May 13, 2020
Keeping PACE on U.S. Energy Loans
Property owners have been leveraging PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) loan programs to fund the cost of energy improvements on commercial, ...
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April 29, 2020
Pandemics & the U.S. Housing Market: A Look Back & the Road Ahead with ...
The housing market contributes between 15-18% of the U.S. GDP, and may be vulnerable to the economic fallout from COVID-19. How vulnerable is housing ...
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April 17, 2020
What's Next for the Real Estate Market?
Webinar: Will The COVID-19 Pandemic Lead To The Next Market Meltdown?
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March 11, 2020
Finding Opportunities in Opportunity Zones
If you’re looking for an investment opportunity that might also help improve economically-distressed or underdeveloped communities while reducing ...
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January 15, 2020
Buy vs. Rent: Winter 2020
Buy a home or rent? This is a decision faced by millions of prospective homebuyers every year, and one with dramatic financial implications, since ...
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January 15, 2020
Outlook 2020: What's in Store for the Housing Market
On Tuesday, January 14, our industry veterans, Mark Fleming, PhD., First American Chief Economist and Rick Sharga, CJ Patrick Company CEO, hosted a ...
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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. A ...
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