Catastrophes have rewritten the rules of the insurance game. Before Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, insurers essentially guessed at what the financial damages would be if a disaster struck. Turns out, they drastically underestimated what the losses might be. And they suffered the consequences. Smart underwriters don’t guess. They use the kinds of cutting-edge parcel mapping… Read More »
ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its January 2019 foreclosure activity (State/MSA/County/ZIP and City code data available). Nationally there were a total of 56,251 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in January 2019, up 8 percent from the previous month but down 19 percent from a year ago — the 7th… Read More »
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, ATTOM Data Solutions looked at singles who are homeowners and which gender has the greatest home value. IRVINE, Calif. — Feb. 14, 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released an infographic behind an analysis where we uncovered top metro areas across the… Read More »
Not so long ago, real estate transactions were simple and straightforward. A seller listed a home through an agent and a buyer showed interest. The buyer’s agent drew on his or her knowledge of the market to negotiate a final selling price and then the buyer closed on his or her new house. Now, as… Read More »
ATTOM Data Solutions just released its Year-End 2018 Home Equity and Underwater report, which showcased graphics on historical data for the nation as well as heat maps narrowing in on zip code level data. However, what about those metropolitan areas that speak to the larger group of people? Areas where homeowners are still feeling the… Read More »
Equity Rich Properties Represent 25.6 Percent of U.S. Properties; Share of Seriously Underwater Properties Drops to 8.8 Percent; Report Includes Home Equity Breakdown by Zip Code IRVINE, Calif. — Feb. 7, 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Year-End 2018 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that… Read More »
Use ATTOM’s Lead Generation Tool to Find New Homebuyers Every year, about 5.5 million people in the U.S. buy a home. Almost 2 million of them are doing it for the first time. The question for real estate agents, then, is not whether people are looking to buy, it’s how to find the ones who… Read More »
While cash sales may be on the decline nationally, compared to 2011 and 2012 when cash sales were at their peak. There are still areas in the housing market, where cash is king. ATTOM Data Solutions just released its Year-End 2018 Home Sales Report and in the vast sets of data mentioned in the report… Read More »
Median Home Sale Prices Hit an All-Time High at $248,000 in 2018; Homeowners Staying Put Longer as Average Homeownership Tenure Rises to New High IRVINE, Calif. – Jan. 31, 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Year-End 2018 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows that home sellers in… Read More »
It might be tempting to think that living in a city puts residents at a lower risk for disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, or forest fires. It might even be true, depending on how far that city is from a coastline or open farm country or a swath of woods. But cities have no shortage of… Read More »
