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July 13, 2015

Strong Dollar Discourages Many Foreign Homebuyers in the US

Home sales in the U.S. during the first four months of 2015 have been the best in eight years. Relative to the same period one year ago, sales jumped 9 percent, helped by a drop in fixed mortgage rates of almost one-half a percentage point. However, one group of homebuyers has backed off over the...

October 19, 2015

The Winds of Change are Blowing

Technology Tracks Wind at the Property Level, Providing More Precise Data Everyone knows Chicago is the Windy City, or is it? According to new data released today by CoreLogic® that measures wind activity at the metro level, it turns out Jackson, MS, a city less than 15 percent the size of Chicag...

November 12, 2015

Demographic Bulge to Drive Long-term Home Sale and Rental Markets

Millennials & Babyboomers Will be Strong Tailwinds Going Forward Demographic forces will power housing demand in coming years as the millennial cohorts come into prime ages for forming households and buying first or second homes. The housing market has begun to feel the effects of this trend ...

March 22, 2016

Market Value vs. Replacement Cost

How to understand the difference between these two value approaches The market value and replacement cost of a building are not the same thing. They are distinctly different concepts which are estimated using different criteria. It is not necessary that the market value and replacement cost of a ...

July 13, 2016

Determining Reconstruction Costs

Home features that have the greatest impact on reconstruction cost Reconstruction cost, not market value or assessed value, is used by insurers to determine homeowner coverage limits and is an important factor in determining a policy’s premium. Because of the many variables involved, the estimati...

July 22, 2016

Boomerang Buyers Making a Gradual Return

Less Than Half Return Even 16 Years After Foreclosure Next year marks seven years since the foreclosure crisis peaked in 2010, during which enough time would have passed for the black mark of foreclosure to be erased from millions of consumer credit reports. In total, 1.9 million homeowners who f...

August 29, 2016

How Big Is My House?

Let’s ask a professional… Many aspects of building appraisal or valuation require personal judgment, but one aspect that should not be in this category is the measurements of a house. The actual size of a building is either determined from accurate building plans or by the actual measuremen...

August 30, 2016

Health of the Housing Market in the Top 100 Cities – Part I

21 Markets Overvalued Based on Fundamental Factors of Price-to-Income and Price-to-Rent Talking about housing bubbles usually raises questions, concerns and eyebrows. However, for the past several years, home prices have continued to rise throughout the country, with many markets close to or abov...

September 19, 2016

Health of the Housing Market in the Top 100 Cities – Part II

13 Markets Overvalued Based on Fundamental and Speculative Metrics In Part I [1] of this series we evaluated the top 100 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) using CoreLogic Market Condition Indicators (price-to-income) and the price-to-rent metrics which classified 21 markets as overva...

September 20, 2016

Land Values Drive Home Price Volatility

When homeowners think about the value of their properties they usually focus on the physical attributes of their houses and pay less attention to the land parcels on which their houses sit. This makes sense since most people spend more time inside their houses than in their backyards. But in many...

November 10, 2016

Effective Age Versus Actual Age

An Important Appraisal Question Have you ever thought about how the components of your home contribute to the age of your home? The roof, siding, trim and windows, how long do they all last? How about the furnace and water heater? While electrical and plumbing fixtures, carpet, vinyl, flooring ma...

February 10, 2017

“I must be covered; I have Homeowners Insurance!”

What you don’t know about your policy can hurt you…financially It’s often been said, “it’s better to have insurance and not need it than to need it and not have it” as a homeowner I do have insurance so I must be covered…. right….well there is more to the story. Understanding what is ...

March 3, 2017

Earthquake Risk: Spotlight on Probabilistic Loss Modeling

Loss Estimation Requires More than Hazard Science Catastrophic risk models and analytics are commonly used by the insurance, reinsurance, financial and mortgage industries to help understand and quantify risk exposed to natural catastrophes including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires and...

March 14, 2017

Foreclosure Report Highlights: 10-Year Retrospect of the US Residen...

National Foreclosure Rate Down to Less Than 1 Percent From a High of 3.6 Percent This year marks a decade since the start of the housing crisis.[1] Since mid-2007 more than 7.5 million homes have been foreclosed on according to a 10-year retrospect of the U.S. residential foreclosure crisis, “Uni...

April 5, 2017

The More, The Merrier

Homebuilders Are Building Larger Homes on Smaller Lots The housing market is hot this spring with many families trying to buy their dream home or first home before interest rates become too high, and yet housing inventory is still low. The inventory has been low for the past few years, and is one...

May 23, 2017

The Evolving Role of Content Providers in the Property Ecosystem

Managing Enterprise through the Rapid Change Companies in the property ecosystem—lenders, insurers, property management companies and others—use data and information from content providers to drive improved consumer experience through automated workflows, streamline processing and expedited risk ...

May 31, 2017

A Report Card for Commercial Building Construction

Why the Class of Construction is Significant If you think back to when you were in school, many of you would remember receiving a report card based on your intelligence, performance, participation, attitude and other measurable factors, which would help evaluate how you were doing as a whole, and...

September 7, 2017

Making the Adjustment

The Modern Age of Desk Adjusting for the Insurance Industry Deploying adjusters to the field is a large overhead cost for insurance companies. Incoming claims vary in terms of size and severity, and with that, not every claim requires an on-site adjustment. Thus, in addition to field adjusters, i...

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...

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...

October 9, 2017

Will Putting “Won’t Last” in a Housing Listing Comment Help It Sell?

The Answer is Yes, But There is More to It About a year ago, I published a blog on the impact that listing comments have on days on market: Public Listing Comments Can Have an Impact on Days on Markets. I soon realized there was confusion about the analysis, as I received inquiries asking wh...

November 22, 2017

Millennial Homebuyers Are Not All the Same

Older Millennials Closer to Generation Xers than to Younger Millennials Millennials, born from 1981 to 1997, accounted for 40 percent of homebuyer loan applications during January to September of this year.[1] However, there are notable differences between the younger millennial homebuyers (...

December 1, 2017

How Much Is Your Home’s Collateral Value?

Traditional Appraisal and Automated Valuation Models Don’t Always See Eye to Eye Recently the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced plans to waive the requirement of a professional appraisal on qualified purchase loans with a loan-to-value ratio at or be...

December 15, 2017

Home Price Winners and Losers

A Deeper Look at the CoreLogic HPI Shows Some Losers Can Be Big Winners Since the U.S. began recovering from the home-price bust in 2006, economists have used the peak-to-current change in prices as a measure of recovery in markets. However, the peak-to-current change hyper-focuses on economic lo...

February 28, 2018

Special Report: Evaluating the Housing Market Since the Great Reces...

The special report reviews the evolution of the U.S. housing market, from the April 2006 bubble, to the March 2011 market-bottom, to the October 2017 peak (post-Great Recession). It analyzes the current housing market, on a national, state and city level since the recession. It takes into conside...

March 9, 2018

Selecting the Right Valuation Solution for Your Loan Portfolio

Regular valuations are an extremely important and healthy practice in mortgage portfolio monitoring from both a business and regulatory standpoint. With home prices on an upward trend for nearly the past decade, it is easy to overlook the importance of regular portfolio monitoring. In this cyclic...

April 17, 2018

What is the purpose of Hazard HQ and who is it designed for?

Hazard HQ’s purpose is to arm our core audience of insurers, mortgage professionals, and media with information that allows them to make educated decisions that help people most effectively protect their homes, businesses, and families. Here at Hazard HQ™ you’ll find press releases, explanations ...

April 27, 2018

Supporting Financial Literacy

April is National Financial Literacy Month, a U.S.-based effort to highlight the importance of individual and household financial management by engaging Americans in establishing and maintaining healthy financial habits. Each April, CoreLogic sponsors an awareness campaign in recognition of Finan...

June 11, 2018

The Hidden Force of a Hurricane

Storm Surge and the Communities in its Crosshairs As summer approaches along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, residents prepare for the hurricane season ahead. The Atlantic hurricane season – June through November (though known to start as early as January in past years) – has devastated commun...

July 2, 2018

The Impact of Getting Insurance to Values (ITV) Wrong

It’s About Protecting Homeowners and More Most people understand that the goal of a homeowner policy is to restore a home and possessions to the way they were should a natural or not-so natural disaster strike. If the coverage is too low, the homeowner may not have enough to fully cover the losse...

July 24, 2018

What Does the Future Hold for the Mortgage Origination Process?

Reimagining Mortgage Underwriting Technology has transformed our daily lives. Take, for example, the shopping experience with online marketplaces selling everything from groceries to furniture, even cars, and industrial machinery, making any purchase only a few clicks away. The digital transforma...

August 22, 2018

Why Are Jumbo Loans Cheaper than Conforming Loans?

Increased Conforming G-Fee, Higher Jumbo Credit Standard, and Risk-Based Pricing Historically large-balance mortgage loans, known as ‘jumbo’ loans, had a higher interest rate than conforming loans.[1] However, since mid-2013 a jumbo loan has been cheaper to borrow than a conforming mortgage ...

August 29, 2018

A Tale of Two Hurricanes: Lane & Iniki

Hurricane Lane, ultimately, a low impact storm On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai, causing over $3 billion in damage and six deaths. It was the second and final named hurricane to make landfall in Hawaii since Hurricane Dot in 1959. Hawaiian landfalling hurricanes are historicall...

September 14, 2018

Podcast – Impact of Drones on Housing [Part 1]

Join Drone Deploy CEO Mike Winn, and Neil Pearson, Principal of Data Strategy at CoreLogic, as they discuss the evolution of commercial drones, new uses, and how drones are disrupting the industry. Amanda Rabideau, HostPrincipal, CoreLogic, Innovation and Solutions Excellence Mike Winn, GuestCEO,...

September 17, 2018

Kilauea’s Lava Lessons

Understanding the Risk a Volcano Poses The Hawaiian Islands are a lush tropical paradise with palm trees, beaches, and breathtaking active volcanoes. Their very makeup intrigues many, but it is also the source of potential catastrophe. The Island of Hawai’i, commonly referred to as the Big Island...

September 21, 2018

Podcast – Impact of Drones on Housing [Part 2]

Join Mike Wynn and Neil Pearson, as they continue their discussion on drones impacting the housing industry. In this episode the conversation centers on the security, privacy, and regulation of drones. Amanda Rabideau, HostPrincipal, CoreLogic, Innovation and Solutions Excellence Mike...

September 24, 2018

Guy Carpenter Licenses the CoreLogic U.S. Inland Flood Model

2017 was a game-changing year for the insurance industry. Between the catastrophic deluge of water dumped in Texas from Hurricane Harvey and the unprecedented underinsurance rates of families whose homes and lives were affected, there’s been an increased focus on flood risk by both insurance and ...

September 26, 2018

5 Tips for Roof Repair

What do you do after a catastrophe? After a catastrophe hits, the real journey begins. It can take months to repair damage inflicted upon your home and knowing how to guard against unnecessary expenses and preserve the integrity of your home is critical in the days and weeks after the dust settle...

September 28, 2018

The Impact of Natural Catastrophe on Mortgage Delinquency

2018’s Hurricanes and Wildfires Expected to Increase Serious Delinquency Rates The California wildfires of 2017 were some of the most destructive wildfires on record and 2018 is shaping up to be even more destructive. In 2017 a total of 9,133 fires burned and damaged more than 10,000 struct...

October 11, 2018

Debt-to-Income Is the Number One Reason for Denied Mortgage Applica...

Debt-to-Income ratio has risen over the last few years Whether you are a first-time or seasoned homebuyer, with the joy and excitement of buying a home also generally comes the task of obtaining mortgage finance. However, every year, the dream of becoming a first-time homeowner or trading up may ...

November 7, 2018

Mortgages Are Denied More Often in Underserved Areas

Denial rate differences appear related to DTI, LTV, and credit score Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data provide the most comprehensive detail on loan application decisions across the US residential mortgage market. However, HMDA does not collect many applicant-level variables that determine...

November 8, 2018

The New Normal in Homes Sales is About a Million Fewer Sales Per Year

Since the housing recovery started taking hold in 2012, we’ve been searching for signs that the recovery is complete. While home prices and delinquencies have both returned to their pre-crisis levels, home sales show signs of lagging behind. Figure 1 shows the number of home sales (both resales a...

November 12, 2018

Honoring Those Who Defend Our Freedom

Sunday, November 11, marked this year’s Veterans Day – an annual holiday designated to honor all those who have or currently serve in the United States Armed Forces. To recognize those who have risked their lives to protect ours, the Military Engagement Association (MEA) held a memorable event in...

November 14, 2018

Are Adjustable-Rate Mortgages More Popular as Mortgages Rates Rise?

ARM shares were highest in expensive metro areas The average mortgage rates on both 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) and 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) jumped by about 70 basis points from August 2017 to August 2018.[1] After the housing bubble burst, FRMs have been far more popular than...

November 18, 2018

Dallas Campus Hosts the Festival of Lights

On November 16, the Dallas offices of CoreLogic put on their annual Diwali celebration of food, music, dancing and cultural appreciation. More than 1,200 employees celebrated the Hindu festival of lights symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. One of the most popular ho...

November 21, 2018

Advances in Weather Solutions Make a Difference

With the unprecedented damage caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma last year, as well as the ongoing effects of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, accurate and actionable weather verification and forecasting information has never been more important. Using application-specific data and tools, compa...

November 29, 2018

Absentee Buyer Activity Spikes After Hurricane Harvey

Absentee Buyer Share of Post-Storm Purchases Peaks Early This Year and Continues to Outpace Last Year Within weeks of Hurricane Harvey’s August 2017[1] landfall, residential real estate investors began scouring some of the hardest-hit counties on the Texas Gulf Coast for rental home or fix-a...

December 14, 2018

CoreLogic Highlights Transgender Awareness

On November 28, the Texas PRIDE (Promoting a Respectful, Inclusive and Diverse Environment) Employee Resource Group (ERG) hosted a transgender awareness presentation as part of a workplace Lunch and Learn. A large turnout assembled in both the Dallas and Austin offices and enjoyed lunch as part o...

December 17, 2018

Creating the Ultimate User Experience

Experienced designers and digital developers understand now more than ever the importance of user experience (UX) when creating digital products. Building products with exceptional UX can be easier said than done, but one effective solution is a design system. By implementing a design system, des...

December 26, 2018

A Tradition of Holiday Giving

As part of the company’s Give More initiative, CoreLogic employees have contributed their time, energy and resources to give back to their communities throughout the year. Their commitment to generosity is most evident during the holidays. This season, employees throughout the company have volunt...

January 29, 2019

The Women’s Business Council

2019: A Year of Empowerment Diversity and inclusion are part of the fabric of our culture at CoreLogic. We strive to provide an environment that not only reinforces our values, but makes every team member feel supported, respected and professionally encouraged. As a part of our commitment to dive...

February 4, 2019

Podcast – Innovation in Housing: Getting Real about Artificia...

Over the past 50 years we have seen Artificial Intelligence evolve from a far-off sci-fi concept in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey or The Terminator to an everyday technology like Siri or Alexa. Today we’re going to talk about what is Artificial Intelligence, where it is goi...

February 6, 2019

Explaining to Homeowners Reconstruction Costs Versus Other Valuations

Because a home is most often a complete loss when it comes to wildfires, the destruction caused by these catastrophic events has been a personal and financial tragedy for many families. These and other natural hazards have forced Insurance Carriers to reevaluate the need for more accurate insuran...

February 6, 2019

Podcast – Innovation in Housing: Getting Real about Artificia...

We continue the conversation about the evolution of Artificial Intelligence and how the role of humans – human fear and human augmentation – and regulation will affect its adoption. Amanda Rabideau, HostPrincipal, Innovation and Solutions Excellence, CoreLogic Rob Carpenter, GuestDist...

February 20, 2019

Two Programmers Are Better Than One

As technology advances and customer needs become increasingly more refined, tech developers are under more pressure than ever to take their programming methodologies to the next level. Collaboration has become vital to improving the quality of the product as well as creating a better work environ...

February 27, 2019

Celebrating Black History Month in Dallas

Raising Awareness and Promoting Diversity CoreLogic recognizes that diversity enriches both our working environment and our society by bringing together perspectives from a wide range of backgrounds to promote the common good. In this spirit, we celebrate Black History month to acknowledge and co...

March 1, 2019

Housing Recessions and Recoveries

Economic Observations, March 2019 Lately, it seems like the roof of the housing market might cave in. Several of the major housing market indicators have shown much volatility as of late. For instance, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index fell for seven straight months, new home sa...

March 18, 2019

Characteristics of Today’s Non-Qualified Mortgages

Limited Documentation and High Debt-to-Income, but High Credit Score and Low Loan-to-Value Five years have passed since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued regulations to provide safer and more sustainable home loans for consumers, known as Qualified Mortgages (QMs).[1] Th...

April 9, 2019

Spotlight on a TPM

Monica Fannon is a Principal, Technical Product Management (TPM) at the CoreLogic Dallas office co-located with Pivotal Labs. Working side by side with business product owners, developers, UX designers and clients, she’s charged with delivering valuable and innovative software. In that role, her ...

April 9, 2019

Special Report: House Flipping and Profits

Flipping Rates Near Historic Highs, but Flippers are Playing a Different Game Home flipping activity[i] is on the rise. The rate has increased on a year-over-year basis for 12 consecutive quarters, and on a seasonally adjusted basis is now at the highest level since we started keeping track ...

April 16, 2019

Full-Time Employees Share Their Experiences as Interns

At CoreLogic, we believe that internships are the key to helping students gain valuable work experience and to learn about the CoreLogic culture. Our internship program provides students with the opportunity to experience the day-to-day work environment, facing challenges and making decisions tha...

April 18, 2019

NAHREP Wealth and Real Estate Conference

Hispanic households increased their rate of homeownership for the fourth year in a row, growing to 47.1 percent in 2018 from a low of 45.4 percent in 2014.[1] Additionally, the popularity of low down payment mortgages amongst Hispanic and Latinos is perhaps due to a simple fact: on average, ...

April 18, 2019

WHF Annual Symposium

On April 9 in Washington, D.C., Women in Housing and Finance (WHF) hosted their annual symposium, with CoreLogic proudly serving as this year’s sole Gold Circle Sponsor. Discussions throughout the day centered around the theme of revolutionary times in housing and finance. Speakers and panelists ...

May 1, 2019

From Battlefield to Boardroom

Infantry officers are responsible for preparing their troops for combat. They decide how to plan, use and deploy weapon systems, patrols, orders and intelligence to ensure their soldiers complete missions and stay alive. These were among the duties Colby Park, senior leader for Automotive Credit ...

May 1, 2019

Maximize the Value of Data

At CoreLogic, we have a long history of applying artificial intelligence and data analytics to our data to derive predictive products and solutions for our customers. These data analytics models are typically developed to solve specific customer use cases, which limits the applications to certain...

May 15, 2019

Younger Millennials Will Propel Condo Demand

Houston, North Port, FL and Miami are seeing increase in condo sales Condos can be the most affordable option for many looking to purchase a home, including younger and first-time homebuyers (FTHBs) and down-sizing baby boomers. CoreLogic Loan Application data shows that FTHBs gravitate toward co...

May 16, 2019

Challenges Affecting Appraisals After a Natural Disaster

Each year, homeowners around the country endure catastrophic events such as floods, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. These events can be highly destructive to homes, especially when they occur suddenly. In the aftermath of a disaster, appraisers and assessors often find themselv...

May 20, 2019

Undersupply in Housing Inventory

The number of homes for sale Inventory has been at a historical low in the U.S. In March 2019, there was 4.5 months’ supply of homes for sale[1]. While up from the prior March’s 3.5 months, the months of supply of homes for sale this March was less than half of what it was ten […]

May 24, 2019

Design – It’s Everyone’s Job

Design is a word with many meanings in the software development industry. From user-experience design, where the focus is on designing products for ease of use, to system design, where the focus is primarily on efficiency and resiliency. Though different in practice, all types of design in the so...

June 13, 2019

CoreLogic Hurricane Model Certified by Florida Commission on Hurric...

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated the Florida coast, damaging more than 280,000 homes and triggering more than $17 billion in insurance payouts (1992 dollars). Eleven insurance companies went bankrupt from Hurricane Andrew[1]. Fear and uncertainty about the future of the catastrophe insur...

June 20, 2019

Special Report: Investor Home Buying

Don’t Call it a Comeback: Housing Investors Have Been Here for Years Home purchasing activity[i] among investors is on the rise. In 2018, the share of home sales bought by investors reached its highest level in two decades. However, this increase isn’t from big institutional buyers, but rath...

July 9, 2019

Accurate Location Intelligence Is Critical for Infrastructure

Most Americans, including many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, agree that modernizing infrastructure throughout the U.S. is long overdue and could provide a significant boost to the economy [1].Problems with infrastructure can impact businesses and cons...

July 10, 2019

Wildfires and Housing Markets

CoreLogic Economic Outlook: July 2019 June marked the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season and the start of another arid summer in the West. More than 500,000 acres have been burned by wildfires during the first six months of 2019, and there is increasing fire risk as the summer progr...

July 10, 2019

Will This Earthquake Cause Damage?

Tips to Think Like a Seismologist! This blog was originally posted in 2015. Earthquakes have the potential to cause major destruction and disruption to society. Damage caused by earthquakes can be catastrophic and can have both a humanitarian and financial impact. So when an earthquake occurs, ha...

July 11, 2019

Expiration of the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage “GSE Patch” – Part 1

GSE Patch accounted for an estimated $260 billion, or 16%, of 2018 home loan originations Qualified Mortgage (QM) Overview: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) 2013 Ability-to-Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule (Rule) requires lenders to make a reasonable, good faith deter...

July 15, 2019

Southern California Earthquakes Serve as a Stark Reminder

M7.1 and M6.4 Searles Valley Earthquake Sequence The earthquake risk in California is no secret. For years scientists have been warning the state is overdue for a large damaging event. It’s been nearly 30 years since the devastating 1989 magnitude (M) 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake and 25 years ...

July 18, 2019

Special Report: The Role of Housing in the Longest Economic Expansion

The Role of Housing in the Longest Economic Expansion is a special report examining the role and performance of the housing sector during the ongoing 121 months of consecutive economic expansion in the United States, the longest period on record. View the report now to understand how we’ve come t...

July 19, 2019

Expiration of the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage “GSE Patch” – Part 2

Younger millennials and retirees, Non-W-2 earners, and low-income borrowers more frequent in the “GSE Patch” This blog is a continuation of Part I of our blog series – Expiration of the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage “GSE Patch”. As discussed in our first blog, roughly 16% or $260B of 2018 m...

July 23, 2019

Delivering Data Faster Than Ever

When clients need data, they need it now. Delivering reliable data quickly requires the best technology currently available. CoreLogic draws our data from hundreds of different data sources, each using its own set of rules, complexities and database schema. To download and standardize the data fo...

July 26, 2019

Expiration of the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage “GSE Patch” – Part 3

African American, Hispanic or Latino, and low-income borrowers, and borrowers buying properties located in underserved neighborhoods more frequent in the “GSE Patch” BY ARCHANA PRADHAN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, MORTGAGE FINANCE This blog is a continuation of Part 1 and 2 of ...

August 29, 2019

Erin Waldo’s Recipe for Engagement

Erin Waldo is widely known around the offices in Austin, Texas, as a knowledgeable veteran at CoreLogic Flood Services, where she’s served in Operations for more than 18 years. Employees throughout the company appreciate the infectious enthusiasm she brings when partnering with others. Her time w...

September 3, 2019

Simple Tips for UX Designers

“A brilliant solution to the wrong problem can be worse than no solution at all: solve the correct problem.” – Don Norman, “The Design of Everyday Things” In a lot of ways, UX professionals play the role of detective. Before we begin studying users in their own environment or creating wiref...

September 25, 2019

Heightened Efficiency Using a DevOps Approach

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is an invaluable DevOps practice in which descriptive languages are used to automatically provision infrastructure resources in the cloud. The use of IaC helps cloud developers do more with less and puts them at a substantial advantage over companies that don’t embrac...

September 26, 2019

2018 HMDA Data: High Debt-to-Income Ratio Was the Top Reason for Mo...

More than 1-in-2 denied applications had a DTI above the 43% QM threshold The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently released the 2018 loan-level mortgage lending data submitted by more than 5,600 commercial banks, savings associations, credit unions and mortgages companies covered by the ...

September 27, 2019

Rebuilding from Hurricane Dorian

A Lesson for Communities Everywhere Hurricane Dorian, the strongest tropical cyclone to ever to hit the Bahamas, impacted the islands with hurricane-force winds from September 1 to 3 of 2019. Dorian was a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, the strongest of which affected th...

October 22, 2019

Natural Hazards Have Unexpected Effects on the Housing Market

Dr. Frank Nothaft Shares Research on Natural Hazards at EPIQ 2019 We all know that natural disasters have become a growing concern, both in the United States and around the world. Whether flooding, storms, earthquakes or fires, the increasing frequency and severity of natural hazards has been fel...

October 28, 2019

How Demand Surge After Natural Disasters Impacts the Cost and Timin...

Although advancements in weather forensics have made it possible to anticipate the region and severity of certain catastrophic events, it is harder to predict how demand surge may or may not affect recovery efforts following a natural disaster of any kind. Demand surge in rebuilding efforts refer...

November 4, 2019

Top 15 Metro Areas with Wildfire Risk

Over the past several years, the United States has experienced record-breaking wildfires. In 2018 alone, a total of 8,767,492 acres burned – an area roughly equivalent to 74 of the 75 largest cities in the United States combined. This is the sixth-highest total since modern historical records beg...

November 13, 2019

Special Report: Amazon HQ2 and the Washington, DC Metro Housing Market

The Amazon HQ2 Announcement: Have Housing Prices Changed a Year Later? On November 13, 2018, Amazon stunned the news cycle by announcing that it was choosing not one, but two sites for the location of its second headquarters (HQ2): Arlington County, Virginia, at Crystal City, and Queens, New York...

November 15, 2019

Leadership to Cultivate Innovation

Leadership to Cultivate Innovation Sherry Samuels has been fascinated with technology since she wrote her first computer program in elementary school. Having worked in technology since the dot-com boom, she joined CoreLogic nine years ago. She now leads the Irvine Labs and is also the Technology ...

November 18, 2019

CoreLogic 2019 Habitat for Humanity Campaign

Helping Make Houses Homes Strengthening our local communities is a key focus of our corporate social responsibility program. Since 2010, CoreLogic has been a proud supporter of Habitat for Humanity and its vision for a world where everyone has a decent place to live. The nonprofit enables financi...

December 2, 2019

Merging Tech, Talent and Culture

CoreLogic Grows Future Tech Talent ThroughUniversity Internship Programs While the weather outside says fall, CoreLogic is already thinking about next summer and how we can make a difference in young people’s lives. Our team is hard at work planning and recruiting for our summer intern program.&n...

December 2, 2019

How Machine Learning is Making it Easier To Spot Fraud and Mitigate...

As decision logic has evolved, complex pattern recognition has become a requirement. Over the last decades, CoreLogic has employed several generations of machine learning algorithms. While our algorithms have advanced, one thing has been constant over time – the ability to glean meaningful insigh...

December 10, 2019

Know Your Opportunity:Leveraging Data-Driven Insights to Get the Mo...

Opportunity Zones are low income census tracts designated to give investors certain relief from capital gains tax on profits that are invested in those communities, whether it’s in a business or real estate development. The program has the potential to revitalize places traditionally overlooked f...

December 16, 2019

2018 California Wildfires – An Actuarial Review

2018 was another catastrophic year for wildfires across the United States. Nearly 9 million acres burned, and many lives, homes and businesses were lost. California alone had over 1.8 million acres burned, and the Camp fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history.&n...

December 18, 2019

HECM Loans in 2018: Borrower Demographics and Ownership Tenure

A reverse mortgage, such as the FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), offers older homeowners a way to tap into the housing wealth in their home to help increase monthly cash receipts. These owners often have quite modest income: the median income of borrowers who took out a HECM in...

January 10, 2020

Expiration of the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage (QM) GSE Patch – Part IV

Insights on balancing risks (loan delinquency) and benefits (mortgage credit access) in the QM Safe Harbor, following expiration of the GSE Patch This blog is a continuation of Parts I-III of our blog series: Expiration of the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage “GSE Patch.” As we introduced in P...

January 13, 2020

Expiration of the CFPB’s Qualified Mortgage (QM) GSE Patch – Part V

Further insights on balancing risks (loan delinquency) and benefits (mortgage credit access) in the QM Safe Harbor, following expiration of the GSE Patch In our previous blog, Part IV of our QM blog series, we examined the balance of risks (loan delinquency) and benefits (mortgage credit access) ...

January 16, 2020

Private-Label RMBS Performance: Non-QM Focus

In early 2018, we reviewed how RMBS 2.0 issuance volumes in the Private-Label Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (PLRMBS) market had shifted towards the Non-Performing Loans (NPL) and Re-Performing Loans (RPL) along with emerging non-QM as early as 2015. In less than two years since tha...

January 17, 2020

How Umpqua Bank enhanced the customer experience and delivered cons...

Automation is quickly becoming a key motivator for lenders to modernize their current processes. Whether it’s to improve communication or to streamline back-end operations, lenders have more tools and technology solutions to choose from than ever before to enhance the borrower experience. This ca...

January 17, 2020

Mortgage Delinquency Rates for All Loan Types Have Fallen to Their ...

Loans originated in 2015 and 2016 have performed better than loans originated in 2017 and 2018 The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report analyzes mortgage performance for all home loans. Based on this report, the serious delinquency rate for October 2019 was 1.3 percent, representi...

January 22, 2020

January Update: Paradise & Santa Rosa Recovery

After catastrophic wildfires swept across California in 2017 and 2018, state insurers were hit with record-breaking losses of over $25 billion.[1][2] With three million acres burned and over 30,000 structures destroyed, the two years were the deadliest and most destructive wildfire seasons t...

January 28, 2020

Earthquake: M7.7 Near Cuba

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred on January 28 at 2:10 PM EST, situated about 75 miles northwest of Jamaica, approximately 80 miles southwest of Cuba’s Bayamo state. Strong ground motions have been reported in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The earthquake occurred along the northern margins of the Cari...

February 14, 2020

The End of LIBOR

Hi, I’m Jacqueline Doty, and today I’m going to discuss the end of LIBOR, what it means for lenders and how they should prepare. Sometime after 2021, LIBOR, the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate – the index used to set many adjustable mortgage rates, is expected to be discontinued. Why is it being d...

February 25, 2020

CoreLogic Valuation Technology Solutions Showcases Innovation Prowe...

The Forge encompasses everything people envision when they think of a fun and innovative software hackathon – delicious food trucks to keep the creative juices floating, high energy (fueled in part by plenty of energy drinks) and nightly social gatherings to decompress while fostering team bondin...

March 4, 2020

Is the Yield Curve Slope a Leading Indicator of the Housing Market?

One yield spread that is closely monitored by most economists is the difference between the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond and the yield on the 2-year Treasury bond. The typical shape of a yield curve has yields rising with bond term, that is, the 10-year-to-2-year spread is positive. A...

March 12, 2020

Podcast – Frank Nothaft on The Real Wealth Show with Kathy Fettke

Analyzing the housing market can be complicated. There are so many opinions on issues that impact investors including which are the best markets, single-family versus multi-family investing, housing inventory, demographic shifts, renter preferences, mortgage rates, the strength of the U.S. econom...

March 16, 2020

Celebrating Black History Month

At CoreLogic, celebrating Black History Month is an important part of honoring our African American team members and colleagues, as well as commemorating the significant contributions of African Americans throughout history. Our observance of Black History Month also underscores our commitment to...

March 17, 2020

HECMs: Programmatic Issues

Over-appraisal, under-maintenance, tax/fee nonpayment and LIBOR sunset One goal of a reverse mortgage is to help elderly homeowners convert part of their home equity into a monthly income supplement. Since the Great Recession, the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, or HECM, has been the prima...

March 24, 2020

Think Like a Seismologist

Do you ever hear that an earthquake has occurred and wonder if it will be damaging? Or wonder why you’ll hear that a Magnitude 6 earthquake caused a lot of damage, but a Magnitude 7 did not? Today I’ll offer some insights on how to think about earthquakes like a seismologist. The first ...

March 27, 2020

Hill TV Interview: The Hidden Costs of Home Building

While Fannie Mae forecast single-family housing starts to rise to 975,000 in 2020, the highest level since 2007 and a 10% gain over 2019, the hidden costs of home building could threaten this growth. In this video, Frank Nothaft, the Executive Chief Economist at CoreLogic, and Andy Winkler, the A...

March 27, 2020

The Top Four Ways Millennials Are Changing the Housing Market

Millennials are now the fastest growing segment of home buyers. The latest U.S. Census Bureau Housing Vacancies and Homeownership report revealed that the homeownership rate for 25 to 34-year-olds has increased from 36.5% in Q4-2018 to 37.6% in Q4-2019.1 With a median adjusted household inco...

March 27, 2020

Software Design and the Art of Naming

Throughout my career as a software developer and architect, one of the questions I get asked most is, “What should I name this?” In software development, as well as in many other fields, naming things is par for the course – from naming databases, database tables, stored procedures, classes and f...

April 1, 2020

What is the Impact of a Recession on the Housing Market?

There is a widespread expectation that the US as well as the whole world have entered or will be in recession amid the coronavirus pandemic. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan forecast a more than 20% US GDP contraction for next quarter[1] . The International Monetary Fund declared a global recessio...

April 6, 2020

Important Information About the California Department of Insurance’...

Six things to know about the recent impasse between regulators and insurers in the aftermath of California’s devastating wildfires After catastrophic wildfires swept across California in 2017 and 2018, state insurers were hit with record-breaking losses of over $25 billion.1 2 With three mil...

April 16, 2020

Podcast – Frank Nothaft on “Complexity Simplified” with Dr. A...

BY FRANK NOTHAFT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, REAL ESTATE In this podcast posted April 7, 2020, Frank Nothaft, the chief economist of CoreLogic, describes the impact to single family transaction volumes and US regional home price trends as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to take hold. Albert Lee, Summit C...

April 20, 2020

Coronavirus Adds to Recovery Challenges in Southeast U.S. After Tor...

On April 12 and 13, 2020, severe weather swept through the Southeast U.S. A total of 86 tornadoes tore through the region, leading to the loss of at least 34 lives. Over the two-day storm period, CoreLogic® Tornado Verification Technology monitored the tornadoes and estimated structural impa...

April 23, 2020

The Benefits of Modern Weather Verification

The roof is a home’s primary protection and first line of defense against natural weather hazards like hail, wind, fire and tornadoes. It shelters the structure beneath it – as well as the individuals that inhabit it. Given the roof’s massive role in protecting properties and people, it’s no surp...

April 23, 2020

Upon Transition from LIBOR to SOFR

A Look Back at Another Episode of Reference Rate Replacement for an Adjustable-Rate HECM A transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as the new benchmark rate is well underway. Since the publication of SOFR in April 2018, average daily tradin...

May 4, 2020

Sizing the Risk of Property Tax Revenue Disruption to Municipalities

The COVID-19 global pandemic is a public health crisis of unprecedented proportions that has upended the global economy in ways we’re only beginning to understand. On March 27th, 2020 the CARES Act legislation was enacted, which included critical relief for single family residential homeowners wi...

May 26, 2020

The Top Four Challenges Facing the Property and Casualty Insurance ...

The insurance industry is one of the oldest industries in the world, dating back to the third and second millennia B.C. An industry with such deep roots in human civilization has thrived by continually transforming to changing circumstances. Still, the insurance business faces unique obstacles to...

June 3, 2020

The Value of Client Relationships Across the Real Estate Industry

In the modern real estate economy, service clients, like lenders, insurance carriers and appraisers, are under tremendous pressure to grow business with less resources. This reality has been magnified as the world deals with the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To the best of our ability, ...

June 17, 2020

COVID-19 May Have Changed Home Buying Patterns Permanently

Home buying has always been driven by principles of affordability, location, and love. During this COVID-19 pandemic, property search remains consistent. That’s a digital exercise and hasn’t been affected. Home buyers continue to focus on a city or polygon region of an area where...

June 19, 2020

Coronavirus Creates Ideal Conditions For Spike in Non-weather Water...

Fears about the coronavirus pandemic have prompted public officials to order quarantines and stay-at-home orders across the nation. A Gallup poll on April 3rd indicated that 75% of Americans have self-isolated in their household.1 This means that all of those hours previously spent at t...

June 26, 2020

Three Reasons Parametric Insurance is Our Future

As climate change continues to alter the atmosphere and increase the severity and frequency of natural catastrophe events, insurers across the nation are considering new ways to improve their underwriting and claims operations. Excessive losses from these severe events have led them to adopt para...

June 27, 2020

Dallas Campus Raises Rainbow Flag in Honor of Pride Month

On Tuesday, June 2, the Dallas campus of CoreLogic raised a rainbow flag to celebrate Gay Pride Month. The month-long celebration takes place in June each year and pays tribute to the Stonewall riots, which took place in Manhattan in June 1969. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, being gay was illega...

July 6, 2020

Understanding Risk in a Decade of Natural Catastrophes

July 6, 2020 Maiclaire Bolton Smith Sr. Leader of Research & Content In the past 10 years, the U.S. has seen 121 events produce damage in excess of $1 billion. Globally, this escalates with many more events around the world. From major hurricanes and floods, to annual severe weather, devastat...

July 14, 2020

Jump in Early-Stage Delinquencies Leads to Highest Overall Delinque...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: April 2020 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 6.1% in April. While all states showed increases in their overall delinquency rates, those increases were highest in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Nevada. In April 2020, 6.1% of home mortgages we...

August 11, 2020

Identifying and Targeting Refinance Loans Using AI

For lenders to successfully grow or maintain market share, they must focus on retaining current customers and actively prospecting for new high-quality customers. Strong customer service, offering competitive products at an economical price point, and implementing marketing campaigns are all effe...

August 11, 2020

Overall Delinquency Rate Increases to Highest Level in More than Fi...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: May 2020 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 7.3% in May. All states and all but two metros showed increases in their overall delinquency rates. In May 2020, 7.3% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, incl...

August 11, 2020

California Proposition 13 and the 2020 Split-Roll Initiative: Weigh...

A Brief History of Proposition 13 In 1978, California voters passed an amendment to the Golden State’s constitution famously known as Proposition 13. Reining-in California’s then out-of-control property taxes, it established the concept of a base-year value for real property asse...

August 17, 2020

Millennials are Driving the Demand for Condos as Sales Increase in ...

Austin, New York, and Naples experienced increase in condo sales in 2019 For millennials, first-time homebuyers (FTHBs), and down-sizing baby boomers, condos can be the most reasonable option when buying a property. Their values and lifestyle drive them toward buying condos because they tend to b...

August 28, 2020

Almost a Third of Metropolitan Areas at High Risk of Home Price Dec...

August 27, 2020 | 12:26PM ET Selma Hepp, Deputy Chief Economist Following the longest period of economic growth in the U.S., the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a decline in economic activity and a resultant recession. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2020 mar...

August 28, 2020

Tropical Cyclone: Hurricane Laura

Hurricane Laura made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm near Cameron, Louisiana on August 27. CoreLogic monitored the storm, its impact and its aftermath. CoreLogic Risk Analysis Shows Hurricane Laura Threatens 431,810 Homes with Storm Surge Damage, Shines Light on Importance of Coverage Ade...

August 31, 2020

Flight to Quality after COVID-19: Loans to High-DTI Borrowers Down ...

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many lenders are reportedly tightening credit by raising the minimum FICO score requirement or increasing down payment requirements to 20%.[1] The credit tightening is driven by a familiar credit market phenomenon known as flight to quality – in time of ec...

September 2, 2020

Data Showing Mixed Views on High-Density and Condo Desirability in ...

With sales of condominiums picking up again, it’s unclear if buyers are hesitant about density According to a Harris Poll survey conducted at the end of April this year, 39% of urban dwellers said the COVID-19 crisis has prompted them to consider leaving for a less crowded place. In add...

September 8, 2020

Serious Delinquencies Spike, Reaching Highest Rate in More than Fiv...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: June 2020 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 7.1% in June. All states logged annual increases in both overall and serious delinquency rates in June. In June 2020, 7.1% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due...

September 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally

Overnight, Hurricane Sally strengthened to a high-end Category 2 storm, making landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama with maximum sustained winds of 105mph. Interestingly, Sally made landfall in almost the exact same spot and on the same day, September 16, as Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Wind Sally was a...

September 18, 2020

Private-Label RMBS Credit Risk: 90-Day Delinquency Rates Spiked in ...

“Pig in the Python” effect follows jumps in 30-day in April, 60-day in May The widening pandemic led President Trump to declare a national emergency on March 13, sparking shelter-in-place directives across many communities. The shuttering of commercial establishments subsequently put many America...

September 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta

Tropical Storm Beta, the 21st named storm of the 2020 season, is already one month ahead of the pace set by the record 2005 season. Beta is forecasted to come ashore along the central Texas coast Monday (Sept 21st) as a Tropical Storm, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Taking a similar path...

September 22, 2020

Hurricane Teddy

Hurricane Teddy is expected to reach Atlantic Canada as a post-tropical storm on Wednesday morning and will most likely have decreased wind speeds compared to Hurricane Dorian in 2019. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island should expect surge levels in addition to flash flooding due to inten...

September 23, 2020

The Recovery of Home Appraisals on Par with Home Sales despite Appr...

Whether mortgage investors expand or reduce appraisal waivers after the pandemic remains an open question In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, purchase-loan appraisals took a blow from disruptions inflicted upon homebuying and selling activities under nationwide lock-down and social distancing r...

September 24, 2020

2020 Insurance Coverage Adequacy Report

In this interactive map report, CoreLogic examines two use cases that identify opportunities for Insurers to offer flood insurance to underinsured homeowners at risk of flooding: Storm Surge Along Atlantic and Gulf Coast of US inside and outside Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA). Inland Flooding ...

September 28, 2020

Fire on the Horizon: Volatility and Wildfire Risk During the 2020 S...

The year of 2020 has seen record-setting fires in the west. With the early start of intense wildfire activity this season, it is entirely possible that devastating fires will continue well into the fall. In addition, with the COVID-19 pandemic occurring simultaneously, communities face additional...

October 2, 2020

The Importance of Using Data to Shape Successful Student Programs

With the ever-changing academic landscape, there is a distinct need to ensure that both the educational and social needs of students are being met as colleges and universities plan for incoming and future classes. To achieve this, academic institutions must demonstrate flexibility in how they unp...

October 6, 2020

Windstorm Alex

The European Windstorm Season Gets Underway With A Bang On 30 September, the 2020-21 European Windstorm season saw its first named storm, Alex. It underwent explosive cyclogenesis, or more colloquially known as a “weather bomb,” with a drop in central pressure of nearly 40mb in 12 hours, im...

October 8, 2020

Where Are Home Prices Above Their Long-Term Fundamental Values?

32% of metropolitan areas are considered overvalued, according to June CoreLogic Market Indicator While seemingly defying the odds, home price growth has persisted throughout the pandemic and showed little sign of slowing down even though the nation is facing a potentially bigger contra...

October 12, 2020

Achieving Affordability: Comparing the Housing Market During the Bo...

A look to the past could likely give the industry an idea on how to achieve an affordable housing concept. Since the Great Recession of 2008*, the real estate market has rebounded nicely to say the least. In fact, as home prices continue to climb, it has become increasingly difficult for the aver...

October 13, 2020

Early-Stage Delinquencies Fall Below Pre-Pandemic Levels as Serious...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: July 2020 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 6.6% in July. All states logged annual increases in both overall and serious delinquency rates in July. In July 2020, 6.6% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due...

October 13, 2020

Hurricane Delta

CoreLogic Estimates $0.7 Billion to $1.2 Billion in U.S. Onshore Losses From Hurricane Delta Wind and Storm Surge According to this new CoreLogic Hurricane Delta data analysis, insured wind losses for residential and commercial properties in Louisiana and Texas are estimated to be between $0.5 bi...

October 16, 2020

Home Sales in a Pandemic: An International Comparison

October 2020 Economic Outlook The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11. By mid-March, shelter-in-place orders were issued across many nations. While each of us may think about how it has affected our own local neighborhood, it has also affected communities acr...

October 28, 2020

Hurricane Zeta

Zeta is currently a high-end Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph and is expected to make landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana tonight before 7pm CT. The Louisiana coast has been battered this season from Laura and Marco to the recent Delta–and now Zeta. Zeta’s add...

October 30, 2020

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake in Turkey and Greece

On Friday, 30 October, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the sea near the Turkey and Greece borders at a shallow depth. The earthquake struck some 120 miles south of the western-most section of the North Anatolian fault, the seismic source that drives the majority of risk in Turkey. The mom...

November 4, 2020

Jumbo-Conforming Mortgage Rate Spread Widened During the Pandemic

Spread highest in last 7 years after adjusting for risk, location, and loan-size The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big effect on the mortgage market. Along with a drop in mortgage rates to a record low, the jumbo-conforming mortgage rate spread has also been affected. Before 2013 mortgage rat...

November 5, 2020

Homeowner Equity Gains Key in Protecting California’s Housing Markets

Unlike the Great Recession, the speedy intervention provided by the CARES Act ensured mortgage forbearance options for homeowners who were financially harmed by the pandemic recession and had a federally backed loan. And while forbearance options will help some homeowners keep their homes, the pa...

November 9, 2020

Behind the Paradox of Rising Mortgage Delinquencies amid Rising Hom...

Loans in Forbearance Account for Majority of Delinquent Loans Since Pandemic Began Recent loan performance data from CoreLogic shows that the nation’s overall mortgage delinquency rate – the proportion of mortgage loans falling 30 or more days behind scheduled payment, including loans in foreclos...

November 12, 2020

Pending Sales Provide a Short-term Price Forecast

November 2020 Economic Outlook The CoreLogic Home Price index has reported quickening appreciation in home values since May, and in September annual price growth was more than two percentage points faster than one year earlier. The acceleration in price growth reflected a demand and supply imbala...

December 1, 2020

Annual U.S. Home Price Appreciation in October Fastest Since April ...

Home Price Index Highlights: October 2020 National home prices increased 7.3% year over year in October. Home prices are forecast to slow to a 1.9% increase from October 2020 to October 2021. National home prices increased 7.3% year over year in October 2020, according to the latest CoreLogic Hom...

December 3, 2020

Three-Year Housing and Mortgage Outlook

December 2020 Economic Outlook 30-year fixed-rate loans to remain below 3% during early 2021 and average about 3.2% during the next three years. Millennials will add substantial demand for housing over the next few years. Home prices projected to rise in most metro areas, albeit slower than in re...

December 3, 2020

2020 Wildfires

It can be argued that there is no real wildfire “season” anymore and that wildfires are occurring throughout the year in at least parts of the western U.S. Today, late year wildfires broke out in Southern California, with the Bond Fire in Orange county expanding from the 3,500 acres initially rep...

December 9, 2020

Record Low Mortgage Rates Generated a Refinance Boom in 2020

Trends in Refinancing Mortgage rates have hit record lows in 2020, generating a refinance boom as borrowers seek to save on their mortgage payments. CoreLogic has been monitoring the share of outstanding mortgage debt with interest rates above the current market rates[1] and found that a lar...

December 10, 2020

Borrowers Gained $1 Trillion in Equity as Home Prices Soared

Borrower Equity Update: Third Quarter 2020 Average equity gain of $17,000 per homeowner in Q3 2020 was the highest in over six years National share of homes with negative equity was 3% for the third quarter of 2020, the lowest in over 10 years. The amount of equity in mortgaged real estate increa...

December 14, 2020

An Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program

A Q&A with Scott Giberson Q: What is the NFIP? A: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program established by the U.S. Congress in 1968. The NFIP has two primary purposes: to share the risk of flood losses through flood insurance and to reduce flood damages through ...

December 15, 2020

Moving Toward Stabilization: U.S. Single-Family Rent Growth Reached...

Single-family rental prices grow as renters demand more space Single-family rent growth of higher-priced single-family homes surpasses 2019 rates while rent growth of lower-priced homes remains below year-ago levels CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics an...

December 17, 2020

Extracting Property Quality and Condition from Real Estate Agent&#8...

Quality and condition are two key components used to determine the value of a residential property. A newly renovated home that has a gourmet kitchen and an updated bathroom will be much more expensive than a similar home with only above-average quality and condition. Unfortunately, these two fac...

December 17, 2020

Modernizing The Housing Economy

Using Technology to Navigate the Next Decade COVID-19 has fundamentally reshaped the ways we work, the ways we do business and the ways we interact with each other. How can you be on the forefront of this wave of change? In a new whitepaper, Modernizing the Housing Economy, CoreLogic® explores so...

December 18, 2020

Forbearance Rates Higher for Higher-Priced Loans

Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Are at More Risk when COVID-19 Forbearance Ends As the COVID-19 global pandemic has created a havoc in the global economy, millions of American homeowners are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments. As of December 1, MBA data showed about 2.8 mil...

December 21, 2020

U.S. For-Sale Home Supply Tightened during Pandemic, Pushing Up Hom...

National Supply of Homes for Sale Fell to 2.2 Months in October 2020 After the pandemic took hold in the U.S. in early 2020, stay-at-home orders and uncertainty in the economy delayed listings from going live on the market. The typical spring home buying season was pushed into summer in 2020 and ...

December 29, 2020

U.S. Case-Shiller Home Price Index Closes 2020 with a Bang

Jumping 8.41%, U.S. home price index strongestsince March 2014 As the last housing market indicator in 2020, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index finishes the year on a high note during this trying year. Home purchase activity remained consistently elevated through the end of the year, with s...

December 29, 2020

Affordability Challenges Ahead: Large Demographic Tailwind Has Arri...

While pandemic-induced housing demand has ensured 2020 home purchase activity has reached the highest level since 2006, demographic trends suggest strong home buying demand is likely to continue. Between 2018 and 2028, the number of households are forecasted to grow by as much as 12 million[1]&nb...

January 5, 2021

Home Prices Surged as Demand Remained Strong

Home Price Index Highlights: November 2020 National home prices increased 8.2% year over year in November. Home prices are forecast to slow to a 2.5% increase from November 2020 to November 2021. National home prices increased 8.2% year over year in November 2020, according to the latest CoreLogi...

January 11, 2021

Rental Market: Tenant Mobility, Rents and Property Prices

Tenant moves slowed early in the pandemic and have rebounded Applications for rental homes fell sharply early in the pandemic and have rebounded. Apartment building rents fell in the third quarter, whereas single-family rents continued to rise. Multifamily property values fell 10% on average acro...

January 12, 2021

Serious Delinquencies Inch down

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: October 2020 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 6.1% in October. All states logged annual increases in both overall and serious delinquency rates in October. In October 2020, 6.1% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or m...

January 19, 2021

Single-Family Rent Growth Exceeded Pre-Pandemic Rate in November

U.S. Single-Family Rents Up 3.7% Year Over Year in November Rent growth of lower-tier rentals still lags behind pre-pandemic rates. Boston saw the largest decrease in rent prices, falling 4.6% from a year earlier. U.S. single-family rent growth strengthened in November, increasing 3.7% year over ...

January 21, 2021

Serious Delinquency Rates for FHA and VA Highest Since Great Recession

Serious Delinquency Rate for all Mortgage Loan Types Up from a Year Ago As the COVID-19 global pandemic has created havoc in the global economy, millions of American homeowners are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments. As a result, the mortgage delinquency rate has soared. The ...

January 22, 2021

What Can We Learn About Property Valuation from Social Media?

The Application of Social Network Graph Analysis in Comparable Selection An automated valuation model (AVM) provides an estimate of market value for the subject property at a specified point in time. Most AVM methodologies use comparable properties recently sold to value the subject property, ide...

January 26, 2021

U.S. Case-Shiller Home Price Index Hits Yet Another New High

With home buying season turned on its head, home prices are up 9.49% in November Housing continued to exceed expectations, even during the early winter months when demand tends to cool down. With existing home sales up over 20% from a year ago, S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index clocked a 9.49%...

January 27, 2021

Alabama Tornado

Tornado season has arrived in the southeastern United States, as a powerful storm system brought destructive weather to the mid-South and central Gulf Coast region earlier this week. Late in the evening of January 25, the northern suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, were heavily damaged when a strong...

February 2, 2021

Home Prices Topple Expectations, Surging at the End of 2020

Home Price Index Highlights: December 2020 National home prices increased 9.2% year over year in December. Home price gains averaged 5.7% in 2020 up from of 3.8% in 2019. Annual price increases are expected to slow during 2021 from an average of 9% in the first quarter to 4% in the fourth quarter...

February 8, 2021

New Home Outlook: Sales Expected to Rise in 2021

Dallas and Houston metro areas had the most new-home settlements in 2020 The construction of new homes is important to meet the shelter needs of America’s expanding population. CoreLogic public records data show that closings on single-family new-home sales were up 12% year-over-year in the six m...

February 9, 2021

Rate of New Delinquencies Falls Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: November 2020 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 5.9% in November. All states logged annual increases in both overall and serious delinquency rates in November. In November 2020, 5.9% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days ...

February 10, 2021

Property Data & Location Intelligence: How Traditional Retailer...

Location intelligence is the key to providing data-driven insights to help retailers stay ahead and win the long game.

February 10, 2021

Top 20 Counties to Watch: Millennial Homebuyers Are Settling Down

First-Time Home Buyers Account for Greater Share of Mortgage Applicants in 2020 First-time home buyers have been a growing share of the home buying population, a trend that accelerated in 2020. According to CoreLogic Fraud Consortium Loan Application data, the share of first-time buyers surged to...

February 12, 2021

More than 80% of Forbearances Are in the Second Phase and Approachi...

Accumulating Missed Payments Pose Challenges to Affordable Post-Forbearance Resolutions As the pandemic wears on, the nation’s unemployment rate remains at elevated levels. With unemployment rate at 6.7% at the end of 2020, millions of people have likely been out of work for as long as nine month...

February 16, 2021

Single-Family Rent Growth Accelerated at the End of 2020

U.S. Single-Family Rents Up 3.8% Year Over Year in December Rent growth in December pulled ahead of year-ago levels. Rent growth of lower-priced rentals lags behind pre-pandemic rates. Overall Single-Family Rent Growth U.S. single-family rent growth strengthened in December 2020, increasing 3.8% ...

February 17, 2021

Hazard HQ Webinar Archive

Dynamic Valuations – The Meaning Behind the Numbers By following market trends and comparing opinions of value, appraisers and assessors can identify new opportunities for growth in their industry. Watch Now Earthquake Risk: A San Diego Perspective The California Earthquake Auth...

February 18, 2021

The Secret Sauce to Successful University Donor Prospecting & E...

The landscape of fundraising has changed now that events and handshaking are no longer the norm. A survey by education firm EAB found that more than 40% of colleges were anticipating a 10% or larger decline in fundraising revenue for fiscal year 2020.[1] But the future doesn’t have to be so blea...

February 19, 2021

Home Equity and Remodeling on the Rise

Remodeling at Highest Rate Since 2006, Creating Boom in Construction Home prices in the U.S. have been rising consistently for nearly 10 years, and the pace of home price growth quickened in 2020, leading to record levels of home equity. The latest CoreLogic Home Equity Report found tha...

February 19, 2021

February Extreme Winter Storm

With the central U.S. winter storm now freezing a large portion of the country, CoreLogic looks further into the effects of this storm. Our first discussion focused on the temperature anomaly – the deviation of the cold temperatures this week from the normal temperatures. Leveraging the Pivotal W...

February 23, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index Finishes the Y...

Home prices up 10.4% in December as buyer competition reached new highs With a full year of data, S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index once again proved that 2020 was an unprecedented year in many ways, especially for the housing market. In December, the index surged at 10.4% – the first double-d...

February 24, 2021

How Loss Simulations Can Prepare Energy, Utility, and Communication...

The year 2020 was particularly active when it comes to natural hazard and catastrophic risks posed to property. We witnessed a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Greece, record-breaking wildfires in California, and the most active hurricane season on record. While much of the news focused on ...

February 24, 2021

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q4 2020

The Quarterly Construction Insights is a review of the state and health of the construction economy and other relevant statistics throughout the United States and Canada. This CoreLogic report covers matters such as material and labor costs for construction, growth rates of these costs, permit ap...

February 26, 2021

Introducing Parcel-Level Tax Jurisdiction Data Into the Tax Process...

Introduction Many U.S. companies face complex tax-compliance challenges. Convoluted and overlapping tax jurisdictions, ever- changing remittance requirements, internal audits and automation maintenance are just a few of the daunting tasks facing companies today. And the price of getting it wrong ...

March 2, 2021

New Year Started Off With Double-Digit Home Price Gains

Home Price Index Highlights: January 2021 National home prices increased 10% year over year in January. Annual price increases are expected to slow during 2021. Overall HPI Growth National home prices increased 10% year over year in January 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price ...

March 9, 2021

New Delinquencies End 2020 at a Low Rate, Though Serious Delinquenc...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights:December 2020 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 5.8% in December. States with large increases in unemployment posted large increases in delinquency rates. In December 2020, 5.8% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or mor...

March 11, 2021

How One Lender Reduced Their Borrower Income Analysis Time From Hou...

Calculate borrower income automatically with AutomatIQ Borrower Income Analysis. Post updated April 18, 2023.

March 11, 2021

Pandemic: A One-Year Look Back

Pandemic derailed the spring buying season, but single-family activity rebounded Summary: Places with larger job loss also had a larger increase in home-mortgage past-due rates. Average home equity rose to a record level by year-end 2020, enabling a rise in home remodeling spending to an all-time...

March 11, 2021

Borrowers Gained $1.5 Trillion in Equity as Home Prices Surged

Borrower Equity Update: Fourth Quarter 2020 Average equity gain of $26,300 per homeowner in 2020 was the highest in seven years. National negative equity share was 2.8% for the fourth quarter of 2020, the lowest in over 10 years. National Home Equity Trends The amount of equity in mortgaged real ...

March 12, 2021

How One Lender Increased Efficiency and Client Satisfaction with Co...

Introduction For the past few years, low mortgage rates have fueled a housing market so hot that even a pandemic couldn’t derail purchase originations. Record-breaking lending volumes led many lenders to tighten up their processes across every stage of the mortgage cycle. Plaza Home Mortgage® was...

March 16, 2021

Increase in Single-Family Rents Spurred by Undersupply of Housing

U.S. Single-Family Rents Up 3.8% Year Over Year in January High-priced rentals posted the highest rent growth in over seven years. Rent growth of lower-priced rentals lags behind pre-pandemic rates. Overall Single-Family Rent Growth U.S. single-family rent growth remained strong in January 2021, ...

March 17, 2021

Home Sales Reveal New Insights into Current Recession

Historically, when it comes to recessions, home prices don’t always dovetail with economic instability. In fact, home sales numbers have a much tighter relationship with recessions. The current recession is unique, however, and that uniqueness can be seen in the behavior of the national housing m...

March 17, 2021

HPI Forecast Validation Report

The CoreLogic HPI Forecast Validation Report analyzes the results of the HPI Forecast versus the actual HPI results over a 12-month period, comparing our forecasted HPI for November 2020 (made in November 2019), with the actual HPI Index results for November 2019. This bi-annual report includes: ...

March 17, 2021

Severe Weather Outbreak in the Southeast U.S

A significant severe weather and tornado outbreak will occur today, Wednesday, March 17th across portions of the Southeast United States. A strong upper level storm system moving into the Southern Plains has drawn rich low level moisture northward across portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana...

March 18, 2021

Big Coastal Metros Continue to Experience Loss in Home-Purchase App...

New York Had the Highest Net Out-Migration and Riverside Had the Highest Net In-Migration In spite of the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic and high unemployment in 2020, the total number of home-purchase loan applications rose by 11% from 2019. The need for more space (to accommodate an office...

March 22, 2021

Hidden Treasure: Boise and the Mountain-West Housing Boom

It is no exaggeration to say that the Mountain-West Region has had the healthiest housing market in the United States during the pandemic. Boise, Idaho, epitomizes this. Following the most basic economic theory, housing demand increases will express themselves in some combination of price and sal...

March 22, 2021

Alabama Tornado Outbreaks of March 17, 2021 and April 27, 2011

March 22, 2021 | 4:05pm CT The March 17, 2021 Alabama tornado outbreak was a high-risk event. Another notable high-risk event over Alabama was April 27, 2011, an event known as the 2011 Super Outbreak. That event produced 216 tornadoes, including 11 EF4 and 4 EF5 tornadoes, and was responsible fo...

March 23, 2021

4 Ways for Insurers to Reduce Losses During Severe Storms

Managing Overall Loss Cost While Keeping Customer Satisfaction High BY PASCAL BEGIN AND SAUMI SHOKRAEE INSURANCE, NATURAL HAZARD With the nation grappling from a seemingly endless array of severe weather events like tornadoes, hail and extreme wind, it is more important than e...

March 25, 2021

Buyer Competition Reached 12-Year High at the End of 2020

Sellers most likely to get their full asking price at the end of 2020, overturning the traditional seasonal slowdown Buyer competition intensified in resort communities and areas with slower housing market prior to the pandemic Buyer competition likely to remain strong going into traditional spri...

March 25, 2021

Storm Season has Arrived in the Southern U.S.

Just one week after the region’s most recent bout with severe weather, Thursday, March 25, is expected to deliver yet another outbreak of dangerous storms across much of the mid-South and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. A dangerous combination of seasonably strong convective instability ...

March 26, 2021

More Than Two Million Forbearance Plans Are Likely in New Forbearan...

New Extensions May Afford Hard-Hit Homeowners Opportunity to Find Financial Footing Recent announcements of forbearance extension by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) came on the heels of millions of forbearance plans that are about to expire at the end of March under the CARES Act. ...

March 29, 2021

10 Years Later: The Great Tohoku Earthquake

Located in one of the most seismically active regions of the world, Japan is no stranger to earthquakes. Ten years ago today, on March 11, 2011, a magnitude (M) 9.0/9.1[1] earthquake occurred on the Japan Trench. It was the fourth most powerful recorded earthquake in the world. This event would c...

March 29, 2021

Severe Weather Outbreaks in the South

Figure 1: Alabama Tornado Outbreaks Sources: National Weather Service damage paths for the 2011 event and CoreLogic Tornado Verification Technology algorithm for the 2021 events. © 2021 CoreLogic,Inc., All rights reserved. It’s the middle of tornado season for the South. A week after a torn...

March 30, 2021

How Underwriters Can Minimize the Coverage Gap

Climate Change Underscores Importance for Accurate Quoting With natural catastrophe events becoming more frequent and more severe, many insurers are looking for ways to ensure that their portfolios are properly covered. Total losses are on the rise, and coverage gaps can mean a higher potential f...

March 30, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Momentum Carries int...

Home price momentum further picked up speed in January, up 11.2% S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index momentum, which picked up pace in the second half of 2020, carried over into 2021 with the index jumping at a double-digit rate for the second consecutive month at 11.2%. The month-to-month...

April 1, 2021

Nearly 10,000 Homes Likely Impacted by Alabama, Georgia Tornado Out...

March 25, 2021, will be remembered as a tragic day across Alabama: one of high-impact, exceptionally long-tracked tornadoes resulting in 5 lives lost and an estimated excess of 9,000 properties damaged. As projected by the National Weather Service, severe thunderstorms began by midday and became ...

April 2, 2021

Homeowners with Low Equity May Be in Trouble

Robust home price growth, which averaged 5.7% nationally over the last year according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index , drove equity of America’s homeowners with a mortgage up by more than $1.5 trillion. Added together across all homeowners in the U.S., home equity has grown more than...

April 6, 2021

As Home Prices Rise, Attention Turns to Affordability

Home Price Index Highlights: February 2021 National home prices increased 10.4% year over year in February. Annual price increases are expected to slow during 2021. Overall HPI Growth National home prices increased 10.4% year over year in February 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home...

April 7, 2021

How to Predict Fire Insurance Losses

Focus on Probability of Fire Instead of Proximity to Fire Departments With the coronavirus pandemic resulting in more Americans working, playing and schooling from home than ever before, many are now spending an additional 8.5 hours per day in their homes. And as college students and family membe...

April 8, 2021

Putting Data to Work: Driving Innovations in Smart Cities

The future of urban living is smart cities. In fact, the global smart cities market is projected to reach over $463 billion by 2027. By tapping into sensors and other data collection devices, a smart city can significantly improve the quality of life for its citizens. Connected smart b...

April 11, 2021

How One Income Analysis Solution Improved Lending Satisfaction from...

Introduction When COVID-19 first rocked the U.S. economy in March 2020, mortgage lenders had to be nimble in a variety of areas. Mortgage interest rates hit record lows and origination volume surged. At the same time, a number of individuals were facing job losses. This meant that lenders were ha...

April 12, 2021

Protecting Vulnerable Communities: Two Major Opportunities to Insur...

70% of Damage from Flooding is Uninsured Every one of the approximately 125 million occupied homes in the U.S. has some degree of risk of flooding. While over 7 million U.S. homes have the potential to flood from hurricane storm surge, over 10 million additional homes are exposed to flood ri...

April 13, 2021

Did Low Interest Rates Really Make Homes Cheaper?

Cash needed to buy and monthly mortgage payment are two dimensions of affordability This season home seekers are faced with both opportunities and challenges. An opportunity is low-cost financing, a challenge is the high level of home prices. Mortgage rates and home prices affect two ...

April 13, 2021

Early-Stage Delinquency Rate Lowest in Over 20 Years

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: January 2021 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 5.6% in January. The transition rate from current to delinquent this January was the lowest in 12 months. In January 2021, 5.6% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more ...

April 14, 2021

What Is the Affordable Housing Crisis?

New Video Series: The U.S. Housing Supply Crisis and Economic Mobility Hi, I’m Pete Carroll, executive of public policy at CoreLogic and I’m here to talk about a crisis facing our nation which doesn’t quite get the attention it deserves. That issue is the chronic and seemingly intractable afforda...

April 16, 2021

Millennials Lead the Pack for Home Purchases

Largest Cohort Enters the Peak Age for First-Time Homeownership, Makes Up More Than Half of All Home Purchase Applications For the last five years, millennials have made up the largest share of home purchase mortgage applications. This demographic tailwind comprises the largest generation of hous...

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...

April 19, 2021

Special Report: Pandemic Crippled Progress in Closing Gender Wealth...

Fewer Women Purchasing Homes—and Earning Income—Is Bad News for Everyone The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of homeownership and its impact on wealth accumulation among American households. Home prices soared, and among homeowners with a mortgage, the average equity gains were o...

April 20, 2021

Rent Growth Diverged Across Property Type During Pandemic

Detached Home Rent Growth Accelerated While Attached Home Rent Growth Slowed New research shows that rent growth differs greatly when accounting for property type. Detached property rent growth more than doubled in February 2021 compared with February 2020. Attached property rent growth slowed to...

April 22, 2021

Climate Change Unpacked: What Caused the Texas Freeze?

As climate change continues to alter our atmosphere, extreme weather is becoming a more frequent occurrence across the world. From February 14 to 18, 2021, much of the U.S. experienced one of the coldest snaps on record. The National Weather Service reported frigid Arctic air and dangerously cold...

April 23, 2021

5 Reasons Why Damages in Texas Were So Drastic

As climate change continues to increase the severity of natural catastrophe events, housing infrastructure across the nation is being challenged on a routine basis. In February 2021, a severe winter storm brought frigid arctic air and dangerously cold winds into the Mississippi Valley region. Mor...

April 27, 2021

Taking This Step for Pharmacy Security Could Make All the Difference

Crime at retail pharmacies has made headlines for several years. Stories of armed robberies and overnight break-ins driven by the need for cash, substance abuse, or the desire for profit from black-market sales of prescription narcotics appear at a steady pace across every region of the country. ...

April 27, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Reports Third, Double-Digit Jum...

Home price growth momentum speeds up further in February, up 12% Strong acceleration of S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index continued into early months of 2021 with the third consecutive double-digit increase – up 12% year-over-year in February. The month-to-month index also surged 1.05%, making...

April 28, 2021

Who is Most Affected by the Housing Supply Gap?

When thinking about the housing supply gap, it’s important to understand the sheer scale of this crisis. This includes first understanding how far in the hole we are already—or how much housing we are presently lacking overall.

May 1, 2021

The Role of Data & Technology in Disaster Readiness

Over the last two decades, technology has paved the way for humans to create tools and resources that made our lives easier, safer and healthier. From house-cleaning robots and voice assistants, to advances in health screening and detection techniques, technology has created a positive impact in ...

May 2, 2021

How CoreLogic is Fighting Hunger in the Communities We Serve

The role CoreLogic plays in building a better world is more important now than ever before as our families and cities combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We continue to honor our commitment to invest in our local communities as in alignment with our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)...

May 3, 2021

Welcome to the AI Neighborhood

Academic and Industry Collaboration At CoreLogic, we have an excellent track record of working together with higher education institutions to enable university student access to real-world data and provide them with career opportunities through internship or graduate-level research work. This enh...

May 3, 2021

Tornadoes in Mississippi and Georgia

In what has already been a very active tornado season for the Southeastern U.S., a series of strong tornadoes developed between the afternoon of May 2nd and the morning of May 3rd. The above normal activity can in part be attributed to the La Niña conditions observed this winter and spring (coole...

May 4, 2021

A Step Up with Year Up

By Shae Demers Since 2017, CoreLogic has partnered with Year Up, a Boston-based organization whose mission is to help young adults gain the necessary skills, experiences and support to reach their potential and have successful, meaningful careers. This is accomplished through Year Up’s one-year t...

May 4, 2021

Home Price Gains Were at a 15-Year High in March

Home Price Index Highlights: March 2021 National home prices increased 11.3% year over year in March. Idaho had the highest year-over-year increase in March at 25%, double the rate from a year ago. Overall HPI Growth National home prices increased 11.3% year over year in March 2021, according to ...

May 5, 2021

How to Tip The Innovation Scale In Your Favor

Experts say up to 90% of innovation centers fail. It’s an ominous statistic. In a world where we are inundated with innovation theories, books, consultancies, best practices and tools, you would think it would be much easier to succeed. However, there are ...

May 5, 2021

How Do We Deconstruct Home Values?

Market value. Replacement value. Reconstruction value. Assessed value. Appraised value. The real estate ecosystem is filled with hundreds of similar-sounding names, with similar-sounding purposes, and even seasoned professionals get them confused. In this episode, Core Conversations host Maiclair...

May 6, 2021

Typical Homeowner in Forbearance Has Plenty of Home Equity

The COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating impact on the job market has left many households unable to pay their mortgages or rents. Fortunately, the speedy intervention provided by the CARES Act ensured mortgage forbearance options for homeowners who were financially harmed by the pandemic. And while f...

May 7, 2021

Finding Insights From Noise with AIOps

These days, every company is producing vast amounts of logs and data, and it can be a daunting task to find meaningful insights from this collection. At CoreLogic, using AIOps, or AI Operations, is critical to detecting anomalies, alerting teams, automating responses and even foreseeing future is...

May 7, 2021

A Comparison of Stock and Home Price Growth

Stock market values have risen more than home prices, but are more volatile too This month marks the 125th anniversary of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock-value metric for 30 blue-chip U.S. companies. There are very few assets that have such a long valuation history, and fortunately sing...

May 8, 2021

Kim’s Story: The CoreLogic Employee Relief Fund

At CoreLogic, we believe in a community of support – that we are, in good times and in bad, better together. It is that bond that drives us to both celebrate peer achievements and be the shoulder to lean on when times are tough. When the novel coronavirus pandemic first began, CoreLogic set up th...

May 8, 2021

CoreLogic Helps Carry the Load for Veterans

Honoring Our Nation’s Heroes Over the Memorial Day holiday, CoreLogic employees participated in the Dallas Memorial March, the flagship annual event of the nonprofit organization Carry the Load. The two-day march raises awareness and funds for members of our nation’s military as well as veterans,...

May 9, 2021

Tapping into the Power of Your People

Every company, regardless of industry, walks the same balancing act between innovation and overhead. The difference between staying afloat and becoming a market leader can be as simple as using your resources wisely. For many, your largest resource is your employee base. So how do you empower emp...

May 10, 2021

Base Camp Coding Academy: Growing Talent

Fostering Talent from Rural High Schools As the demand for skilled technical talent continues to exceed supply across many industries and in rural areas, CoreLogic is a founding sponsor, along with other companies, including FedEx and CSpire, of Base Camp Coding Academy. Base Camp Coding Academy ...

May 11, 2021

Downward Trend in Delinquencies Halt

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: February 2021 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 5.7% in February. The foreclosure rate remained at a 22-year low. In February 2021, 5.7% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosu...

May 12, 2021

How Do Housing Supply Gap Challenges Differ Across the U.S.?

In this episode we want to explore how the needs of communities across the U.S. differ from one another and why solutions to our housing supply gap crisis need to be responsive to these differences.

May 12, 2021

Job Growth & The Economic Recovery

The U.S. shed more than 22 million jobs in March and April 2020 as the economy felt the full impact of the pandemic shutdown. These jobs have been coming back, and as of February 2021, the U.S. has recovered 58% of the jobs lost in 2020. However, the job recovery has been felt differently a...

May 13, 2021

In Uncharted Times: Loans 90+ Days Past Due Reach Unprecedented Levels

Standard Delinquency Measures Paint an Incomplete Picture of the Severity of Mortgage Distress The latest loan performance data from CoreLogic shows that the nation’s mortgage delinquency rate in February 2021 was 5.7%, a small increase from January’s 5.6%. The delinquency rate calculat...

May 14, 2021

African American Leadership and Learning Does It AALL

As we celebrate Black History Month, we checked in with the African American Leadership and Learning (AALL) employee resource group to see how they are bringing together employees to celebrate Black history and culture, and to support through allyship. Established in Dallas last fall, AALL’...

May 18, 2021

Flooding in Lake Charles, LA

After being impacted by Hurricanes Delta and Laura in 2020 – and just weeks ahead of the official start to the 2021 hurricane season – Lake Charles, Louisiana residents are now being impacted by heavy rainfall of 6 – 15 inches this week resulting in bayous and creeks flooding streets. The o...

May 18, 2021

High-End Properties Drove Greatest Single-Family Rent Growth in Ove...

U.S. Single-Family Rents Up 4.3% Year Over Year in March High-priced rentals posted the highest rent growth since 2006. Rent growth of detached properties was more than five times rent growth of attached properties. Overall Single-Family Rent Growth U.S. single-family rent growth quickened in Mar...

May 19, 2021

How Is New Technology Revolutionizing the Homebuying Experience?

A Conversation with Matt Fagioli According to a survey conducted by CoreLogic in 2021, nearly 80% of people looking to buy homes agreed that the homebuying process was very stressful. 58% noted that the pandemic has made the homebuying process much more difficult. And despite the digital world we...

May 20, 2021

Did Mortgage Underwriting or Loan Applicants Change In 2020?

Lower Average Debt-to-Income and Loan-to-Value Ratios, Higher Credit Score in Q4 2020 Compared to Q4 2019 Three important factors in mortgage underwriting are debt-to-income (DTI) ratios, loan-to-value (LTV) ratios and credit scores. Over the course of the pandemic, we have seen a decrease in the...

May 20, 2021

CoreLogic x Project Scientist: Cultivating Women in STEM

A traditionally in-person program, in 2020 Project Scientist moved their summer programming from on-site to virtual in response to the pandemic.

May 24, 2021

Examining the For-Sale Inventory Shortage

Lack of availability of homes for sale has been the Achilles’ heel of many housing markets across the country even prior to 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the shortfall. Since the Great Recession, the inventory of homes for sale has been on a decline and has reached its lowe...

May 25, 2021

Did Investors Try to Cash in on Amazon’s HQ2 Announcement?

In November 2018, Amazon surprisingly announced that it would be developing its second headquarters in not one but two locations: Crystal City, Virginia, and Long Island City, New York. However, in February 2019, Amazon pulled back from its plans in New York and pushed ahead with locating HQ2 sol...

May 25, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Strength Reflects Massive Dema...

With consumer sentiment on the rise again and economic indicators suggesting accelerated demand ahead, S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index pushed another double-digit increase — up 13.2% year over year in March. The month-to-month index jumped 1.95%, making it the strongest February-to-March inc...

May 26, 2021

Ways to Solve the Supply Gap Crisis (Part 1)

Hi, I’m Pete Carroll, executive of public policy at CoreLogic and today we’re going to turn our attention to ways we can solve the housing supply gap crisis in the U.S. There’s no one solution to this crisis—so this will be split into three parts, addressing three major ways we can combat the chr...

May 28, 2021

U.S. Home Supply Tightest Since 2000

National Supply of Homes for Sale Fell to 2.2 Months in March 2021 Months into 2021, housing supply remains at historically low levels while the impact from the pandemic and low mortgage interest rates linger. This has meant that some potential sellers are still holding on to their properties in ...

June 1, 2021

Home Prices Post Third Consecutive Double-Digit Gain in April

Home Price Index Highlights: April 2021 National home prices increased 13% year over year in April. Appreciation of detached properties far exceeded that of attached properties Overall HPI Growth National home prices increased 13% year over year in April 2021, according to the latest CoreLog...

June 1, 2021

The 2021 Hurricane Report

As climate change continues to increase the severity and frequency of natural catastrophe events, it is more important than ever for communities to be prepared for when disaster strikes. While we can’t control the occurrence of natural disasters like hurricanes, we can prepare for them. Understan...

June 1, 2021

Remembering World War II with the Military Engagement Association

May is National Military Appreciation Month—a special time for our nation to honor current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including those who have died in the pursuit of freedom. CoreLogic is proud to be a presenting sponsor of the World War II Foundation documentary “Surrender on t...

June 7, 2021

Delinquency Rate Posts Largest One-Month Decrease Since Start of Pa...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: March 2021 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 4.9% in March. The current-to-30-day transition rate in March was the lowest in over 21 years. In March 2021, 4.9% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, inclu...

June 10, 2021

Double-Digit Home Price Gains Boosted Home Equity to New Highs

Borrower Equity Update: First Quarter 2021 Average equity gain of $33,400 per borrower in Q1 2021 was the highest in at least 10 years. National negative equity share was 2.6% Q1 2021, the lowest in over 10 years. National Home Equity Trends The amount of equity in mortgaged real estate increased...

June 14, 2021

Refinance in a Rising-Rate Market

With mortgage rates declining to ever new lows during 2020, the mortgage market had the largest number of originations in 17 years. The volume was driven by no-cash-out refinance: more than one-half of the originations, and 4-in-5 refinance loans, were no-cash-out during 2020.

June 14, 2021

Are Higher Risk Homes Cheaper?

The Impact of Climate Change on Property Values The risk of natural hazard risk in United States is on the rise. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, there were 22 weather and climate disasters in 2020 which cost over $1 billion. This is nearly 150% more than the avera...

June 15, 2021

Inaccessibility in For-Sale Housing Pushes Up Demand for Single-Fam...

U.S. Single-Family Rents Up 5.3% Year Over Year in April Single-family rents increased at the fastest rate in nearly 15 years in April. Rent growth of detached properties was more than three times rent growth of attached properties. Overall Single-Family Rent Growth U.S. single-family rent growth...

June 17, 2021

Ways to Solve the Supply Gap Crisis Part 2

New Episode: The U.S. Housing Supply Crisis and Economic Mobility Hi, I’m Pete Carroll, executive of public policy at CoreLogic. In Part 1 of this series, we talked about the subsidies needed to solve this Housing Supply Gap Crisis in the U.S. And today we’ll continue the conversation with a new ...

June 17, 2021

What Do Tomorrow’s Smart Cities Look Like?

A Conversation with Ty Tucker The future, complete with interconnected and coordinated utilities and buildings, can help people live better. Whether it’s managing a city’s power supply or the flow of traffic, mitigating for burst pipes or improving delivery service accuracy, smart cit...

June 18, 2021

Preparing for Hurricane Season: Insurers and the Florida Commission

As climate changes continues to increase the severity and frequency of natural catastrophe events, it is more important than ever for insurers to have catastrophe modeling software that incorporates state-of-the-art hurricane loss projection methodology. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated the F...

June 21, 2021

What is Really Happening with Lumber Pricing?

The Facts Behind the Lumber Shortage The rapid increase of lumber prices has been all over the news throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and everyone seems to have their own explanation of why this trend has been occurring. From increased demand, to the lack of timber, to the Mountain Pine Beetle de...

June 23, 2021

How Do Communities Recover from Climate Disasters?

A Conversation with Justin Roberts and Hank Barbe Hurricane season kicked off on June 1, and 2021 is projected to be another above-normal year. Last year, Hurricanes Laura and Delta decimated the Louisiana coastline. Lake Charles, Louisiana, was hit exceptionally hard, but in spite of the devasta...

June 24, 2021

Have Opportunity Zones Strengthened Neighborhood Home Prices?

An analysis of CoreLogic data finds an extra 2.2% per year in neighborhood price appreciation It has been more than three years since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created a provision, known as qualified opportunity zones, to focus on the rejuvenation of economically distressed communities ac...

June 25, 2021

How Canadian Insurers Can Respond Faster After Hailstorms

In June of 2020, the city of Calgary experienced a devastating hail event, one of the top 10 insurance losses in Canadian history. The hailstorm was responsible for 1.3 billion Canadian dollars in damages as of January 2021[1], though it’s possible actual damages are much higher now that many mor...

June 25, 2021

Top 10 Reasons to Work at CoreLogic

CoreLogic continues to show tremendous growth which is driving us to hire top talent to our organization to help millions of people Find, Buy and Protect the homes they love. Our Talent Acquisition Team has the joy of finding diverse top talent and introducing candidates to life-changing career o...

June 28, 2021

Jumbo Loans No Longer Cheaper than Conforming Loans

While the mortgage rate dropped to a record low in 2020, the jumbo-conforming mortgage rate spread widened. In other words, jumbo loans were relatively more expensive than conforming loans.

June 29, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Soars to Highest Growth Rate S...

In April, the S&P CoreLogic national Case-Shiller Index jumped a remarkable 14.6% year over year — the highest rate since the beginning of the index series.

June 30, 2021

Ways to Solve the Supply Gap Crisis (Part 3)

New Episode: The U.S. Housing Supply Crisis and Economic Mobility Hi, I’m Pete Carroll, executive of public policy at CoreLogic. In Part 1, we talked about subsidies needed, and in Part 2, we unpacked new innovations in manufacturing. Today we’ll conclude with creating new efficiencies in traditi...

June 30, 2021

From Kodak to 3D: What is the Future of Selling Homes?

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith chats with Creig Northrop and Kevin Greene to discuss the fundamentals of being an excellent agent and consider what the future has in store for the industry.

July 1, 2021

3 Challenges Facing Insurers in Hazard Risk and How to Solve Them

Insurers need to effectively assess the hazard risk of individual policies, understand potential losses from catastrophic events and estimate losses properly after severe weather impacts on their portfolio.

July 6, 2021

Home Price Gains More Than Tripled Over the Past Year

National home prices increased 15.4% year over year in May 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index Report. This was the highest year-over-year gain since November 2005.

July 7, 2021

Three Things to Know About Tropical Storm Elsa

July 7, 2021 | 11:57 AM CT What’s happening? Elsa made landfall as a Tropical Storm along the western Florida coast roughly 50 miles southeast of Tallahassee with sustained winds of up to 65 mph, 10 mph below Category 1 hurricane intensity. The remnants of Elsa will track along the eastern US coa...

July 8, 2021

Effect of Hurricanes on Local Housing Markets

In 2020, in the span of six weeks, Hurricanes Laura and Delta made landfall 12 miles apart, together taking nearly 100 lives and decimating southwest Louisiana. A look back at the effects of these two hurricanes on the Lake Charles metro shows the potential effects on properties.

July 13, 2021

Delinquency Rate Posts First Annual Decrease Since March 2020

The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 4.7% in April. All but one state logged an annual decrease in the overall delinquency rate.

July 16, 2021

Comparing Two Home Price Booms, Fifteen Years Apart

As home prices soar in 2021, many comparisons are being made between the current housing environment and the one in 2006. However, despite recent double-digit home price appreciation, the mortgage payment to purchase a home is substantially more affordable than it was 15 years ago.

July 19, 2021

Three Things to Know About the Germany Flooding

July 19, 2021 | 11:41am CT | 4:41pm GMT The flooding has been severe and is likely to continue over the next few days Severe flooding from July 12-15 resulted in the loss of 188 lives as of July 19 and catastrophic damage in western German states (North Rhine-Westphalia and Rh...

July 20, 2021

Strong Economic Growth and Fierce Competition in For-Sale Housing P...

U.S. single-family rent growth increased 6.6% in May 2021, the fastest year-over-year increase since at least January 2005[1], according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI).

July 21, 2021

Where is a House, Really?

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to geospatial and location expert Matt Karli. He unravels the complicated question of "where?"--and reveals how location intelligence can even save lives.

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.

July 22, 2021

Diving into the Aspire Communications Certification Program

Aspire’s Communications Certification Program offers employees an opportunity to learn communication skills through virtual/classroom training, online learning and on the job application.

July 27, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Rockets to 16.6%, Reaches New ...

Despite concerning acceleration in home prices since last summer, consumers are still eager to buy, and an increasing share of homes are selling over the asking price. In May, S&P CoreLogic national Case-Shiller Index skyrocketed 16.6% year over year — keeping with the theme of reaching new highs...

July 28, 2021

Is There Actually a Lumber Shortage?

Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with construction expert Glenn Bearden to discuss what's really causing the spike in construction material prices—from the pandemic, to labor problems, all the way to the core of human behavior.

July 29, 2021

Appraisal Gap Increases in “Hot” Markets

In studying the appraisal gap, we see several interesting correlations between home price appreciation, buyers paying more than listing price and buyers paying more than the appraised value.

August 3, 2021

Home Prices Reached Highest Annual Growth Since 1979

The June 2021 HPI gain was up from the June 2020 gain of 4.5% and was the highest year-over-year gain since 1979.

August 3, 2021

U.S. Home Price Insights – August 2021

The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through June 2021 with forecasts from June 2022.

August 6, 2021

Expedition: Spread the Joy of STEM

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maiclaire Bolton Smith Senior Leader, Research & Content Strategy View Profile Throughout my career I’ve always had a passion for promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in underrepresented communities. In this day and age, we all hear people tell young chi...

August 6, 2021

Home Price Growth: A Cross-Country Comparison

Mortgage rates hit a record low in the U.S. at the beginning of 2021. While each of us may see the pick-up in price growth in our neighborhoods, that experience is not unique to Americans.

August 9, 2021

Sufficient Equity for Borrowers in Forbearance Across the Country

While many consumers are planning to buy homes, cars and major appliances in the coming months, there are still about 2 million homeowners behind on their mortgage payments and/or in forbearance programs.

August 10, 2021

Serious Delinquency Rate Lowest Since June 2020

The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 4.7% in May. All U.S. states and metro areas posted annual decreases in their overall delinquency rates.

August 10, 2021

Loan Performance Insights – August 2021

Introduction The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through May 2021. Measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the health of the mortgage market. To more comprehensively monitor mortgage performanc...

August 10, 2021

Update: Three Things to Know About the Dixie Fire

Updated: August 9, 2021 | 3:14 pm PT The Dixie Fire has become the 2nd largest wildfire recorded in California history The Dixie fire continues to grow. Approaching 500,000 acres in size, the Dixie Fire has now become the 2nd largest wildfire in recorded California History. Five of the 7 largest ...

August 11, 2021

What’s the Secret to Increasing Appraised Value?

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith is joined by the Appraiser Coach, Dustin Harris. He discusses the value of truth, the impact of appraisal bias and reveals the secret to increasing the appraised value of a home.

August 11, 2021

Discover the Delivering Excellence Certification Program through As...

Aspire’s Delivering Excellence Certification Program offers employees an opportunity to learn skills through virtual/classroom training, online learning and on the job application.

August 16, 2021

Three Things to Know About the Haiti Earthquake

A M7.2 earthquake struck Haiti over the weekend: On August 14th at 12.29 UTC, a M7.2 earthquake struck Haiti at 10km depth, about 75 miles west of the capital Port-au-Prince.

August 17, 2021

Preference for Detached Properties Pushes Single-Family Rents Higher

U.S. single-family rent growth increased 7.5% in June 2021, the fastest year-over-year increase since at least January 2005, according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index.

August 17, 2021

New Technology Empowers Insurance Adjusters and Reduces Costs

When it comes to property insurance, total losses are not the daily norm for most property field inspectors. Most property insurance claims are small loss claims. Insurers assign most of these small claims to novice adjusters or third-party field inspectors. Sometimes, this can result in errors, ...

August 18, 2021

Homeownership Accelerated Among Young Millennials During the Pandemic

Last year, the millennial generation emerged as the biggest force driving the housing market.

August 19, 2021

HOPE in the Affordable Housing Crisis

The affordable housing crisis is the convergence of two major challenges: supply and demand. “And right now,” said Martell, “those are completely out of balance.”

August 21, 2021

Three Things to Know About Tropical Storm Henri

Tropical storm Henri continues to gradually strengthen and is currently located in the SW Atlantic or approximately 320 miles SSE of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.

August 23, 2021

The Power of Data for the Retail Holiday Season

Retail continues to be a competitive space to thrive, and utilizing the power of big data to generate leads will be key for making the most of this holiday season and the years to come.

August 24, 2021

Update : Three Things to Know About the Weather Events This Weekend...

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall over the weekend and caused limited inland flooding and power outages

August 25, 2021

How Is Climate Change Affecting Real Estate?

One of the most profound areas a changing climate can impact is our homes. In this episode, Dr. Howard Botts discusses how we will grapple with the cost, both human and financial, of major disasters to come.

August 25, 2021

Potential Hotspots for Distressed Sales

While many consumers are planning to buy homes, cars, and major appliances, there are still about 2 million homeowners behind on their mortgage payments and/or in forbearance programs.

August 27, 2021

941,392 Homes at Risk from Hurricane Ida Storm Surge

CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released data analysis for single-family and multifamily homes at risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Ida

August 30, 2021

Investor Homebuying Report 2011-2020

In this report, we use a new investment indicator to look at investor buying activity from 2011 to 2020 from several different perspectives.

August 30, 2021

Investor Activity in the Housing Market

Investor activity in real estate markets during the COVID-19 pandemic has mirrored the market as a whole.

August 30, 2021

Know Your Customer: Drive Personalized Marketing Experiences

Data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are essential tools for improving your personalized messaging. By being relevant with the right message at the right time at the right place, you’ll delight the customer and gain a competitive advantage.

August 30, 2021

Will the Levees Hold? 3 Things to Watch for in Hurricane Ida

Late Saturday into Sunday, August 29, Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane before making landfall near Port Fourchon shortly before 12pm CT.

August 31, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Reflects Consumer Post-Vaccina...

Home buyer demand pushed price growth to a new record high in June, with S&P CoreLogic national Case-Shiller Index clocking in an 18.6% year-over-year growth rate.

September 1, 2021

CoreLogic Estimates $27 Billion to $40 Billion in Insured and Unins...

CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today announced residential and commercial wind, storm surge and inland flooding loss estimates for Hurricane Ida.

September 1, 2021

Solved: One of Property Data’s Biggest and Oldest Challenges

The property identification crisis has been a topic of research and debate for decades. With CLIP, we are uniquely positioned to address the challenge.

September 2, 2021

The Five Signs that Your Data Services Provider is Ahead of the Curve

Property characteristic and mortgage finance data are the fuel that powers real estate analytics and technology, but it can be hard to get. CoreLogic breaks down data accessibility barriers, so brokerages and technology companies can focus on innovation and providing the best-in-class information...

September 3, 2021

The Impact of Wildfires on Rent & Home Prices

As the Dixie Fire continues to burn, we look to the past to understand its potential impact. Diving into the longitudinal effects of the Glass and North Complex Fires of 2020 reveals impact on rent and home prices in the surrounding counties.

September 7, 2021

U.S. Home Price Insights – September 2021

Through July 2021 with Forecasts from July 2022 Introduction The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through July 2021 with forecasts from July 2022. CoreLogic HPI™ is designed to provide an early indication of home price...

September 7, 2021

U.S. Home Price Index Annual Growth Reaches All-Time High

National home prices increased 18% year over year in July 2021, an all time high.

September 7, 2021

Get Consistent Estimates with CoreLogic’s SmartScope®

Eliminate the need for searching through a large database of line items when building estimates

September 7, 2021

The Role of Rent in Inflation Measurement

In examining inflation, replacing Owners' Equivalent Rent with the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index reveals that core inflation may be much higher than reported.

September 8, 2021

18 Months Later, How is COVID-19 Affecting the Housing Economy?

In this episode, Dr. Frank Nothaft and Maiclaire Bolton Smith provide a status update: When will home prices come down? What will happen when the forbearance moratorium ends, and what’s in store in 2022?

September 8, 2021

Irving Team Members Equip Local Students in Need with School Supplies

CoreLogic’s Irving campus has partnered with the Irving Schools Foundation (ISF) to support local students in need for the past several years. ISF is a nonprofit that provides financial resources to maximize educational opportunities for teachers and students in Irving Independent School Dis...

September 8, 2021

CoreLogic Estimates $16 Billion to $24 Billion in Insured and Unins...

CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released additional loss estimates for Hurricane Ida

September 9, 2021

6 Essential Qualities in Underwriting Construction Cost Data

As climate change continues to increase the severity and frequency of natural catastrophe events, it is more important than ever for insurers to make sure that the properties in their portfolio are insured to value.

September 10, 2021

5 Things to Look for In an Aerial Measurement Tool

Choosing the right aerial measurement tool can make the difference between profit and loss — as well as win opportunities to help families restore their homes.

September 13, 2021

Thinking Long Term: Creating Efficiencies for Machine Learning Models

At CoreLogic, as we continue our pursuit to provide deeper analytics and insights for our customers, we challenge ourselves every day to continuously evolve. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are areas where we’re constantly seeking improvement in both innovation and efficien...

September 13, 2021

Three Things to Know About Tropical Storm Nicholas

Tropical Storm Nicholas has formed in the western Gulf of Mexico and is threatening the western Gulf Coast, primarily the Texas coast

September 14, 2021

In June, U.S. Foreclosure Rate Fell to Lowest Level in More Than 22...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: June 2021 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 4.4% in June. The serious delinquency rate fell to its lowest level since May 2020. In June 2021, 4.4% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in...

September 14, 2021

Loan Performance Insights – September 2021

Introduction The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through June 2021. Measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the health of the mortgage market. To more comprehensively monitor mortgage performan...

September 16, 2021

How Homebuyer Migration Changed in 2021

As more people are vaccinated and the economy improves, homebuyers' location choices are shifting once again. This analysis highlights trends in owner-occupant homebuyer migration through July 2021.

September 16, 2021

What Other Challenges Exacerbate the Affordable Housing Crisis?

In this new season, we'll review homeowner “demand” challenges, including restoring trust in the U.S. homeownership system and identifying new opportunities to create responsible, yet affordable mortgage financing. Header image: Attached

September 21, 2021

Single-Family Rent Growth Hits 16.5-Year High

U.S. single-family rent growth increased 8.5% in July 2021, the fastest year-over-year increase in 16.5 years[1], according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI).

September 22, 2021

Business is Good, Not Great for House Flippers

2020 altered and realigned the real estate market in many ways, but aside from a brief blip, things have remained business as usual for house flippers.

September 22, 2021

What’s in a Loss Estimate?

At CoreLogic, one of the areas we keep close tabs on is how weather and climate affect property as this could have some surprising downstream effects. The CoreLogic Hazard HQ team keeps a close eye on the state of weather covering catastrophes in the US and around the world.

September 23, 2021

Strong Home Equity Gains in 2021 Lower Foreclosure Risk

Soaring home prices over the past year boosted home equity wealth to new highs midway through 2021. The amount of equity in mortgaged real estate increased by $2.9 trillion in Q2 2021, an annual increase of 29.3%, according to the latest CoreLogic Equity Report .

September 28, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Momentum Continues, up 1...

Summer’s red-hot housing markets are echoed in the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index, which accelerated to a new record high — up 19.7% year over year.

September 29, 2021

The 2021 Wildfire Report

Understanding All the Facets of Wildfire Impact to Housing Stock The 2021 wildfire season has already been destructive. As of September, 2021 ranks as the 6th highest year for both acres burned and number of fires in the U.S. over the past decade. But it is critical to note that the traditional h...

September 29, 2021

What Do We Mean by the Trust Gap?

There is a long, well-documented history of housing discrimination in the U.S., particularly as it pertains to U.S. Housing Policy.

September 30, 2021

More than 1.2 Million Loans to Exit Forbearance in the Coming Wave ...

18 months after the passage of the CARES Act, which provided millions of homeowners the protection of COVID-19 payment forbearance, many mortgage loans are expected to reach the end of forbearance.

October 1, 2021

Home Equity Wealth Bolsters Economic Growth

Home equity – the difference between the value of a home and the amount of mortgage debt on the home – is an important component of overall household wealth.

October 4, 2021

Millennial Homebuyers Dominate in High-Tech and Midwest Metros

An increasing number of millennials, those born from 1981 to 1996, are in or are approaching their first-time homebuying years.

October 5, 2021

Homebuying Demand Pressures Pushed U.S. Annual Home Price Gains to ...

Home Price Index Highlights: August 2021 National home prices increased 18.1% year over year in August. Appreciation was strongest in the West, and annual home price growth in Idaho increased three-fold from the prior year. Overall HPI Growth National home prices increased 18.1% year over year in...

October 5, 2021

U.S. Home Price Insights – October 2021

The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through August 2021 with forecasts from August 2022.

October 6, 2021

What’s My House Worth?

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Ann Regan, Executive Product Manager for Collateral Solutions to learn what exactly is an automated valuation model or AVM? How does it work? What is it used for?

October 7, 2021

Metro-Level Rent Inflation

Soaring Rents in the Southwest Go Underrepresented in Inflation Last month we showed that U.S. inflation may be underestimated due to the use of a measure called owners’ equivalent rent, which makes up 30% of the core consumer price index. When the CoreLogic single-family rent index is used as an...

October 8, 2021

Single-family Investor Activity Surges in the Second Quarter

2021 is shaping up to be a very different year for investors than 2020. After pulling back their market activity at the onset of the pandemic, investors had a business-as-usual winter, before capturing the highest market share seen in the last 10 years in the second quarter. Figure 1 shows the sh...

October 12, 2021

Approximately One Million Homeowners Remain At Least Six Months Beh...

Loan Performance Insights Report Highlights: July 2021 The nation’s overall delinquency rate was 4.2% in July. The serious delinquency rate fell to its lowest level since May 2020. In July 2021, 4.2% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in...

October 12, 2021

Loan Performance Insights – October 2021

Introduction The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through July 2021. Measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the health of the mortgage market. To more comprehensively monitor mortgage performan...

October 12, 2021

Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with LatinXCore

September 15 – October 15 As the weather begins to cool and the leaves change, we embrace both the beginning of fall and the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 by celebrating the histories, cultur...

October 12, 2021

What Prevents Access to Affordable Mortgage Loans?

Hi! I’m Pete Carroll, executive of public policy at CoreLogic and today, I’m going to talk about what’s impeding access to affordable and responsible mortgage loans.

October 15, 2021

Three Things to Know About Hurricane Pamela

Hurricane Pamela made landfall along Mexico’s Pacific Coast early the morning of October 14, 2021

October 19, 2021

Single-Family Rent Growth Approaches Double-Digits

U.S. single-family rent growth increased 9.3% in August 2021, the fastest year-over-year increase in over 16 years[1], according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI).

October 20, 2021

How Do You Solve Property Data’s Oldest and Biggest Challenge?

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Sachin Rajpal, head of enterprise data at CoreLogic to discuss the multiple identifiers within.

October 22, 2021

Comparing the Cost of Owning and Operating Commercial Real Estate a...

The accurate estimation of the total amount of real property tax in any given area is a challenging task considering the complexity and heterogeneity of property taxation in the United States.

October 26, 2021

U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Acceleration Stalls, up ...

Persistently strong demand among traditional buyers has been amplified by an increase in demand from investors this summer, keeping the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller stalled at the previous month’s peak increase: up 19.8% year over year.

October 26, 2021

More Than Half of Homes Are Selling at or Above List Price

Since the pandemic began over a year ago, a supply shortage of for-sale homes has fueled home price growth.

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

October 27, 2021

How Are Existing Programs Addressing the Affordable Lending Gap?

Between greater financial literacy education and awareness and existing down payment assistance programs, there are many solutions today to restore trust in the U.S. homeownership system and identify new opportunities to create responsible yet affordable mortgage financing.

November 1, 2021

Commercial Property Sales and Prices Rebound in 2021

Much like other parts of the U.S. economy, commercial property sales fell when the pandemic began.

November 2, 2021

U.S. Home Price Insights – November 2021

Through September 2021 with Forecasts from September 2022 Introduction The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through September 2021 with forecasts from September 2022. CoreLogic HPI™ is designed to provide an early indi...

November 2, 2021

Western States Drove Record Annual Home Price Index (HPI) Increase ...

National home prices increased 18% year over year in September 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) Report.

November 3, 2021

What Are the Effects of Natural Hazards on Mortgage Delinquencies?

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Amy Gromowski, senior leader of science and analytics at CoreLogic, to discuss financial implications as a result of natural disasters.

November 3, 2021

Homes Sold Quickly and Supply Shortage Remains

The shortage in for-sale homes has driven the number of days homes are on the market to new lows in 2021.

November 9, 2021

Delinquencies Fall Even as Half of Delinquent Borrowers are at Leas...

In August 2021, 4% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure)[1], which was a 2.6-percentage point decrease from August 2020 according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report . However, overall delinquencies were...

November 9, 2021

Loan Performance Insights – November 2021

Introduction The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through August 2021. Measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the health of the mortgage market. To more comprehensively monitor mortgage perform...

November 10, 2021

Home Price Growth Has Turned the Corner

The latest release of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index indicated that home price growth remained strong in August, clocking in a 19.8% annual growth, same as the month prior.

November 10, 2021

What Lessons Can We Learn from the USS Arizona?

At CoreLogic, supporting veterans is close to our hearts. One organization that we are proud to align with is the World War II Foundation. On Veterans Day, they will release a documentary, Elvis and the USS Arizona, and CoreLogic is a presenting sponsor. In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smi...

November 11, 2021

How Do Technology Innovations Play a Role in Closing the Affordable...

In the final episode of this season, we’re going to talk about how technology like artificial intelligence, machine learning and more are paving the way for the future of mortgage underwriting—and can move the needle meaningfully in closing the Affordable Lending Gap.

November 16, 2021

U.S. Single-Family Rents Up 10.2% Year Over Year in September

U.S. single-family rent growth increased 10.2% in September 2021, the fastest year-over-year increase in over 16 years[1], according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI).

November 24, 2021

2021 is On Pace to be the First Multi-Trillion Dollar Real Estate M...

More money is being spent on real estate than ever before.

November 29, 2021

Three Ways Property Underwriting Risk Assessment Has Changed in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a major catalyst for change within the insurance industry. CoreLogic leads the pack with some of the best and most comprehensive reconstruction costs and prefill data.

November 30, 2021

US S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Turns the Corner: Up 19.5%...

Four metros, largely in warm climates, continue to experience acceleration in annual gains While housing market activity is experiencing a typical seasonal slowdown, home buyer demand remains strong and continues to push total home purchases above pre-pandemic levels. This has led to another mont...

December 1, 2021

What’s In Store for 2022?

We are wrapping up the season by bringing back five of our favorite guests from the year to get their take on 2021 and their outlook for the new year ahead.

December 2, 2021

2022 Housing Outlook

Outlook on the housing market in 2022

December 6, 2021

Appraisal Gap Falls as Fast as it Had Previously Risen

The housing market’s recovery in summer 2020 from the outbreak of the pandemic was largely unexpected: by July, despite a high unemployment rate with more than 16.3 million people out of work, home sales rebounded strongly to climb back to pre-pandemic levels and surpassed the same-period sales f...

December 7, 2021

Fire on the Horizon: How Climate Change is Changing Wildfire Risk

December 7, 2021

Annual U.S. Home Price Growth Hits 18% in October

National home prices increased 18% year over year in October 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) Report . The October 2021 HPI gain was up from the October 2020 gain of 7.4% and was the highest 12-month growth in the U.S. index since the series began in 1976. The incre...

December 7, 2021

U.S. Home Price Insights – December 2021

Through October 2021 with Forecasts from October 2022 Introduction The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through October 2021 and forecasts through October 2022. CoreLogic HPI™ is designed to provide an early indication...

December 8, 2021

Conventional Mortgage Lending in Underserved Areas Dropped During t...

Conventional Mortgage Lending in Underserved Areas Dropped During the Early Months of Pandemic

December 9, 2021

Home Equity Gains Reached New Highs in 2021

sted home equity wealth to new highs through Q3 2021. The amount of equity in mortgaged real estate increased by $3.2 trillion in Q3 2021, an annual increase of 31.1%, according to the

December 13, 2021

The Long-View of Housing Appreciation

Is 2021 the hottest real estate market ever? According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (HPI), annual U.S. appreciation rates from April to September have been at their highest since the inception of the index. CoreLogic’s public records data shows 2021 is easily on pace to be ...

December 14, 2021

Delinquency Rate Nears Pre-Pandemic Rate in September

December 14, 2021

Loan Performance Insights – December 2021

Introduction The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through September 2021. Measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the health of the mortgage market. To more comprehensively monitor mortgage perf...

December 14, 2021

Three Things to Know About the Midwest Tornado Outbreak

On Friday evening, December 10, a deadly series of tornadoes broke out across six states: Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.

December 21, 2021

Single-Family Annual Rent Growth Hits Sixth Consecutive Record

U.S. single-family rent growth increased 10.9% in October 2021, the fastest year-over-year increase in over 16 years[1], according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index

December 23, 2021

Single-Family Investor Activity Remained High in the Third Quarter

Much like the record appreciation recorded in the CoreLogic Home Price Index, investor activity hit peaks previously unseen in CoreLogic data in the second quarter of 2021.

December 28, 2021

US S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Continues to Slow: Up 19.1% in O...

There were unexpected economic and financial twists in 2021, and the housing market experienced its fair share of surprises.

January 4, 2022

Annual U.S. Home Price Hits New Record in November

National home prices increased 18.1% year over year in November 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) Report .

January 4, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – January 2022

Through November 2021 with Forecasts through November 2022 Introduction The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through November 2021 and forecasts through November 2022. CoreLogic HPI™ is designed to provide an early ind...

January 7, 2022

Cross-Country Comparison: Home Rent Growth

<p>The U.S. has experienced record annual home-price growth with faster appreciation for detached houses than attached homes. A similar pattern has occurred for rent growth, and that experience is not unique to the U.S.</p>

January 11, 2022

Delinquency Rates Drop for Seventh Consecutive Month in October

hose in foreclosure)[1], which was a 2.3-percentage point decrease from October 2020 according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report .

January 11, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – January 2022

Introduction The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through October 2021. Measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the health of the mortgage market. To more comprehensively monitor mortgage perfo...

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.

January 13, 2022

Borrower Cost of Jumbo Loans Declines Compared to Last Year

Historically, large-balance mortgage loans, known as ‘jumbo’ loans, have had a higher interest rate than conforming loans.[1] However, since mid-2013, the interest rate for a jumbo loan was lower than a conforming loan until June 2020.

January 18, 2022

Single-Family Annual Rent Growth Continues at a Rapid Pace

Annual single-family rent growth hit seventh consecutive record.

January 21, 2022

Which Increased More: New or Existing Home Prices?

New home prices up less in 2021, but more over the last decade

January 24, 2022

3 Predictions for How Insurers Will Better Protect Policyholders fr...

2021 proved to be yet another challenging year for property & casualty insurers with significant variations in reconstruction costs, growing threats to property from natural catastrophes, and the persistent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 25, 2022

US S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Slows Further: Up 18.8% in Novem...

Despite some headwinds to the housing demand stemming from higher mortgage rates, affordability constraints and continued lack of supply, home price growth and home sales activity continued to track at record levels.

January 26, 2022

iBuyer Activity in 2021 Doubled from Pre-Coronavirus Levels

In addition to elevated demand for owner-occupied and second homes since the onset of the pandemic, there has also been an increase in investor home purchases across the U.S. housing markets.

January 31, 2022

Jumbo Mortgages Reach Highest Dollar Volume Since 2005

In terms of both dollars and market share, jumbo mortgage originations grew significantly in 2021 relative to the prior year.

February 1, 2022

CoreLogic HPI Posted Record Year-Over-Year Growth in 2021

National home prices increased 18.5% year over year in December 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) Report. The December 2021 HPI gain was up from the December 2020 gain of 8.9% and was the highest 12-month growth in the U.S. index since the series began in 1976. Price...

February 1, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – February 2022

Through December 2021 with Forecasts through December 2022 Introduction The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through December 2021 and forecasts through December 2022. CoreLogic HPI™ is designed to provide an early ind...

February 2, 2022

New Home Sales Trends

New home sales trends are occurring in areas with lower cost-of-living, lower population density and nearby outdoor amenities.

February 2, 2022

Overcoming Confirmation Bias in the Insurance Industry

CoreLogic released its 2022 Leadership in Insurance Survey, which asked executives in the property and casualty insurance industry how they see the pace at which executing business transformation initiatives is happening in response to significant shifts in the risk landscape.

February 7, 2022

Forbearance Rate Rises With Loan Credit Risk

CoreLogic data shows that the forbearance rates were increased for higher-priced loans.

February 8, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – February 2022

Introduction The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through November 2021. Measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the health of the mortgage market. To more comprehensively monitor mortgage perfo...

February 8, 2022

National Delinquency Rates Dropped Below March 2020 Level in November

3.6% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure)[1], which was a 2.3-percentage point decrease from November 2020 according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report.

February 14, 2022

Did COVID-19 Affect Property Tax Appeal Trends in the Largest Texas...

Harris is the largest county in Texas and provides detailed data around the annual property tax appeal cycles. CoreLogic examined this data to identify key trends and analyze whether the COVID-19 pandemic affected activity. For this study, we focused on appeals between 2016 and 2021 for only rea...

February 15, 2022

Single-Family Annual Rent Growth Finishes 2021 at a New Record

U.S. Single-Family Rents Up 12% Year Over Year in December Annual rent growth hit record highs for all price tiers. Rent growth in Miami was up 35.7% from a year earlier. Overall Single-Family Rent Growth U.S. single-family rent growth increased 12% in December 2021, the fastest year-over-year in...

February 16, 2022

Home sales and buyer competition in 2021

2021 was a strong year for the U. S. housing market. Home price appreciation was in the double digits and sales volume was near pre-pandemic levels.

February 17, 2022

2021 Climate Change Catastrophe Report

Natural disasters are increasing in frequency and severity, impacting regions underprepared to handle an economic disruption, job displacement and the destruction of real estate assets. Using its advanced risk modeling technology, CoreLogic analyzed over 120 million residential structures in the ...

February 18, 2022

2021 Property Tax Delinquency Report

The CoreLogic 2021 Property Tax Delinquency Report analyzes national and state real estate property tax delinquency percentages spanning the period from 2011 to 2021.

February 21, 2022

Serious Delinquency Rate for All Mortgage Loan Types Down from Last...

The nation’s overall mortgage delinquency rates have improved significantly over the last year, according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report.

February 22, 2022

US S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Holds Steady: Up 18.8% in ...

After some signs of slowing home price growth, suggested by the seasonally adjusted deceleration in month-to-month gains, November monthly price growth re-accelerated again, indicating home buyers have not yet thrown in the towel.

February 25, 2022

Three Things to Know About European Windstorm Eunice

Three named storms arrived in Europe over the last week: Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice and Storm Franklin (also known as Ylenia, Zeynep and Antonia).

March 1, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – March 2022

Through January 2022 with Forecasts through January 2023 Introduction The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through January 2022 and forecasts through January 2023. CoreLogic HPI™ is designed to provide an early indicat...

March 1, 2022

Home Price Increases Reach New High in the New Year

National home prices increased 19.1% year over year in January 2022, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®) Report.

March 4, 2022

2021: A Banner Year for Jumbo Loan Securitization

An unexpected side effect of the pandemic has been the extraordinary rise in home prices during 2021. This trend has increased the need for jumbo loans in 2021, spurring the largest issuance since 2007.

March 8, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – March 2022

The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through December 2021.

March 8, 2022

U.S. Mortgage Delinquency Rate At A Record Low in December

In December 2021, 3.4% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure) , which was a 2.4-percentage point decrease from December 2020 according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report.

March 10, 2022

Homeowners Gained Over $3.2 Trillion in Home Equity in 2021

Homeowners Gained Over $3.2 Trillion in Home Equity in 2021.

March 10, 2022

Number of U.S. Homeowners in Negative Equity Dropped to Lowest Leve...

CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released the Homeowner Equity Report for the fourth quarter of 2021.

March 10, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q1 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

March 15, 2022

Single-Family Annual Rent Growth Off to a Fast Start in 2022

U.S. single-family rent growth increased 12.6% in January 2022, the fastest year-over-year increase in over 16 years , according to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI). January marked the 10th consecutive month of record-level rent growth.

March 16, 2022

Potential Risks of Price Declines in the Real Estate Market

Although home price gains are expected to slow in 2022 and average a little less than 10% growth for the year, the recent rapid acceleration in prices has led to overvaluations in some markets, therefore pushing up the risk of price decline in the year ahead.

March 18, 2022

Monthly Mortgage Payments on Recent Home Purchases Are Significantl...

The real savings that many potential buyers expected from record-low interest rates were quickly outstripped by the pandemic-fueled housing demand and price increases that followed a temporary market shutdown.

March 25, 2022

Three Things to Know about the March 21-22 Tornado Outbreak

More than 20 confirmed tornadoes occurred over the two-day period On Monday, March 21, 2022, several tornadoes touched down in portions of Texas including the Austin, TX area, north of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and near Longview, TX in eastern TX. This same storm system was associated with seve...

March 25, 2022

Welcome Back to Season 2 of Core Conversations: A CoreLogic Podcast

Season 2 of Core Conversations: A CoreLogic Podcast will air soon! Listen to our trailer to hear about what we have in store and subscribe to get notifications for the latest episodes.

March 29, 2022

Vacation Locations Saw Large Home Equity Gains in 2021

The Mountain-West region is the hottest housing market in the country, and according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, Phoenix had the fastest year-over-year appreciation. Denver and Boise, Idaho, also showed up as desirable locations.

March 29, 2022

US S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Picks Up Pace Once Again, ...

After a short respite, home price growth sped up in January. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index registered a 19.2% increase after four months of slowing or flat growth. This was the strongest January year-over-year increase since the beginning of the data series.

March 30, 2022

A Flood of Change Comes with FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0

In April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be updating its flood insurance risk grading systems after decades of using the same system to understand the flood risk for properties in and around flood zones. In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Scott Giberson, pri...

March 30, 2022

U.S. Home Prices and Inflation

U.S. Home prices soared in 2021, pushed up by strong demand and a limited supply of homes for sale.

March 31, 2022

Young Homebuyer Share Declines After Peaking in 2020

The slim supply of homes for sale is pushing up home prices, and there is a notable difference between young homebuyers, those aged 30 and below and older millennial homebuyers ages 31 and 40.

April 4, 2022

Single-Family Investor Activity Stalls in the Fourth Quarter of 2021

Investors’ recent acquisition spree showed its first signs of slowing down in the fourth quarter of 2021. After hitting historical peaks in the second and third quarters of 2021, the share of homes purchased by investors reached its zenith last October at 26.9% of total home sales

April 5, 2022

Record Home Price Appreciation Led by Sun Belt States in February

National home prices increased 20% year over year in February 2022, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index Report.

April 5, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – April 2022

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 20% in February 2022 compared with February 2021

April 6, 2022

Rapid Rent Growth Likely to Keep Inflation Elevated

CoreLogic Chief Economist Dr. Frank Nothaft shares an overview of the effect of inflation rates on the cost of rent in the U.S.

April 12, 2022

U.S. Delinquencies Remain Low in January on Home Equity Accumulatio...

In January 2022, 3.3% of home mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure)[1], which was a 2.3-percentage point decrease from January 2021 according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report .

April 12, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – April 2022

The CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report features an interactive view of our mortgage performance analysis through January 2022.

April 13, 2022

What the Hail is Going on This Spring?

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to meteorologist Curtis McDonald about the challenges for insurers in accurately identifying and tracking spring hailstorms to understand the full impact of the damage that they can inflict.

April 19, 2022

Rent Growth Extends Record-Breaking Streak in February, CoreLogic R...

U.S. single-family rental prices rose by 13.1% year over year in February, the 11th consecutive month of record gains.

April 26, 2022

US S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Registers New High, Up 19....

Home price growth continued to gain speed in early spring, as eager buyers tried to get in front of the mortgage rate surge. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index posted a 19.8% increase in February, the second month of accelerated growth after a winter lull. This was the strongest February year-o...

April 27, 2022

Debunked! Top Three Housing Myths Dispelled

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to CoreLogic Principal Economist Molly Boesel about the top three myths that are currently circulating within the property market, and why these claims are not entirely true.

April 29, 2022

Is the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Making a Comeback?

Between December 2020 and March 2022 the average mortgage rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages jumped up by 149 basis points or 1.49%, whereas rates on 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgages increased by only 40 basis points for the same period. This increase in mortgage rate on FRM is incentivizing buye...

May 3, 2022

U.S. Home Prices Surged in March

National home prices increased 20.9% year over year in March 2022, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI®️) Report . The March 2022 HPI gain was up from the March 2021 gain of 11.1% and was the highest 12-month growth in the U.S. index since the series began in 1976.

May 3, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – May 2022

In March, U.S. home prices rose by almost 21% year over year, according to CoreLogic's most recent Home Price Index (HPI) Report.

May 4, 2022

What Do You Know About PACE, A Once Fast-Growing Home Improvement L...

PACE is an abbreviation for Property Assessed Clean Energy. PACE loans provide financing for green and renewable energy home improvements, although it is not limited to such. Retrofitting properties with energy upgrades is costly, and PACE provides incentives such as 100% long-term financing.

May 5, 2022

Price-to-Rent Ratio: A Signal of Overvaluation

Price growth that outstrips rent gains over an extended period could be a sign that homes are overvalued if capitalization rate had remained unchanged.

May 10, 2022

U.S. Delinquencies Drop to Lowest Level in More Than 23 Years in Fe...

The national overall mortgage delinquency rate dropped to 3.2% in February, another historic low.

May 10, 2022

Site Reliability Engineering at CoreLogic

As online services are now the lifeblood of just about every business, the health of these interconnected services becomes even more critical. Technology continues to move fast. Along the way, it is breaking things. Organizations are swiftly moving from traditional on-premises systems to the clou...

May 10, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – May 2022

In February 2022, 3.2% of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days or more, down by 2.5 percentage points year over year.

May 11, 2022

Catastrophic change is pushing real estate to redefine protection

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to catastrophe risk management expert Tom Larsen about CoreLogic's 2021 Climate change Catastrophe Report to understand the financial consequences of the changes to our climate.

May 12, 2022

Three Things to Know About the Coastal Fire of Laguna Niguel, CA

Three Things to Know About the Coastal Fire of Laguna Niguel

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.

May 17, 2022

Annual Rent Growth Hits One-Year Record High in March, CoreLogic Re...

CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released its latest Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), which analyzes single-family rent price changes nationally and across major metropolitan areas.

May 18, 2022

2021: A Record-Breaking Year for Real Estate Transactions

In 2021, people spent more on real estate than ever before. CoreLogic Economist Thomas Malone describes the underlying trends that led to record-breaking expenditures.

May 25, 2022

It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. No, it’s Ballooning Interest Rates Flyin...

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to CoreLogic's Chief Economist Dr. Frank Nothaft about the Fed raising interest rates and the effect that has on the overall U.S. property market.

May 31, 2022

US S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Acceleration Peaks Prior t...

The first quarter of 2022 was marked by some of the most competitive housing market conditions since the onset of the pandemic.

June 1, 2022

Share of Non-Qualified Mortgages Increases in 2022, According to Co...

Non qualified mortgage loans have helped creditworthy borrowers who cannot otherwise qualify for traditional mortgage loan programs.

June 2, 2022

Three Things to Know About Hurricane Agatha

First official hurricane of the 2022 season is the earliest Category 2 storm to make landfall along Mexican Pacific Coast Hurricane Agatha made landfall just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico along the Pacific Coast at 4:00 pm CT on Monday, May 30, 2022. This is the earliest Category 2 storm to make l...

June 3, 2022

Hurricane’s Effect on Local Housing Market

Experts are predicting an above-normal number of hurricanes this year. These severe storms can lead to ongoing financial trauma, including elevated mortgage delinquency rates.

June 6, 2022

Remembering Dr. Frank Nothaft

Over the weekend, we lost a highly respected and admired colleague, Dr. Frank Nothaft, who served as the Chief Economist for CoreLogic. His passing was sudden and unexpected.

June 7, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – June 2022

In April, U.S. home prices rose by almost 20.9% year over year, according to CoreLogic's most recent Home Price Index (HPI) Report.

June 9, 2022

Homeowner Equity Insights – Q1 2022

CoreLogic analysis shows U.S. homeowners with mortgages (roughly 62% of all properties*) have seen their equity increase by a total of over $3.8 trillion since the first quarter of 2021, a gain of 32.2% year over year.

June 14, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – June 2022

In March 2022, 2.7% of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days, down by 2.2 percentage points year over year.

June 15, 2022

A Bowtie of Many Colors

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith shares the memories that she and other CoreLogic employees (former and current) have of Dr. Frank Nothaft in remembrance of his passing.

June 17, 2022

Three Things to Know: US Midwest Severe Weather Outbreak – June 13-15

More than approximately 4 million single-family homes experienced 60 mph or greater wind speeds during the June 13 severe thunderstorm outbreak,

June 21, 2022

April Jump in US Rent Price Growth Puts Pressure on Inflation, Core...

U.S. single-family rent growth continued its hot streak in April, with prices up by 14% year over year, the 13th consecutive month of record-breaking annual gains.

June 22, 2022

The 2022 Hurricane Report

The 2022 Hurricane Report provides insight into property risk, both nationally and by metro area, across single-family homes and multifamily homes from hurricane-driven wind and storm surge.

June 22, 2022

Jump in Mortgage Rates and Home Prices Erode Buyer Affordability

Home buying has remained relatively affordable due to historically low mortgage interest rates, but increasing mortgage rates are cutting into buyer affordability.

June 22, 2022

4 Things to Know About the 2022 Hurricane Season

June 28, 2022

CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index Turns the Corner A...

Despite the surge in mortgage interest rates and high home prices, buyers have remained resilient and continued to seek homes, keeping the market competitive.

June 29, 2022

Three Things to Know: M5.9 Earthquake Khōst, Afghanistan

A magnitude (M) 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan in the early morning hours of June 22

June 29, 2022

CoreLogic CEO: Why Foundational Support Comes from the Top

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to CoreLogic's CEO Pat Dodd about who he is as a leader as well as the insights he has gained about the property market during the first months in his position.

July 1, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q2 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

July 5, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – July 2022

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 20.2% in May 2022 compared with May 2021

July 6, 2022

2021: A Banner Year for the Luxury Home Market

Increases in global wealth has spurred demand for luxury homes in both traditional markets as well as those that have not previously been considered to be luxury markets.

July 7, 2022

Single-Family Investor Activity Bounces Back in the First Quarter o...

Although the real estate market showed signs of receding in Q4 2021, investors resumed their buying spree in early 2022

July 12, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – July 2022

In April 2022, 2.9% of all mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days, down by 1.8 percentage points year over year.

July 13, 2022

Nothing is Certain Except Death and (Property) Taxes

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down CoreLogic Senior Leader of Government Solutions John Gilberti to discuss property taxes, why and how they are collected, the way municipalities use them and what happens if someone is delinquent in paying them.

July 19, 2022

Annual US Single-Family Rent Growth Holds Steady in May but Remains...

Annual U.S. single-family rent growth remained at a record high in May 2022, posting a 13.9% increase from May 2021. This growth matched April’s increase, representing the first time that price growth did not accelerate from the previous month since January 2021. Sustained high rent prices are pa...

July 26, 2022

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Marches to a Slower Beat, U...

Signs of slowing homebuyer demand are spreading wider across markets and are reflected in slowing price appreciation.

July 27, 2022

You want that luxe life? You’ll pay the price.

In this episode, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp to discuss the luxury real estate market both in the U.S. and abroad, as well as dive into the trends driving the sales of these chic abodes.

July 27, 2022

Three Things to Know: Luzon, Philippines Magnitude (M) 7.0 Earthquake

A M7.0 earthquake struck beneath the island of Luzon, Philippines early Wednesday July 27, 2022 The major earthquake struck early Wednesday morning in Abra Province in northwestern Luzon at 8:43 AM local time (00:43 UTC) at a very shallow depth of 10.0 km. The earthquake was the result of oblique...

July 28, 2022

Could Summer 2022 Offer a Glimmer of Sunshine for Homebuyers?

Market conditions remain challenging for U.S. homebuyers, but there are a few reasons to possibly look on the bright side this summer.

July 29, 2022

Holidaze: Luxury Priced Home Sales Heated Up in 2021

Demand for luxury homes in vacation destinations intensified with sales surging by triple-digits.

August 2, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – August 2022

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 18.3% in June 2022 compared with June 2021

August 3, 2022

Three Things to Know: Historic Flooding in Missouri and Kentucky

A slow-moving severe thunderstorm system crossed central Missouri starting mid-afternoon on July 25 bringing record breaking precipitation and floods.

August 3, 2022

Homeowner Equity Reached Record Level in Early 2022

At the end of the first quarter of 2022, the average borrower had $280,000 in home equity — this is a gain of $64,000 over the past year and $125,000 over the past five years. This has led to increased cash-out refinancing and remodeling activity.

August 9, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – August 2022

In May 2022, 2.7% of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days , down by 2 percentage points year over year.

August 10, 2022

Know Your Past, Protect Your Future

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to the President of CoreLogic's Protect Division, Garret Gray to discuss the past, present and future state of hazard insurance as well as explore how technology will help this industry evolve into a more streamlined ecosystem.

August 10, 2022

Three Things to Know: Historic Flooding in Seoul, South Korea

Torrential rains hit the South Korean capital of Seoul. A month’s worth of rain fell in southern Seoul from Monday into Wednesday.

August 11, 2022

Interest Rates Are Up But ARM-Backed Home Purchases Are Way Up

Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) are up significantly amid rising interest rates and homebuyers and investors are flocking to ARMs for better affordability and yields.

August 16, 2022

US Rent Price Growth Slows in June, CoreLogic Reports

Single-family rent prices remain elevated, up 13.4% from one year earlier, but have continued to relax compared with growth seen earlier this year.

August 17, 2022

Q2 2022 Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief

August 17, 2022

New Homes Sales Continue Steady Drop in 2022

Nationally, new home sales have increased their downward slide and have been down over 13% for every month of 2022. Compared to May 2020, at the height of the shutdowns, the decline was only 10%.

August 18, 2022

Returns from Price Appreciation Surpass Returns from Rent, But Not ...

Looking at appreciation alone does not convey the full benefits of owning a home. This is more accurately measured by the sum of price appreciation and rental income flows—the total appreciation.

August 19, 2022

Higher Interest Rates Led to Wider Mortgage Credit Box

Rising interest rates and higher home prices erode home buyer affordability as fewer buyers can afford higher home mortgage costs. As a result, the diminishing demand from borrowers may lead to expansion of mortgage credit availability and mortgage risk as more borrowers are considered who may ha...

August 23, 2022

Three Things to Know: Dallas-Fort Worth Severe Weather Brought Flas...

A flash flood warning is in place for millions residing in Dallas-Fort Worth due to severe weather and heavy rainfall.

August 24, 2022

To Be or Not to Be A Scientist: We Must Ask Girls That Question

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Project Scientist Founder Sandy Marshall and CoreLogic's Project Scientist Liaison Trish Murray to discuss the link between this non-profit, STEM careers for women and CoreLogic’s integral support for this initiative.

August 24, 2022

The Beginning of the End? Single-Family Investor Activity Takes a S...

The share of single-family home purchases made by investors dropped by 8 percentage points from Q1 to Q2, suggesting that these buyers may be more sensitive to interest rate increases than owner-occupied buyers

August 24, 2022

Andrew 2.0: A Reimagined Insurance Industry

August 24th, 2022 marks the 30-year anniversary of one of the most infamous U.S. landfalling hurricanes in recorded history: Hurricane Andrew.

August 29, 2022

School’s in Session: Examining Home Prices Near Top Schools

Following the national trend, home prices near excellent high schools and large public universities posted double-digit gains this summer from one year earlier.

August 30, 2022

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Slows From May to June but...

Housing market activity slowed considerably over the summer, leading to widespread deceleration in home price growth and rising concerns of a real estate downturn.

August 31, 2022

What Makes a Family Home? Hint: It’s Not a White Picket Fence

There are several factors that are near-universal for families when selecting a home, and these center around the well-being of children and their education.

September 1, 2022

Today’s Data Is Tomorrow’s Bigger Picture

Big data is an investment and one from which companies can struggle to gain returns. CoreLogic's Discovery Platform allows enterprises to solve problems and predict outcomes across every aspect of a business.

September 1, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q3 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

September 2, 2022

Demand for Second Homes Declines in 2022 and is Below Pre-Pandemic ...

Demand for second homes surged after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly doubling the pre-pandemic demand level in late 2020.

September 5, 2022

Small Investors Chose to Sell Properties Rather than Rent Them Duri...

Fueled by the housing supply shortage and historically low mortgage rates during the pandemic, both home prices and rents hit new highs. With home price growth at record levels, some single-family investors sold their rental portfolios to extract the equity gains.

September 6, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – September 2022

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 15.8% in July 2022 compared with July 2021

September 7, 2022

Why Climate Change Should Take More Real Estate in Industry Convers...

The ILS market is intended to compensate for economic losses arising from extreme weather events and is inherently subject to the impacts that our changing climate has on that covered risk.

September 7, 2022

Three Things to Know: Typhoon Hinnamnor hits South Korea

An early morning landfall brought winds, storm surge and heavy rainfall to South Korea

September 8, 2022

The 2022 Wildfire Risk Report

As rising global temperatures continue to contribute to increasingly hazardous wildfire seasons, it is more important than ever for homeowners, insurers, and governments to understand the risk these hazards pose to their communities.

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.

September 9, 2022

Homeowner Equity Insights – Q2 2022

CoreLogic analysis shows U.S. homeowners with mortgages (roughly 63% of all properties*) have seen their equity increase by a total of over $3.6 trillion since the second quarter of 2021, a gain of 27.8% year over year.

September 13, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – September 2022

In June 2022, 2.9% of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days or more including those in foreclosure. This represents a 1.5 percentage point decrease in the overall delinquency rate compared with June 2021.

September 14, 2022

Are Mega-Investors Behind the Record Price Appreciation?

The share of single-family homes purchased by investors went from 16% in 2020 to 24% in 2021, and the outsized presence of mega-investors raises concerns that they are driving up prices and muscling potential homeowners out of the market.

September 15, 2022

Three Things to Know: Flooded Streets and Basements in Chicago

Cook County’s flash flood-prone exposure

September 20, 2022

CoreLogic: Annual US Rent Price Growth Slows for Third Consecutive ...

Attached single-family rental price growth slightly outpaced detached price growth in July, a respective 12.6% and 11.9%, moving away from pandemic-era preferences for detached rentals.

September 21, 2022

Understanding Weather Risk: The Consequences Will Blow You Away

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to George Gallagher, who is a principal account executive at CoreLogic, to discuss how climate change impacts the risk factors against which homes are insured, as well as cover recently released SEC guidance that is intended to enhance and standardize climate-rel...

September 23, 2022

Three Things to Know: Hurricane Fiona Heads to Canada

Hurricane Fiona is the first major storm of the 2022 season and is heading north from Bermuda on a collision course with Eastern Canada.

September 26, 2022

Without Strategies for Resilience, Intensifying Storms Are Poised t...

With 31 million homes at risk of wind damage and 7.5 million facing surge damage — which are the two main causes of loss from these storms according to CoreLogic data— it is important to understand overall property risk to minimize damage and accelerate recovery.

September 26, 2022

Southern California Home Resale Activity

The Southern California Home Resale Activity report is updated monthly to show the most recent sales volume and median prices for existing single family and condo sales for each SoCal zip code and county.

September 26, 2022

Slow-Moving Hurricane Ian Threatens More than 1 Million Homes Along...

September 27, 2022

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Takes Another Step Back in...

The surge in mortgage rates has brought the housing market to an impasse. Many buyers moved to the sidelines as the cost of homeownership became prohibitively high, while sellers were unwilling to give up locked-in record-low interest rates and expectations of peak sales prices.

September 27, 2022

California Home Sale Activity by City

The California by City Home Sale Activity report is updated monthly to show the most recent sales volume and median prices for each city in most California counties, as well as county totals and prices.

September 28, 2022

US Home Supply Pressure Eases its Stranglehold but Remains Constricted

As mortgage rates slow the buying frenzy, long-standing housing supply pressures began to ease. However, the supply of homes remains lower than pre-pandemic averages.

September 28, 2022

A History-Making Hurricane Brings High Flash Flood Risk to More Tha...

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) currently forecasts that the entire state of Florida is at some level of flash flood risk due to heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ian.

September 29, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – September 2022 (Second Edition)

For the month of July, 3% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency, representing a 1.2 percentage point decrease compared to 4.2% in July 2021.

September 29, 2022

CoreLogic Estimates $28 Billion to $47 Billion in Insured Losses fr...

According to CoreLogic data analysis, estimated insured losses for flooding damages to residential and commercial properties in Florida resulting from Hurricane Ian are between $28 billion and $47 billion.

October 4, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – October 2022

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased by 13.5% in August 2022 on an annual basis.

October 5, 2022

Total Home Value Extends Beyond the Numbers

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic Principal Economist Molly Boesel to talk about today’s economic trends in the housing market and how tracking them has revealed that perhaps things are not as dire as they might seem.

October 6, 2022

Piggyback Lending Shrinks During the Pandemic Housing Boom

At a time when record-low interest rates prompted home-buying frenzies, surging property values and mortgage lending, piggyback financing has missed out in the current pandemic housing boom.

October 6, 2022

The Post-Landfall Impact of Hurricane Fiona on Eastern Canada

Hurricane Fiona, the first major hurricane of the 2022 season, made landfall in Nova Scotia and New Foundland on Saturday. Severe winds and rain are impacting Canada’s Atlantic Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity and destroying homes and businesses.

October 6, 2022

CoreLogic Estimates $41 Billion to $70 Billion in Insured and Unins...

CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, announced its updated and final damage estimates for Hurricane Ian

October 12, 2022

Average Total Down Payment Reached an All-Time High in 2022

After down payment amounts barreled downward during the housing crisis of the Great Recession, they have since steadily increased. Recently, the pandemic incited a surge that has led to record highs.

October 14, 2022

The Return of Home Equity Line of Credit Activity

Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and home equity loans are gaining popularity as homeowners seek to tap their accumulated equity.

October 18, 2022

US Rent Growth Continues to Slow in August, CoreLogic Reports

Annual U.S. single-family rent growth was up by 11.4% in August, marking the fourth straight month of year-over-year declines.

October 19, 2022

Weathering the Storm: Will Hurricane Ian Upend the Florida Insuranc...

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic Sr. Catastrophe Response Manager Jon Schneyer to talk about how the insurance industry in Florida is facing significant ramification from Hurricane Ian.

October 21, 2022

HELOC Loans May Be the Next Threat for Mortgage Fraud

CoreLogic estimates that one in 131 mortgage applications had indications of fraud in the second quarter of 2022, and HELOC loans seem to be an increasing concern.

October 25, 2022

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Retracts Rapidly Amid Surg...

In August, the CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index posted a 13% year-over-year increase, down from a 15.6% gain in July, marking the fifth straight month of decelerating annual home price appreciation.

October 26, 2022

The Pace of Home Sales Slows As Mortgage Rates Pick Up

Although more than half of homes sold within 30 days, the median number of days they are staying on the market is growing.

October 27, 2022

The Impact of Flood Risk on Property Values – A Case Study in...

A new study also suggested that climate change will increase the risk of flooding by more than 26% by 2050. But what effect does flood risk have on real estate?

October 27, 2022

Q3 2022 Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief

October 27, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – October 2022

Only 2.8% of U.S. homeowners with mortgages were delinquent in August, the lowest level since near the start of the pandemic.

October 28, 2022

Five Years Later: The Tubbs Fire

As with other natural disasters, the October Firestorm had significant impacts on California’s economy – including personal economics for thousands of households.

November 1, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – November 2022

U.S. home price growth continued to relax on a year-over-year basis in September, posting an 11.4% increase.

November 2, 2022

Jumbo-Sized Financial Risk With a Side of Climate Change

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic’s Public Policy and Industry Relations Executive Pete Carroll to discuss how climate-related financial risk influences government policy with a focus on President Biden’s Executive Order 14030.

November 3, 2022

How Much Did US Home Prices Actually Fall in July?

Home price appreciation dropped in July for the first time since December 2018, ending a 40-month streak of growth.

November 7, 2022

Does the Housing Recession Tell Us Anything About the Prospects of ...

Housing declines are historically a harbinger for recessions, but does this mean that it a recession is imminent?

November 8, 2022

Real Estate Technology Has Changed the Game but Hasn’t Replaced the...

Despite the ubiquitous nature of the internet, the human element of real estate transactions remains a critical part of the journey.

November 8, 2022

Three Things to Know: Fast-Moving Nicole Approaches Florida

Tropical storm Nicole is currently migrating on a southwestern track across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Bahamas and Florida. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is forecasting Nicole to make landfall in Florida around 1AM EST on Thursday.

November 9, 2022

Higher Mortgage Rates Lead to Strong Lock-In Effect

With current mortgage rates at over 6%, the vast majority (99%) of outstanding mortgage debt has a lower mortgage rate locked in.

November 11, 2022

The Impact of Flood Risk on Property Values

In this study, we analyzed the impact of flood risk on property values beyond the traditional in/out of flood zones by using a more granular flood risk score developed by CoreLogic.

November 11, 2022

CoreLogic’s Discovery Platform™: A Perspective from a Data Scientist

Exploring the nuances of the property market begins with good data Accessible data analysis is the gold standard for companies seeking to become leaders within the property and real estate industry. The Discovery Platform is a key tool to increase the speed at which market analysis is gathered an...

November 11, 2022

Hurricane Nicole: A Rare November Event

Nicole made landfall in the U.S. as a Category 1 hurricane on North Hutchinson Island near Vero Beach in Florida at approximately 3 a.m. EST on Thursday, November 10, 2022.

November 15, 2022

CoreLogic: Annual Single-Family Rent Growth Decelerates for Fifth C...

U.S. single-family rental prices were up by 10.2% year over year in September, with Miami posting gains of almost double the national average

November 16, 2022

Propped Up on Data

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic's real estate tech solutions expert Mark Weaver to discuss how PropTech is influencing the property industry, as well as what the future of big data and AI might look like.

November 17, 2022

Uncovering Markets With Price Decline Potential

Discovery Platform Notebook: CBSAs with the largest increases in price declines House prices and the risk of house price decline are in the spotlight thanks to the recent increase in U.S. mortgage rates. CoreLogic collaborated with Fortune Magazine to provide insight into which markets have the g...

November 21, 2022

We Buy, You Buy, iBuy: PropTech Finds Its Place in Traditional Real...

While options like iBuying should not be overlooked, it can also be helpful to consult a real estate agent because they can offer advice that stems from learned experience.

November 23, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – November 2022

U.S. overall mortgage delinquencies dropped for the 18th consecutive month year over year in September.

November 23, 2022

Why Is the US Not Experiencing the Price Declines Seen in Other Cou...

Following an unprecedented boom in global housing prices, countries are experiencing pricing corrections.

November 29, 2022

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Growth Rate Approaches Sin...

Home prices grew by 10.6% year over year in September, marking the sixth consecutive month of annual declines.

November 30, 2022

Diversity in Data: How DE&I Influences Our Business

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith hosts a round table with CoreLogic's Employee Resource Group leaders to discuss why diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to fostering a leading and innovative workplace.

November 30, 2022

November 2022 Southeastern US Severe Weather Outbreak

CoreLogic Tornado Verification Technology confirms Nov. 29 severe weather outbreak, including tornadic activity, in the southeastern states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

December 6, 2022

U.S. Home Price Insights – December 2022

U.S. home prices were up by 10.1% year over year in October, about half the annual growth recorded this spring.

December 7, 2022

Quick Take: Appraisal Gap Normalizes Amid a Cooling Housing Market

Since May 2022, the appraisal gap has seen a precipitous decline at the same time that higher mortgage rates are squeezing buyers.

December 7, 2022

Finding Perspective

I will never forget it. It was July 18th, 1996, and the meteorologists were all over the news talking of severe weather, including strong tornadoes. That’s the kind of news a property adjuster watches closely – not just for your family’s safety, but because it is an indicator of what the next few...

December 8, 2022

The New Normal? Single-Family Investor Activity Remains Steady in Q3

The share of single-family homes purchased by investors rose every month in Q3 to reach 26% in September.

December 9, 2022

Homeowner Equity Insights – Q3 2022

U.S. homeowners gained a total of $2.2 trillion in equity in the third quarter, up by 15.8% year over year but down significantly from the second quarter.

December 13, 2022

The Safest Places to Live in the US for Natural Disasters

CoreLogic’s Climate Risk Analytics solution can not only identify areas that are currently low risk, but it can also stress test those hazard risks across various future climate scenarios.

December 14, 2022

What Does 2023 Hold for the Housing Market and Property Industry?

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith hosts a round table with Tom Larsen, Scott Giberson, Garret Gray and Selma Hepp to wrap up the 2022 season and give their outlook for the year ahead.

December 16, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q4 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

December 16, 2022

Dec. 13 – 15 US Winter Storm: Blizzard Conditions and Tornadoes

A nationwide winter storm brought blizzard conditions to the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest and spawned tornadoes across the Southeast from Texas to Florida.

December 20, 2022

Annual US Single-Family Rent Price Growth Falls to Single Digits in...

U.S. single-family rent growth posted an 8.8% year-over-year gain in October, the sixth straight month of annual declines.

December 21, 2022

Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Leaves 70% of Homes in Humboldt County Wit...

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near Humboldt County, California early on Dec. 20 leaving approximately 70,000 homes without power.

December 21, 2022

How Rising Mortgage Rates Eroded Housing Affordability in 2022

The question of housing affordability is a common one, and with P&I payments 58% higher than last year, this question has become even more urgent.

December 26, 2022

Catch Up With the Core Conversations Team

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith speaks with the CoreLogic team members who work behind the scenes of this podcast.

December 27, 2022

Loan Performance Insights – December 2022

Both the U.S. mortgage delinquency rate and foreclosure rate remained near historic lows in October.

December 28, 2022

Millennial Homebuyers’ Share Continues to Rise in 2022

In addition to younger Millennials, Gen Z members are also likely to fuel the demand for housing over the next couple of years, especially if affordability improves.

January 3, 2023

U.S. Home Price Insights – January 2023

Annual home price growth dipped to the lowest level in two years in November 2022.

January 5, 2023

Looking Back on 2022: Key Housing Market Takeaways

Read CoreLogic's year-end wrap-up for a high-level overview of major home price and housing market trends.

January 10, 2023

Is the Pandemic-Induced Move to the Suburbs Over?

Americans showed an increased preference for buying homes in suburban areas during the height of the pandemic, but that trend could now be shifting.

January 11, 2023

Welcome Back to Season 3 of Core Conversations: A CoreLogic Podcast

Curious about what Season 3 of Core Conversations has in store for listeners? Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith has a few fun ideas for next year.

January 12, 2023

A Good Offense Is the Best Defense to Prevent Undisclosed Debt

Application monitoring and borrower debt verification are critical components of the loan processing process in order for lenders to avoid the financial consequences of a loan that never closes.

January 13, 2023

Atmospheric Rivers and Bomb Cyclones Saturate California in the New...

A series of atmospheric rivers and a bomb cyclone have inundated and saturated much of California starting in late December. Flooding, mudslides, sinkholes and severe winds are responsible for damage to property and infrastructure across parts of the state.

January 17, 2023

CoreLogic: US Annual Rent Growth Drops for the Seventh Straight Mon...

Annual single-family rent price growth dropped to the lowest level in a year and a half in November 2022.

January 18, 2023

Serious Delinquency Rates for All Mortgage Loan Types Continue to Fall

The nation’s overall mortgage delinquency rates have improved significantly over the last year, according to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report

January 20, 2023

January 12 Tornado Outbreak in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia

CoreLogic®️ estimates approximately 16,800 single- and multifamily residential properties with a combined reconstruction value (RCV) of $4.5B were within the Jan. 12 tornado paths in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

January 20, 2023

Construction Claims – January 2023

Defined Regions To keep our clients informed of current market trends, CoreLogic® has curated a monthly bulletin of regional construction cost insights that are reflected in the CoreLogic Claims Pricing Database. CoreLogic’s experts combine current month pricing data with four common loss scenari...

January 25, 2023

Appraising PropTech Innovation: Do Short-Term Changes Have Long-Ter...

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic Chief Appraiser to learn about how banks are leveraging PropTech to determine the worth of a home, as well as the consequences that innovation has on markets, loans and affordability.

January 26, 2023

Loan Performance Insights – January 2023

While the overall U.S. mortgage delinquency rate declined year over year in November, 18 metros saw at least slight upticks.

January 27, 2023

How New Appraisal Waiver Policies Affect Old Homebuying Practices

Electing to accept an appraisal waiver may make the difference between closing on a loan and getting stuck in a repeat bidding cycle.

January 31, 2023

January 24 EF-3 Tornado in Harris County, Texas

CoreLogic Tornado Forensics Technology captured the EF-3 tornado path that ripped through southeastern Harris County on Jan. 24 to damage homes and disrupt industrial operations.

January 31, 2023

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Growth Rate Cools Further i...

Annual U.S. home price growth continued to relax in November for the seventh straight month.

February 7, 2023

U.S. Home Price Insights – February 2023

U.S. home prices continued to slow on a year-over-year basis in December 2022, moving down to 6.9%.

February 7, 2023

M7.5 – 7.8 Earthquake Sequence Near Turkey-Syria Border

A sequence of powerful earthquakes struck near the Turkey-Syria border, with three of the earthquakes registering magnitudes exceeding 6.5.

February 8, 2023

PropTech’s Convenience Will Cost You, But How Much?

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down again with CoreLogic Real Estate Tech Solutions expert Mark Weaver to talk about how the market is disrupting the PropTech and iBuying innovation.

February 9, 2023

Q4 2022 Quarterly Mortgage Fraud Brief

February 9, 2023

5 Key Takeaways From INTRCONNECT 2023

In January, CoreLogic hosted its first-ever INTRCONNECT conference where hundreds of property insurance and restoration professionals gathered to learn and collaborate on the development of the future of the industry. To help future-proof your business, we’ve put together 5 key takeaways for the ...

February 10, 2023

Key Insights into the New Wildfire Risk Assessment for California P...

CoreLogic established the Wildfire Mitigation Score – a comprehensive wildfire risk scoring system that evaluates a property based on the wildfire mitigation actions.

February 13, 2023

Miami Homeowners Could Lose $7.9B in Property Values Under Severe C...

CoreLogic's Climate Risk Analytics provides a comprehensive solution for understanding and mitigating the risks associated with climate change under various IPCC scenarios.

February 13, 2023

New property API products for February 2023

New Property API Products in SDP v2 CoreLogic’s API Property Data Solutions are starting the year strong with several new APIs focused on mortgages, liens, and propensity models. Mortgage and marketing professionals will want to pay particular attention. These propensity models provide access to ...

February 15, 2023

PropTech’s Convenience Will Cost You, But How Much? | Part Two | 2

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith continues her conversation with CoreLogic Real Estate Tech Solutions expert Mark Weaver to discuss what the market tipping point for the success of iBuyers will be and how much people will be willing to pay for the sake of convenience.

February 16, 2023

The Housing Price Gap Is Converging for the First Time in a Decade

This is the first time the price spread converged since the housing crisis ended in July 2012.

February 20, 2023

Construction Claims – February 2023

February 21, 2023

CoreLogic: US Annual Rent Price Growth Dropped by Nearly Half in De...

Single-family rent prices were still up by about 6% year over year in December 2022, but increases keep cooling.

February 21, 2023

Another Earthquake in Turkey: M6.3 Earthquake Near Turkey-Syria Border

Just two weeks after a sequence of powerful earthquakes struck near the Turkey and Syria border, a magnitude (M) 6.3 earthquake impacted areas west of Aleppo, Syria.

February 23, 2023

Loan Performance Insights – February 2023

The U.S. overall mortgage delinquency rate remained low in December 2022, though 65 metro areas saw annual upticks.

February 28, 2023

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Down by 4.4% From Peak in D...

Home price growth continued to drop on an annual basis in the final month of 2022, with major West Coast cities seeing significant deceleration since the spring peak.

February 28, 2023

Understand A Community. Identify Investment Patterns. Repeat Success.

When it comes to expansion possibilities for property investors and retail stores, often a map of the United States seems like a dart board onto which development decisions are pinned using imprecise aim. Much like hitting a bullseye, sometimes this technique works out better than others. But wha...

February 28, 2023

CoreLogic Celebrates Black History Month Through Storytelling

Black History Month, which takes place annually in February, is a time to recognize and celebrate the Black Americans throughout history who paved the paths, broke the barriers and opened the doors for today’s Black leaders. From civil rights leaders to inventors and artists to scientists, Black ...

March 1, 2023

Will Wildfire Risk Mitigation Requirements Change the California In...

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Paul Brown, CoreLogic's Director of Insurance Market Strategy for Hazard and Risk Management about how insurers will need to access Big Data to effectively translate homeowner wildfire risk mitigation efforts into insurance discounts.

March 2, 2023

Is Housing Affordability a Remote Concept?

Housing affordability is essential, but more affordable homes are located outside of major metros. Are they accessible?

March 3, 2023

Single-Family Home Investor Share Remained High in Q4 2022, With Sm...

The overall share of home investors held steady during the fourth quarter but remains significantly higher than it did before the pandemic. CoreLogic's Office of The Chief Economist breaks down the numbers.

March 6, 2023

Homebuyer Exodus From Big, High-Cost Coastal Metros Continued in 2022

During the pandemic, more people moved out of expensive metros in search of affordability, outdoor amenities and warmer weather. However, homebuyers’ location choice may shift again.

March 7, 2023

US Home Price Insights – March 2023

Home price gains kept falling in January 2023, down to 5.5% nationwide.

March 8, 2023

Will Wildfire Risk Mitigation Requirements Change the California In...

In Part 2, Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith continues the conversation about how insurers will need to access Big Data to effectively translate homeowner wildfire risk mitigation efforts into insurance discounts.

March 8, 2023

International Women’s Day 2023: Embracing Equity

International Women's Day 2023 (IWD) at CoreLogic is a day to recognize the need for collective action to create a more just and equitable world.

March 9, 2023

Homeowner Equity Insights – Q4 2022

Annual U.S. home equity gains continued to slide during the fourth quarter of 2022 and declined substantially since the first quarter.

March 16, 2023

March 2023 Atmospheric Rivers in California

CoreLogic estimates 5,895 single- and multifamily residential properties at risk of flooding from atmospheric rivers in California.

March 20, 2023

Construction Claims – March 2023

March 21, 2023

US Annual Rent Growth Slows to Nearly Two-Year Low in January, Core...

Rent growth cooled again year over year in January, with all 20 metros posting single-digit gains.

March 21, 2023

M6.8 Earthquake Near the Coast of Ecuador

CoreLogic estimates that insurable losses from the Ecuador earthquake will be up to $600 million.

March 22, 2023

What Was it Really Like to Live Through the California Floods? Our ...

A Conversation With Kent David and Tom Larsen Since the beginning of the year, California has been drenched by atmospheric rivers. The flooding in California has transformed the perception of sunny beaches and eternal summer into images of submerged streets and mudslides. However, in such a large...

March 24, 2023

A Rare Los Angeles Tornado and Near Hurricane-Force Winds in San Fr...

CoreLogic Weather Verification Services captured wind and tornado footprints from the severe weather system in California.

March 28, 2023

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Gain Slows to Pre-Pandemic ...

The index continued to decline year over year in January, again posting a single-digit gain.

March 29, 2023

What Was it Really Like to Live Through the California Floods? Our ...

In Part 2, host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks about the atmospheric rivers and the snow that has made headlines and headway in altering California’s natural hazard landscape.

March 29, 2023

March 24 EF-4 Tornado in Mississippi

CoreLogic estimates over 4,100 homes were within the path of the tornado that hit Mississippi on March 24, 2023.

March 30, 2023

Loan Performance Insights – March 2023

U.S. mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates continued to hold near record lows in January.

March 30, 2023

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q1 2023

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

March 31, 2023

2023 Severe Convective Storm Risk Report

April 3, 2023

Investors Chased Rents in 2022. Is it Coming Back to Bite Them?

Small investor activity has shown resilience, with mom-and-pop investors retaining market share even as prices increase.

April 4, 2023

US Home Price Insights – April 2023

Annual home price growth dropped to 4.4% in February, the lowest since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 4, 2023

Severe Thunderstorms Hit Across Central US

A severe weather outbreak including tornadoes and hail may have impacted approximately 358,000 homes worth an estimated $83.2B across the central U.S.

April 5, 2023

First-Time Homebuyer Share Bounces Back Despite Affordability Chall...

While the share of first-time homebuyers declined throughout much of 2022 due to mortgage rate hikes, it recently rebounded.

April 5, 2023

Construction Claims – April 2023

To keep our clients informed of current market trends, CoreLogic curates a monthly bulletin of regional construction cost insights that are reflected in the CoreLogic Claims Pricing Database. Read the April 2023 report for details.

April 6, 2023

April 4 Severe Thunderstorms May Have Impacted Up to $202.5B in Res...

CoreLogic estimates 578,900 homes may have sustained hail damage during the April 4 severe weather outbreak.

April 10, 2023

New Homes Sales Steadily Dropped in 2022

After the real estate housing market recorded a record 18.25% appreciation in March 2022, annual new home price appreciation slowed to 4%.

April 12, 2023

Post-Ian Florida: Did the Insurance Market Sink or Swim? Inside Sco...

CoreLogic's Senior Catastrophe Response Manager Jon Schneyer to discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Ian’s impact on the Florida coast six months later.

April 13, 2023

Flash Flooding in Broward County, Florida

Record-setting rainfall on April 12 puts 67,000 homes in Broward County, Florida at risk for flash flooding.

April 17, 2023

More First-Time Homebuyers Reside in Midwestern and High-Tech Coast...

Millennial first-time homebuyers are most prevalent in the affordable Midwest and costal metros with high-tech job opportunities.

April 18, 2023

CoreLogic: US Annual Rent Growth Declined for 10th Straight Month i...

All tracked U.S. metro areas saw single-digit annual rental price growth in February, ranging from 7.8% to 0.3%.

April 19, 2023

Post-Ian Florida: Did the Insurance Market Sink or Swim? Inside Sco...

In Part 2, we dive into what Hurricane Ian's damage looked like on the ground and what storm losses could look like in Florida's future.

April 21, 2023

Earth Day: Climate Change Takes Center Stage in the Property Market...

CoreLogic's Climate Risk Analytics can help define climate risk management solutions for property portfolios.

April 24, 2023

April 19 – Severe Thunderstorms Across Central US

CoreLogic estimates 413,013 homes may have sustained hail damage during April 19 severe thunderstorms.

April 25, 2023

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Gain Slows to a Crawl, Up b...

Home price growth dipped on an annual basis for the 10th consecutive month in February.

April 26, 2023

Nearly 60% of US Homes Sold Below List Price

Affordability in the property market continues to be a challenge, leading to fewer homes selling above list price.

April 27, 2023

Loan Performance Insights – April 2023

U.S. mortgage performance remained solid in February, with the overall delinquency rate down for the 23rd straight month year over year.

May 2, 2023

US Home Price Insights – May 2023

Annual U.S. home price growth dropped to the lowest rate since 2012 in March.

May 3, 2023

Has the Economy Locked in US Housing Market Price Stagnation?

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic Principal Economist Molly Boesel to discuss what is really happening in the housing market and how these trends will affect the future.

May 10, 2023

Has the Economy Locked in US Housing Market Price Stagnation? | Part 2

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith and CoreLogic Principal Economist Molly Boesel to continue the conversation about interest rates, housing market trends and home prices.

May 11, 2023

Out of Control: Early Season Alberta Wildfires

Early season wildfires force tens of thousands from their homes and halt oil and gas operations across Alberta this month.

May 15, 2023

Construction Claims – May 2023

May 2023 bulletin of regional construction cost insights reflecting the CoreLogic Claims Pricing Database.

May 16, 2023

CoreLogic: Annual US Single-Family Rent Growth Continues Downward S...

Annual U.S. rental cost growth continued to slow in March, with two Western metro areas posting declines.

May 17, 2023

Seven of 10 Riskiest US Climate Locations Are Appreciating Faster t...

In the U.S., the cities most vulnerable to climate change are also the ones where home prices are appreciating faster than the national rate.

May 22, 2023

Total Investor Home Purchases Are Unlikely to Dip Due to Rising Int...

Mega-investors, iBuyers and home flippers are leaving the housing market in droves, but investor home purchases from smaller investors remains strong.

May 24, 2023

Property Peril: Using Data Science to Examine Riskiest US Areas to ...

Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with CoreLogic Chief Scientist Howard Botts to discuss the riskiest places to live in the U.S. for natural disasters.

May 24, 2023

Typhoon Mawar (02W) Passes Between Guam and Rota

Typhoon Mawar (02W) passed between Guam and Rota on May 24 with 140 mph winds, torrential rain and devastating storm surge.

May 25, 2023

Loan Performance Insights – May 2023

The U.S. overall mortgage delinquency rate dropped to a new all-time low in March.

May 30, 2023

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Posts a Small Gain in March...

While the index posted its lowest year-over-year growth since 2012 in March, monthly gains suggest that home prices could heat up again.

May 31, 2023

The Most Climate-Resilient Places to Live in the US According to Da...

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith investigates where data science says the safest places to live in the U.S. will be in the face of climate change.

May 31, 2023

2023 Hurricane Risk Report

The 2023 Hurricane Risk Report provides insight into property risk, both nationally and by metro area, across single-family homes and multifamily homes from hurricane-driven wind and storm surge.

June 1, 2023

Modernizing Loan Origination Workflows: A Shortcut Through the Mort...

Roostify brings borrower and property data to the forefront, revolutionizing the lending experience Lengthy and confusing. Frustrating for borrowers and lenders alike. Consumed by high costs and delays. This is how many homeowners view today’s mortgage lending workflow. A significant challe...

June 2, 2023

Top Three Myths About Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Coverag...

Just because national flood insurance program coverage is not required on a home, doesn't mean a house should be uninsured.

June 2, 2023

Wildfires in Canada Spreading, New Fires in Additional Provinces

Canada wildfires continue to burn across Alberta and new fires ignite in Nova Scotia, damaging homes near Halifax.

June 5, 2023

FCHLPM Certifies CoreLogic Catastrophe Modeling Software for 2023 A...

As 2023 Atlantic hurricane season begins, CoreLogic receives FCHLPM certification for its Catastrophe Modeling Software.

June 6, 2023

US Home Price Insights – June 2023

U.S. home price growth continued to slow in April, dropping to 2% year over year.

June 7, 2023

Bank Failures and CCAR Stress Testing: The Crossroads of Climate Ch...

CCAR stress tests may become key as the Federal Reserve Board asks banks to consider their climate-related risk.

June 8, 2023

Homeowner Equity Insights – Q1 2023

U.S. homeowners with a mortgage lost equity on an annual basis for the first time since 2012, but that trend may not last long.

June 9, 2023

The Five Biggest Challenges for Banks When it Comes to Climate Risk

Climate change risk and the challenges facing central banks and financial regulators are set to become more pressing.

June 12, 2023

The Science Behind the Storm: El Niño and the 2023 Hurricane Season

Meteorologists based the hurricane season 2023 outlooks on the return of ENSO neutral and El Niño conditions. What does this mean?

June 13, 2023

Construction Claims – June 2023

June 2023 bulletin of regional construction cost insights reflecting the CoreLogic Claims Pricing Database.

June 14, 2023

MISMO’s Guide to Reshaping the Mortgage Industry, Leaving Pap...

Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with Sage Nichols to talk about how MISMO can pave the way for modernizing the mortgage industry.

June 15, 2023

Exposing the Top Misconceptions About Climate Physical Risk in Real...

In this three-part series, CoreLogic and BCG dive into how physical climate risk is shaping the future of U.S. housing.

June 16, 2023

Residential Real Estate: Largest US Asset Class but Not Biggest Eco...

U.S. residential real estate is worth more than all publicly listed companies, according to CoreLogic data, with most of that wealth concentrated in detached, single-family homes.

June 16, 2023

Cyclone Biparjoy (02A) Makes Landfall in Gujarat, Near India-Pakist...

Significant flood and wind damage in Gujarat, India after Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall.

June 19, 2023

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q2 2023

CoreLogic tracks construction costs for all types of goods (labor and materials) for commercial, residential and agricultural construction throughout the United States and Canada.

June 20, 2023

US Single-Family Rent Growth Continues Yearlong Descent in April, C...

Although annual single-family rent growth dropped for the 12th straight month in April, costs are still up substantially since early 2020.

June 21, 2023

How Can Property Data Influence Processes to Simplify Mortgage Loan...

Core Conversations explores how more property data and automation improves the overall mortgage loan origination process.

June 22, 2023

Unleash Next-Level Property Insights With CoreLogic Data In Snowfla...

Connect to data within a single environment and enriching it with the analyses available through CoreLogic’s native apps.

June 23, 2023

2023 Hurricane Season to Hit Hottest US Housing Markets

The shift to El Niño for the 2023 hurricane season may affect activity in the Atlantic, and not all housing markets have the same physical risk.

June 23, 2023

Severe Thunderstorms Bring Wind, Hail and Damage

Storms from June 11-15 brought strong straight-line winds, record-sized hail, and tornadoes, causing substantial damage to U.S. properties.

June 26, 2023

Rising Rates Lead to Increase in Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM) Act...

The share of U.S. homebuyers who are taking out ARM loans has risen significantly since the height of the pandemic.

June 27, 2023

US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index Posts a Small Annual Declin...

The US CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index saw its first year-over-year decline in more than a decade in April.

June 29, 2023

Loan Performance Insights – June 2023

Although nearly a dozen states saw overall mortgage delinquencies rise year over year in April, U.S. home loan performance remains very strong.

July 5, 2023

Are Rate Locks the Negotiation Key for Lenders to Secure Loans in t...

Rate locks in the real estate market: what are they, why they are trending in the housing market and what that may mean for lenders looking to retain or gain new business.

July 6, 2023

Diving Into the Impact of Climate Change on Miami’s Multifamily Pro...

CoreLogic Principal Economist Yanling Mayer examines the impact that natural disaster risks could have on property values in South Florida.

July 7, 2023

Prop Tech Innovates the Answer to “What’s This House Worth?”

Not all AVM models are created equal. The difference lies in the data.

July 10, 2023

Construction Claims – July 2023

July 2023 bulletin of regional construction cost insights reflecting the CoreLogic Claims Pricing Database.

July 10, 2023

Construction Database Pricing: CoreLogic Methodology

CoreLogic’s claims estimation solutions utilize the CoreLogic Construction Database, which stores cost data for different resources and services relevant to the construction industry. To generate this data, CoreLogic’s team of contractors, estimators, custom builders, architects, engineers, adjus...

July 11, 2023

US Home Price Insights – July 2023

U.S. annual home price growth dropped to the lowest level in 11 years in May, though monthly gains are bouncing back.

July 12, 2023

What Is the Future of Mortgage Interest Rates in the Current Real E...

A Conversation With Molly Boesel When it comes to financing a home in the current real estate market, the interest rate on a loan is of chief concern for buyers. That has resulted in a growing interest in rate locks from buyers, sellers, builders and lenders. 80% In fact, rate locks as a negotiat...

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Strong Dollar Discourages Many Foreign Homebuyers in the US

The Winds of Change are Blowing

Demographic Bulge to Drive Long-term Home Sale and Rental Markets

Market Value vs. Replacement Cost

Determining Reconstruction Costs

Boomerang Buyers Making a Gradual Return

How Big Is My House?

Health of the Housing Market in the Top 100 Cities – Part I

Health of the Housing Market in the Top 100 Cities – Part II

Land Values Drive Home Price Volatility

Effective Age Versus Actual Age

“I must be covered; I have Homeowners Insurance!”

Earthquake Risk: Spotlight on Probabilistic Loss Modeling

Foreclosure Report Highlights: 10-Year Retrospect of the US Residen...

The More, The Merrier

The Evolving Role of Content Providers in the Property Ecosystem

A Report Card for Commercial Building Construction

Making the Adjustment

Five Reasons Why Mortgage Fraud is Hard to Detect

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

Will Putting “Won’t Last” in a Housing Listing Comment Help It Sell?

Millennial Homebuyers Are Not All the Same

How Much Is Your Home’s Collateral Value?

Home Price Winners and Losers

Special Report: Evaluating the Housing Market Since the Great Reces...

Selecting the Right Valuation Solution for Your Loan Portfolio

What is the purpose of Hazard HQ and who is it designed for?

Supporting Financial Literacy

The Hidden Force of a Hurricane

The Impact of Getting Insurance to Values (ITV) Wrong

What Does the Future Hold for the Mortgage Origination Process?

Why Are Jumbo Loans Cheaper than Conforming Loans?

A Tale of Two Hurricanes: Lane & Iniki

Podcast – Impact of Drones on Housing [Part 1]

Kilauea’s Lava Lessons

Podcast – Impact of Drones on Housing [Part 2]

Guy Carpenter Licenses the CoreLogic U.S. Inland Flood Model

5 Tips for Roof Repair

The Impact of Natural Catastrophe on Mortgage Delinquency

Debt-to-Income Is the Number One Reason for Denied Mortgage Applica...

Mortgages Are Denied More Often in Underserved Areas

The New Normal in Homes Sales is About a Million Fewer Sales Per Year

Honoring Those Who Defend Our Freedom

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