Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Last year, National General Lender Services published an article highlighting that secondary perils, such as severe convective storms, wildfires, and river floods, are significantly impacting the insurance industry. This progress enables them to continue offering coverage in difficult markets.

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JULY 25, 2023

HousingWire recently spoke with Matic CEO and co-founder Ben Madick about the changing home insurance market, how it impacts mortgage lenders and homeowners, and why lenders should pay attention. HousingWire: What is the current home insurance market like? Back in 2020, insurance premiums averaged $1,637 in Texas.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Homeowners in California now have even fewer choices in homeowners insurance carriers. The Hartford Financial Services Group , better known as The Hartford, announced Wednesday that it would no longer issue new homeowners insurance policies in California starting in February 2024. Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Co.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Rising mortgage rates , lower homebuyer demand and fewer homeowners choosing to sell their homes caused the housing market to slow during the second half of 2022. In the title insurance industry this resulted in a drop in capital adequacy , according to a report released Friday by Fitch Ratings.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Homeowners are increasingly concerned with flood insurance premium hikes impacting affordability, Fannie Mae ‘s latest national flood survey showed. Fannie Mae conducted an online survey in late 2022 among a national panel sample whose addresses were in or near a Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) defined flood zone.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

According to a Freddie Ma c housing and mortgage market report released Monday, while mortgage payments remain the primary pressure point for homeowners, insurance costs are emerging as a growing burden. Homeowners insurance costs, though still much smaller than mortgage principal and interest payments, are on the rise.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Title insurance provides vital protection to the largest and most important purchase most Americans will ever make—their home. Director Rohit Chopra himself, in a recent appearance before the House Financial Services Committee , shook his head “no” when asked whether title insurance was a “junk fee” in questioning from Rep.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

In late June, Susan Gregory received an estimate for a new homeowner’s insurance policy on her 120-year-old St. Augustine, Florida property, after her previous insurer, United Property and Casualty, went insolvent earlier in the year. This is one of the easiest parts of Florida to insure and costs have gone up over 40%.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

We immediately reach out to an insurance agent to see the insurability of the house because it is becoming more and more of a problem,” Armstrong, a Compass agent in San Diego, told HousingWire’s Brooklee Han in a feature we published Tuesday. Insurance policies for homeowners are skyrocketing. The result?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

billion in title insurance premiums, down from $6.21 billion from a year ago, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis , released Monday. The same five states held the top spots in Q1 2022. Top underwriters for the quarter by market share included First American Title insurance Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents , but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that. Before, insurance was kind of an afterthought. nationwide in 2023, with Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. and Utah at 20.3%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Sellers saw a market where their homes sold quickly and often above list price as multiple buyers competed to have the winning bid. .

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

New American Funding ’s partnership with Matic Insurance and OneSource Solution will provide insurance and home setup services for existing and new customers while NAF is processing the loan. Mortgage customers can bundle food, wind, auto, pet, life and other personal lines of insurance through NAF Insurance, which is powered by Matic.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As Megan Hernandez, ALTA’s director of marketing and public relations put it, “he was due for a glow up.” “We We wanted to craft a brand that is impossible to ignore,” Jack Rattikin III, ALTA’s 2022-2023 president, told attendees gathered in The Broadmoor’s International Center. The animated eagle has had the same look since 1964.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

Connecting with clients and consumers has never been an easy task, and today’s market has been no exception. Tasked with an endless list of functions, this year’s 2022 Marketing Leaders did it all despite market turmoil. VP, Marketing & Growth. Vice President, Marketing & Communications. Alan Parris.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Fannie Mae has executed its fifth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) deal of 2022, providing up to $733.3 million in mortgage-risk coverage for the private market. The transaction, CIRT 2022-5 involved a covered loan pool of 67,700 single-family mortgages with a total unpaid principal balance of about $21 billion.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Fannie Mae has executed its ninth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transactions of 2022. … The post Fannie Mae Executes Ninth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer of 2022 appeared first on DSNews. . … The post Fannie Mae Executes Ninth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer of 2022 appeared first on DSNews.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Third-quarter earnings season kicked off with a bang last week with three ( Stewart, First American and Old Republic ) out of the Big Four title insurers reporting their earnings on Thursday. “Our third quarter results reflect the headwinds experienced from increased mortgage interest rates that have significantly impacted the market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

real estate market is marked by contradictions that are leaving many confused. It’s a complex landscape where the tension between renting and owning is more pronounced than ever, and regional differences in housing demand highlight the uneven nature of the market. As 2025 approaches, the U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 5, 2024

The main national trade organization for commercial, home, and auto insurers, The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA), and Verisk released a statement today regarding the insurance industry’s projected $21.1 A key indicator of insurer profitability, the combined ratio scarcely moved from 102.4

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Despite the closed title purchase order volume dropping 36% year over year and the number of closed refinance orders dropping 79% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, Fidelity National Financial still managed to record a strong Q4 in 2022. For the full year 2022, Fidelity’s title segment recorded revenue of $9.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This article is part of our HousingWire 2022 forecast series. After the series wraps, join us on February 8 for the HW+ Virtual 2022 Forecast Event. Thanks to a boom in the housing market and a historic refinance market, the past two years have been a favorable period for the mortgage market. 2022 Forecast series.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2022

Fannie Mae this week completed its first credit insurance risk transfer (CIRT) deal of the year as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to share mortgage risk with the private sector. . The deal transferred millions of dollars of credit risk to a group of 22 private insurers and reinsurers. That credit risk is tied to a $26.1

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2022

On the heels of completing its first credit insurance risk transfer (CIRT) deal of the year in early March, Fannie Mae has announced that it has executed two additional CIRT deals. . The newest deals, CIRT 2022-2 and CIRT 2022-3, together transferred $1.8 billion of mortgage credit risk to private insurers and reinsurers. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2023

Title industry revenue dropped 19% year over year in 2022, according to data released Thursday by Fitch Ratings. According to the Fitch report, the decline in revenue was driven by economic headwinds in the latter half of the year, as mortgage rates doubled between early 2022 and fall of 2022.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

billion in title insurance premium volume during the first quarter of 2022, compared to $5.68 billion a year prior, according to the trade group’s Market Share Analysis , published Friday. The title insurance industry had a record year in 2021 , generating $26.2 with 21.5%; Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.,

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

The American Land Title Association saw a nearly 36% year-over-year increase in title insurance premium volume in 2021 for a staggering $7 billion spike, according to the trade group’s Market Share Analysis , published Friday. The title insurance industry generated $26.2 The title insurance industry generated $26.2

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2023

The rapidly cooling housing market in 2022 was not kind to Big Four title insurer Old Republic. While the century-old firm, which is celebrating its 100 th anniversary in 2023, did generate net income for both the fourth quarter of 2022 as well as for the year as a whole, it was down substantially last year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2023

The title insurance industry is often bemoaned for being antiquated and making minimal changes, but that has not been the case for the past 12 months. The program would grant certain mortgage lenders a waiver on title insurance requirements for loans sold to Fannie Mae and will be rolled out this spring, according to Politico.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

That figure was up 5% year over year and was only 3% below the peak price of $432,496 in May 2022. In Texas and Florida , however, key market signals show diverging trends. Major markets such as Tampa, Orlando and Dallas also posted supply growth of 20% to 30% during this period. Redfin reported that among the 10 U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

Fannie Mae has wrapped up its fourth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) deal of the year, transferring nearly $845 million in mortgage credit risk to a group of private insurers and reinsurers. The transaction, CIRT 2022-4, involved a pool of 76,600 single-family mortgage loans with an outstanding principal balance of $23.1

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

The Florida housing market faces an outsized risk from weather events and larger climate issues. Not surprisingly, the state also has the highest average cost for homeowners insurance , and that cost is rising. Not surprisingly, the state also has the highest average cost for homeowners insurance , and that cost is rising.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

The first version of TRAC, launched in October 2022, is still available at a $1,600 flat fee plus a settlement agent fee of up to $500. UWM’s TRAC+ announcement comes as the federal government pushes title insurance alternatives designed to save consumers money. Department of Veteran Affairs (V.A.) 0% down During UWM Live!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

” A combination of soaring insurance rates and new regulations on condo association reserves and building maintenance work has created a surge in condo inventory in Florida. In particular it’s created a glut of 30-plus-year-old units on the market, with few takers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

I’m sure you’ve all heard ad nauseam about the low housing inventory impacting the market. Despite that, the 2022 RealTrends top real estate brokerage firms did a record number of transaction sides in 2021 (our 2022 rankings are based on 2021 data). And, the top firms grew market share at record rates.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Even with a sharp rise in interest rates toward the end of the second quarter, the title insurance industry still recorded a relatively strong fiscal quarter, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis. During Q2 2022, ALTA recorded $6.21 billion in 2022. million in Q2 2022.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Homebuyers faced surging mortgage costs, fees and monthly payments in 2022 amid a tightening monetary policy designed to combat persistent inflation. ” To illustrate, the median interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at the end of 2022 was 6.5%, per the CFPB report. . The data excludes taxes and insurance.

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