Loss Mitigation

Insurance Business America reports that insured losses from Hurricane Dorian in the U.S. could be between $500 million and $1.5 billion, according to estimates from analytics firm RMS.  The projection represented insured losses associated with wind and storm-surge damage, as ...

Ten Democratic Presidential hopefuls took the stage at the last Democratic Debate last week, and none mentioned one of the biggest issues facing the nation—the shortage of affordable homes.  In a commentary in City Lab, Diane Yentel, President of the ...

Personal loan volume increased threefold between 2011 2018, but according to a new report, U.S. homeowners have significant opportunity to use HELOCs to replace higher cost sources of credit.

According to environment experts, climate change poses a significant risk to the National Flood Insurance Program, and the situation is likely to worsen in the coming years.

After several years of these record-breaking wildfires, a new report examines properties at risk of damage from wildfires in the United States.

Undisclosed real estate fraud, when an applicant intentionally fails to disclose additional real estate debt or past foreclosures, decreased in Q2, but according to CoreLogic, this fraud type is still one of the msot common forms of real estate fraud.

Hurricane Dorian is long gone, but forecasters are watching disturbances in the Atlantic that could turn into hurricanes in the days to come.

Industry leaders from Equator, BSI Financial, and LoanCare will discuss the workings of FHA loans during DS News’ latest webinar, “A Step Ahead: Advances in FHA Modeling,” set for 1 p.m. CDT on Thursday, September 12.  According to Altisoure’s “State ...

Overall, the U.S. housing market has been strong, but in a few communities across the country, signs of weakness have begun to show. Find out which communities may be at risk for a crash.

A new report by Fitch Ratings states that Hurricane Dorian is not expected to impact either commercial mortgage back securities (CMBS) or residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) due to pool diversification, servicer advancing, and insurance coverage.  Hurricane season, though, does ...