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The Negative Equity Report State-by-State Estimates for U.S. Single-Family Residential Properties 02/23/2010
Mortgage Payment Reset: The Issue and the Impact What will be the impact of mortgage payment reset on lending industry and the national economy as a whole? 03/12/2007
A Ripple, Not A Tidal Wave: Foreclosure Prevalence and Foreclosure Discount In the economic analysis of residential real estate, thoughts of a coming wave of foreclosures are not far away 11/16/2006
Equity by the Bay A Study of Residential Real Estate in San Francisco 10/16/2006
The Real Estate Cycle in 2006 Evaluating Market Position, Identifying Turning Points and Constructing Scenarios 05/18/2006
Mortgage Payment Reset: The Rumor and the Reality In the United States, there are 7.7 million currently active adjustable-rate first mortgages that originated in 2004 and 2005, representing $1.888 trillion in debt. 02/08/2006
Residential Foreclosures: The Prevalence, the Power, and the Opportunity This study investigates the prevalence of foreclosure sales and the depth of foreclosure discounts in 629 counties across the country 10/28/2005
Real Estate Flipping: Gold Mine, Mistake or Fraud? Details on the practice of real estate "flipping," or the re-selling of residential properties for profit within 24 months of purchase 08/30/2005
Lending to Tomorrows Borrowers: New Opportunities and New Solutions News stories and advertising offers would suggest that lending and borrowing have become far more generous in recent years and months 05/23/2005
The Cycle Turns Economic Forecasting of Residential Real Estate Prices for 2005 02/28/2005
Who is Buying? Diversity Finds A Home From the Pacific to the Atlantic, millions of ethnics who were already physically and demographically present are now moving up the economic ladder into homeownership. 08/25/2004
Residential Foreclosures in the United States If interest rates were to rise in the future, and if prices were to fall, the number of foreclosures would be expected to rise 07/12/2004
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Challenging the Conventional Wisdom: Do Declining Markets Negatively Impact AVM Accuracy? Recent changes in residential property values have prompted the question: How well does an automated valuation model (AVM) function in turning or declining markets? 11/26/2007
New Default AVM Offers Low-Cost Relief for Servicers 07/02/2007
Interest in Automated Valuation Models for Properties in Default Set to Rise as Experts Predict Increased Foreclosures in 2007 Mortgage industry experts are forecasting that defaults will increase in 2007 due, in part, to mortgage rate resets that result in higher monthly payments for borrowers 12/11/2006
How Deep Should Your Automated Valuation Model Cascade? Today, increasing numbers of smaller lenders are adopting AVM technology into their operations 12/01/2006
Five Key Questions to Ask Your AVM Vendor These days AVMs are ubiquitous; unfortunately, not all AVMs are created equally. 12/01/2006
New Disaster Areas Included in Automated Valuation Model Reports The latest Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster areas 11/01/2006
Technology Fights Fraud: How Automated Fraud Solutions Can Help Lenders Reduce Fraud Losses As the mortgage market prepares for a projected increase in default levels following the production boom of recent years and a changing economic climate, mortgage fraud continues to receive significant attention 11/01/2006
AVM Testing: It Is Not as Daunting as You Might Think Rob Walker, executive vice president, collateral solutions for First American Real Estate Solutions answers some of the common questions lenders have about AVM testing 11/01/2006
Southern California Profit Report Summary A report of median profits yielded from recent resales of existing SFRs and condominiums/townhouses in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego CountiesLos Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties 11/01/2006
Northern California Profit Report Summary A report of median profits yielded from recent re-sales of existing single-family homes (SFRs) in the San Francisco Bay Area during the month of November, 2006 11/01/2006
Vector Collateral Risk Management Platform Sees One-Hundred Percent Increase in Volume Vector collateral risk management platform has increased 100 percent year-over-year for the last two years 10/01/2006
FraudMark Now Available on Vector Users of Vector now have access to BasePoint Analytics' FraudMark 09/25/2006
PASS® Prospector Speeds Batch AVM Processing First automated valuation model (AVM) developed specifically for direct marketing and other large, batch-function applications 06/01/2006
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Presentations Detail Date
Mortgage Payment Reset: Its Impact on the California Market, 2007-2011 10/19/2006
Rising Mortgage Interest Rates: The Impact on Southern California Real Estate Home Prices Have More Than Doubled in Five Years   07/14/2006
Has the Fire Burned Out? The Return to a Normal Market Southern California: An Example Case A Mathematical Study of Real Estate Trends 10/27/2004
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