Foreclosures and foreclosure inventory levels have recently slowed in their decline, but will this trend continue to be true in the latest CoreLogic Foreclosure Report, set to be released on Tuesday December 13th.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Home Price Gains Creates Wealth for Homeowners
Compared to August, September’s home prices nationally were up about 1 percent. CoreLogic expects October’s prices to inch upwards by 0.3 percent.
Read More »Cash and Distressed Sale Rates Zero-in on Pre-Crisis Levels
How close are cash sales and distressed sales to reaching their pre-crisis levels, and what areas experienced the highest levels of these home sales?
Read More »The Week Ahead: A Historic Election in the Making
What will Tuesday's presidential election and a new administration mean for future housing policy and the mortgage industry?
Read More »Rising Home Prices Assist in Equity Recovery
Home prices are up considerably from a year ago, and along with it has come a significant gain in housing wealth.
Read More »Increases in Refinance Activity Influence Q3 Rate of Mortgage Fraud Risk
What does this mean for the current state of the mortgage fraud risk rate and how does it reflect across the nation’s top metro markets?
Read More »Boomerang Buyers Dust Themselves Off to Re-enter Market
During the financial crisis and housing burst, an unprecedented number of homeowners felt the repercussions of having the mark of foreclosure, short sale, or bankruptcy on their credit report. Now 2.5 million consumers are set to potentially re-enter the market.
Read More »The Hidden Benefit of Student Loan Debt to Homebuying
DS News has covered the issue of student loan debt and the negative impact on millennials’ economic mobility, but what if student loan debt could actually be beneficial in the long-run in making a homebuying decision?
Read More »Low REO Inventory Reduces Market Share of Cash Sales
With fewer REO properties available for investors, declines in REO sales trigger a further decline in cash transactions. Not all states are experiencing the same level of decline though.
Read More »Fiserv Aims for Faster Modification Process with CoreLogic Integration
Wisconsin-based Fiserv, Inc., has announced an agreement with California-based CoreLogic which will reduce default risk and improve the cost and time of servicing.
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