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Based on current permit, price and employment data, the nationwide average is running extremely close to its last normal level of housing and economic activity.

U.S. home prices are high and are still rising, but the price picture looks a bit different when consumer buying power is brought into the equation. First American Financial Corporation's inaugural Real House Price Index, provides a new take on the way the industry view home prices.

First American released their Loan Application Defect Index for September 2015 on Wednesday, which reflects estimated mortgage loan defect rates over time, by geography and by loan type, and estimates the frequency of defects in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. According to the Index, loan defects in mortgage applications declined 1.2 percent from August to September. The Index is now down 20.6 percent from the high point of risk in October 2013.

As the Federal Reserve prepares to convene for their September 17th meeting, many wonder how a possible rate increase will affect the housing market.

Santa Ana, California's First American Financial Corporation recently announced the appointment of a new SVP for enterprise data strategy, naming Dianna Serio to the position. Serio has more than 25 years of experience in real estate information, focusing primarily on data product development, title plant management, data acquisition, manufacturing, and delivery options.

As the rest of the housing market struggled in the year's first half, so too did the title insurance industry, Fitch Ratings reported in a new analysis. Isolating business at the nation's four largest title insurers, analysts at Fitch calculated a combined 12 percent decline in operating revenues through the first six months of 2014 compared to the same period last year.