Tag Archives: First American

From rewards and recognition to new appointments and initiatives, get the buzz on the industry's latest news in this weekly update.   Ocwen Financial Corporation, a financial services holding company based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has announced that the ...

Inventory shortages have become one of the defining trends of the housing market in recent months. Demand for homes is skyrocketing, but lack of sufficient supply is driving high home prices ever higher, forcing some homeowners to stay in their ...

What are the two factors that are making homes more unaffordable for homebuyers despite a rising demand? Click through to learn the answer.

On Monday, March 26, First American will release its monthly Real House Price Index (RHPI) for January. The RHPI measures the price changes for single-family homes across the U.S. after adjusting for the impact of income and interest rate changes ...

First American Financial Corporation, a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Bank of America’s lien release business. Bank of America’s lien release business ...

According to a new report by First American, while existing-home sales continued to underperform their potential in December 2017, the gap between actual sales and that potential has continued to narrow. First American’s proprietary Potential Home Sales model reports that ...

The quarterly survey of independent title agents and other real estate professionals reports that optimism is up as respondents expressed confidence that transaction volume will grow in the coming year.

The acquisition will complement and enhance First American’s existing best-in-class lien release business and will include agreement to continue to provide lien release services to Bank of America.

Home prices have been on the rise in many markets, spurred by inventory shortages and lower interest rates. But how do real home prices compare to where prices were at before the bubble and the Recession?

Inventory issues continue to plague a market that has the potential to be performing much better. Low interest rates are helping balance things out, but what happens when they change?