First American Financial Corp.

As swelling demand constricts inventory to record-low levels, home price growth cuts into the purchasing power afforded by plunging interest rates, according to First American.

Uncertainty over the economy, the pandemic and politics are keeping existing owners from listing their homes.

May’s overall delinquency rate was up over 100% from the prior year.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance was down for the eighth consecutive week, as the growth rate fell 23 basis points between July 27 and August 2, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

But refis bring overall mortgage application fraud risk back to its record low, First American said.

Tight inventory is expected to drive home prices higher over the summer, according to First American.

The surge of COVID-19 cases in much of the nation put a hold on reopening the economy, adding risk to the housing market, First American said.

As the country wrestles economic volatility, millennial homeownership demand rises, fueled by historically low mortgage rates.

First American's Loan Application Defect Index is higher on a month-to-month basis for the first time since February 2019.

Cannae Holdings, a spinoff of Fidelity National Financial, is trying to stage an unsolicited takeover of the property data, analytics and services firm that once had ties to Fidelity's competitor.

Potential sales last month rose compared with April as homes became more affordable due to low mortgage rates.

With would-be sellers too spooked to list their homes and would-be buyers held up due to social distancing orders, home price appreciation accelerated in April. And it could continue into the summer.

Less competition in the marketplace meant customers were less apt to fudge the truth on a loan application.

Pre-pandemic, home-buying power was high, but few are likely to buy a home today given a host of uncertainties regarding coronavirus, First American said.

Low mortgage rates increased new orders, but fallout from the pandemic hurt investment income.

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While the housing market will suffer from the COVID-19 crisis, it's stronger than it was in during its last crash in 2008, according to First American Financial.

Title underwriters won’t be hit as hard by the coronavirus as other insurers, but related economic changes will challenge them, Fitch Ratings said, in assigning a negative outlook to the sector.

Investors' purchases of 10-year Treasurys after the Fed's 50 basis point short-term rate cut drove the yield below 1% for a period of time.

Mortgage loan application defect risk is at the lowest point since First American started tracking this data, strictly as a function of the shift to a refinance market.