Housing Policy

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...

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 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...