CoreLogic and the Urban Institute have formed a strategic alliance to power further economic and social policy research, the two groups announced. Through the alliance, CoreLogic's data will be used to power the research conducted by the Urban Institute's newly formed Housing Finance Policy Center.
Read More »October Price Growth Slows, Flatness Expected in November
CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI) report for October shows the national home price (including distressed sales) rising 0.2 percent from September.
Read More »The Bright Side of Tight Credit
Though tightened underwriting standards have been partly to blame for why housing isn't recovering faster, CoreLogic's Sam Khater says the silver lining is that loan performance has improved greatly. "While there has been much consternation about underwriting being too tight in the context of forthcoming mortgage regulations, one underappreciated outcome has been the very good performance of mortgages during the last few years," Khater said in an article in CoreLogic's most recent Marketpulse report.
Read More »Home Prices Up 12% in September, Greater Increases Ahead
With recent predictions forecasting a falloff in home price increases over the next year, gains nevertheless continued at a strong pace in September, CoreLogic reported Tuesday in its monthly Home Price Index (HPI) report. The company recorded a 12 percent annual gain in its HPI (including distressed sales) for September, representing the 19th straight monthly year-over-year increase and bringing the index to its highest point since May 2008.
Read More »Double-Digit Annual Price Gains Expected to End in 2014
National home prices are up 10.1 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, but price appreciation is expected to fall out of the double-digits, reaching 5.4 percent by the beginning of next year, according to the CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes. "Combined with increased housing construction, expected increases in existing inventories should restrain price appreciation even if demand remains strong," said David Stiff, principal economist for CoreLogic Case-Shiller.
Read More »Report: Ability-to-Repay, QM Requirements are ‘Good Business’
Today's resilient capital market has the capacity to adapt readily to the pending ability-to-repay and qualified mortgage (QM) rules set to take effect January 10, 2014, according to a white paper CoreLogic released Friday. In its analysis, CoreLogic offers general support for the rules and suggests the industry will continue to prosper--albeit with more caution than in the years leading up to the housing crisis. "Making sure a borrower has the ability to repay is good business," the company said.
Read More »CoreLogic Offers 4506-T E-Signatures on Encompass360 Platform
CoreLogic announced that lenders using the CoreLogic Credco 4506-T Direct product on Ellie Mae's Encompass360 platform will now be able to take advantage e-signature technology to streamline the origination process.
Read More »Price Increases Slow as Housing Market Heads Into Fall
According to CoreLogic's monthly Home Price Index (HPI) report, house prices nationwide (including distressed sales) increased 12.4 percent on a yearly basis in August. On a monthly basis, prices were up only 0.9 percent. "After a strong run, the rate of home price appreciation slowed in August. In addition to normal seasonality, the recent sharp rise in mortgage rates off their historic lows was a clear driver behind the slowdown," said Anand Nallathambi, CoreLogic's president and CEO.
Read More »CoreLogic Appoints Managing Director of Information Solutions
CoreLogic has announced the appointment of Olumide Soroye as managing director of Information Solutions.
Read More »Mortgage Fraud Risk Down 5.6% in Q2
CoreLogic released Wednesday its quarterly Mortgage Fraud Report, which measures overall fraud activity based on the company's Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index. According to CoreLogic's data, fraud risk among mortgage applications declined 5.6 percent year-over-year in Q2, with approximately 19,700 of mortgage applications being flagged as having a high risk of fraud. In Q2 2012, the company identified 20,900 high-risk applications, which represented about 0.7 percent of all applications tracked.
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