With instances of real estate wire fraud more than doubling year-over-year, the Coalition to Stop Real Estate Wire Fraud discussed how education is key to preventing becoming a victim.
Read More »Analyzing Defect Risk Across the Nation
First American Financial Corporation reports that May saw a decline of 5.5% in the frequency of defects, fraud, and misrepresentation of information included in mortgage loan applications in ...
Read More »Examining Loan Application Fraud and Defect Risk
CoreLogic’s National Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index (Index) reported a Q1 2019 increase of 6% over Q1 2018, settling in at 152. The Index is calculated from the ...
Read More »Where Is Mortgage Fraud Risk Rising?
A new report revealed the factors that were leading to increased mortgage fraud in some regions compared to others.
Read More »A Storm of Defects
A new report points to a rising risk of defects in mortgage loan applications. Is the trend here to stay?
Read More »How Florence May Impact Mortgage App Defects
Whenever a disaster hits, mortgage fraud, defects, and misrepresentation always go up as some try to take advantage of the situation. How might the mortgage application defect rate be impacted following Hurricane Florence?
Read More »The Impact of Cyber Crime on Real Estate
What are the steps that lenders should take to secure their information as well as that of those they serve from cyber crimes like wire frauds?
Read More »Mortgage App Fraud On the Rise
With home prices at new highs, mortgage application fraud is up as well. Click through to find out what may have led to these increases in fraud.
Read More »Risk of Loan App Defects Decline
The frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in loan applications fell again this month, due in part to advancements in fintech. See how much of an impact financial technology has made to defect risk.
Read More »ARMCO Launches Fraud Case Manager Tool
ACES Risk Management announced the launch of its new Fraud Case Manager, a web-based project management and analysis tool aimed at centralizing fraud investigations into a single system.
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