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September 2, 2021

Executive Bill Rice Named A 2021 HousingWire Insider Award Winner

SANTA ANA, Calif., September 02, 2021 – First American Data & Analytics, a division of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF)and a ...

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Executive Q&A with Robert Karraa

June 23, 2021

HousingWire Executive Q&A: Robert Karraa on Mortgage Fraud and More

HousingWire recently spoke with Robert Karraa, President of First American Data & Analytics, on how lenders can better identify fraud risks and ...

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Matt Key First American Data & Analtyics

June 3, 2021

Matt Key Named A Winner of HousingWire's 2021 Rising Stars Awards

SANTA ANA, Calif., June 3, 2021 – First American Data & Analytics, a division of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) and a leading ...

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Mortgage Fraud Detection Technology

April 29, 2021

Progress in Lending: Podcast, The Truth Behind Mortgage Fraud with Paul W. ...

Paul Harris, General Manager of Mortgage Analytics for First American Data & Analytics, shares his industry insight about the latest fraud ...

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Data-as-a-Service

April 27, 2021

MortgageOrb: Why Data-as-a-Service Will See Strong Adoption in the Mortgage ...

Now that a majority of mortgage transactions are all-digital – or at least mostly digital – due to the pandemic, many lenders are now shifting their ...

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March 30, 2021

National Mortgage News: How to Defend Against Mortgage Fraud in a High Volume ...

Following a record-setting year that saw nearly $3.8 trillion in loan originations, industry observers are predicting a smaller, though still ...

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March 17, 2021

First American Data & Analytics HW Tech100 Mortgage and HW Tech100 Real ...

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March 10, 2021

First American Data & Analytics Data Now Available On Snowflake Data ...

—Industry-Leading Property, Mortgage and Ownership Insight Now Available in the Cloud—

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February 3, 2021

First American Data & Analytics Division Launches Appintelligence® Score ...

—New Predictive Analytics Solution Identifies Fraud and Early Payment Default Risk, While Significantly Reducing Review Volumes by as Much as 50%—

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