due diligence process, understanding property values is critical in making informed lending decisions. In this blog ...
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June 27, 2019
What is Skip Tracing?
Skip tracing is a term that is used to describe the process of locating a person who can't be found at their place of residence or usual hangouts. ...
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June 20, 2019
3 Signs of a Great Property Investment
Prospective rental investors or landlords are understandably focused on determining whether certain buildings or homes represent good investments. ...
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June 14, 2019
The 5 Layers of GIS Mapping: What They Are and How They Work
If you’ve ever looked up an address on Google Maps or a real estate software program, you’ve used a form of geographic information system, or GIS. ...
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June 4, 2019
What Is Catastrophe Modeling and Why It's Important
Hurricane season is an annual expectation in places like Florida. Nonetheless, a hurricane that makes landfall can have potentially catastrophic ...
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May 31, 2019
Everything You Need to Know About How To Find Liens on Property
In the world of mortgage lending, it is important to understand how to find liens on property. There are some homeowners who are extremely honest ...
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May 28, 2019
Mortgage Lenders: If 2020 Brings a Recession, Then What Will Happen to the ...
As someone who works in the mortgage industry, you probably have vivid and unpleasant memories of the Great Recession of 2008. The first signs that ...
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May 23, 2019
How Property Data and GIS Is Changing the Trucking Industry
Trucking is a large and influential industry in the U.S. The nation's truckers move more than 70 percent of the country's freight. Almost 34 million ...
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May 16, 2019
Credit Unions: 3 Business-Boosting Trends for 2019
Credit unions are a growing segment of the financial services market. Recent data reveals they are increasingly popular with consumers seeking ...
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May 14, 2019
Mortgage Lenders: Why You Need Real Estate Data to Effectively Process PACE ...
The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans programs provide financing for homeowners to make their homes more energy efficient. To date, more ...
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