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Mortgage Fraud

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Mortgage fraud played a major role in the most recent housing market downturn and remains a concern and risk for homebuyers, lenders, insurers, real estate agents and other parties involved in property transactions. CoreLogic’s Mortgage Fraud Trends Report examines this activity and includes data on national, statewide and metro-area trends. The report offers insights into past, current and future mortgage fraud risks and information of occupancy, identity, income and debt to help enable better decision-making. Read previous CoreLogic Mortgage Fraud Trend Reports.
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February 9, 2023

Q4 2022 Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief

The CoreLogic Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief analyzes the metro areas with the highest mortgage fraud risk on a quarterly basis and offers insights based on the analysis of trends found in residential mortgage loan applications.

October 27, 2022

Q3 2022 Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief

The CoreLogic Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief analyzes the metro areas with the highest mortgage fraud risk on a quarterly basis and offers insights based on the analysis of trends found in residential mortgage loan applications.

September 9, 2022

2022 Mortgage Fraud Report

After large increases in mortgage fraud risk for much of 2021, our 2022 Annual Mortgage Fraud Report shows a 7.5% year-over-year decrease in fraud risk at the end of the second quarter of 2022.

August 17, 2022

Q2 2022 Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief

The CoreLogic Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief analyzes the metro areas with the highest mortgage fraud risk on a quarterly basis and offers insights based on the analysis of trends found in residential mortgage loan applications.

May 16, 2022

Q1 2022 Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief

The CoreLogic Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief analyzes the metro areas with the highest mortgage fraud risk on a quarterly basis and offers insights based on the analysis of trends found in residential mortgage loan applications.

January 13, 2022

CoreLogic Annual Fraud Report 2021

Fraud risk increased 37% over 2020 levels, putting the CoreLogic fraud risk index near pre-pandemic levels. The major difference between 2019 and today is that the risk is rising instead of declining.

October 27, 2021

CoreLogic Annual Mortgage Fraud Report: Fraud Risk Tops Pre-Pandemi...

CoreLogic recently released its annual 2021 Mortgage Fraud Report, the industry standard for nationwide fraud monitoring and analysis. T

July 22, 2021

How District Attorneys Can Protect Constituents from Property Fraud

The process of acquiring a home has always been rife with fraud, and as the mortgage process has further digitized, new opportunities for fraud have emerged. There are two major trends that play a role in the rise of fraud.

April 19, 2021

Mortgage Fraud Trends Report

Fraud Report – National Overview New York, Nevada, and Florida are the top 3 states for mortgage application fraud risk. Nevada moved into the top 3 for the first time since 2014. Hawaii and Maine are the other states in the top 5 for overall risk levels. Nevada was the only top-5 state wit...

September 21, 2017

The How, What and When of Mortgage Fraud Discovery: 6 Touchpoints O...

Part II of III in a series Based on my discussions with industry participants over the years, it’s safe to say most people believe that discovering fraud is mainly an origination workflow event. However, the truth is fraud can be discovered at a number of events in the life of a loan. Here’s a qu...

September 20, 2017

Five Reasons Why Mortgage Fraud is Hard to Detect

Part I of III in a series “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain. Unlike most common forms of financial fraud, mortgage fraud takes a long time to pre...