CoreLogic

Homeownership paid big dividends for Southern Californians who have owned their residences since the housing recovery began five years ago.

Fewer Long Islanders are drowning in mortgage debt as the housing market continues its slow recovery.

Homeowners gained an average of $12,987 in equity from last year, with Western states leading the increase.

The shift to a purchase market and an increase in wholesale mortgage originations contributed to a nearly 17% year-over-year rise in fraud risk during the second quarter, according to CoreLogic.

There will be fewer mortgage loans going into default in the next year as home prices continue to rise and more people get jobs, CoreLogic said.

Home prices are still hot in Santa Cruz County, Calif., but some signs point to seasonal cooling.

Dallas-area home prices were up 6.9% in the latest annual comparison by CoreLogic, just slightly ahead of the 6.7% nationwide gain in July compared with July 2016.

As housing demand continues to challenge low levels of supply, home prices are overvalued in 34% of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to CoreLogic.

Sacramento County home prices kept pushing higher in July, CoreLogic reported.

Home sales in Ventura County and throughout Southern California fell sharply from June to July, according to a report released by CoreLogic.

Millennial credit scores are lower than when Generation X consumers were coming of age, reflecting changes in credit consumption and other consumer behaviors.

With condominium lending rising, CoreLogic is now offering lenders self-service access to its condominium project review data service.

The mortgage delinquency rate reached its lowest point in nearly a decade in May due to tighter underwriting, according to CoreLogic.

CoreLogic will fully integrate its 4506-T income verification product in August with Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter platform to provide Day 1 Certainty service.

Bay Area home prices have continued their stratospheric surge, as the low housing supply combined with intense demand last month to further heat up the market.

CoreLogic's second-quarter net income increased 2% over the previous year on higher operating income from improvements in productivity.

In many corners of Southern California, home prices have hit record highs. And they keep going up.

Extending a recent trend when it comes to paying the mortgage each month, homeowners in the Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., region are fulfilling their obligation at a better rate compared to the rest of the state.

The rate of mortgages in some stage of delinquency was 4.8% in April 2017, a 50-basis-point drop compared to a year ago.

National home prices rose 6.6% in May over the prior year as sales activity was affected by low inventory, according to CoreLogic.