With a new year on deck, CoreLogic recently released its Economic Outlook report, which predicts the central theme for the 2018 housing market—affordability. According to the analysis, there are three main factors driving this forecast.
Read More »U.S. Homeowners’ Trillion-Dollar Quarter
Home equity got a big boost in the third quarter, and fewer American homes are upside down. A new report offers several reasons why.
Read More »Silver Lining to Rising Home Prices . . .
Home prices continue to climb both year-over-year and month-over-month, according to the October 2017 Home Price Index (HPI) released by CoreLogic Tuesday Morning. Nationally, prices increased by 7 percent from October 2016 to October 2017—representing the second consecutive month of ...
Read More »HouseCanary Announces New Partnerships
HouseCanary recently announced it has expanded its Agile Appraisal Management Platform further through partnerships with appraisal management company AXIS Appraisal Management Solutions and Mercury Network. Utilizing HouseCanary's robust data and analytics with the expertise of local appraisers—Agile Appraisal enables delivery ...
Read More »How Oil Prices Impact Mortgage Default
A new report found that delinquency rates are consistently dropping, except in areas that rely on oil prices for their economies. See what areas are being impacted.
Read More »Forecasting vs. Reality—Where do Home Prices Stand?
On Thursday, leading analytics company CoreLogic compared their CoreLogic HPI Forecast released in June 2016 to the actual HPI Index that came out in August. How accurate were they? Read on to see.
Read More »ARMS Vs. FRMS—Which Loan Comes Out on Top?
CoreLogic analyzed the mortgage performance of different loan types and found which loan—the adjustable-rate mortgage or fixed-rate mortgage—has lower credit risk characteristics.
Read More »Wildfire Impact to Cost Billions in Housing Damages
As California’s raging wildfires continue to move, CoreLogic released a hazard risk analysis discovering the total number of homes at risk for damages, along with the combined reconstruction cost values, which could result in an estimated $65 billion. The analysis ...
Read More »Mortgages Facing Risk of Fraud
CoreLogic Senior Director of Fraud Solutions Strategy Bridget Berg recently took a look at the overall fraud risk outlook for 2017. Based on CoreLogic’s information, fraud risk increased by about 17 percent year-over-year and is now at its highest level ...
Read More »Borrower Credit Risk Increases Year-over-Year
CoreLogic released on Thursday its Q2 2017 Housing Credit Index report, which measures the increase or decrease in credit risk for new home originations based on six factors. See which areas showed improvement here.
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