Apr 13, 2022 | Hot Topics
Lumber prices fell to fresh 2022 lows on Tuesday as rising interest rates and inflation cool down the housing market. Mortgage rates for the popular 30-year fixed remain above 5%, which has led to a slowdown in mortgage applications. Rising inflation put a dent in the...
Mar 30, 2022 | Hot Topics
Home prices climbed 16 percent year-over-year in February to an all-time high of $389,500 as the number of homes for sale fell to a new low, according to a Redfin report. The lack of inventory is holding back home sales, which were down 4 percent month-over-month,...
Mar 29, 2022 | Hot Topics
ALTA Blog 3/23/22 America experienced an unprecedented increase in cyberattacks and malicious cyber activity as U.S. consumers lost $6.9 billion to internet crime in 2021, according to the latest report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). According...
Aug 31, 2021 | Hot Topics
WEST issued an alert for industry members to be on the lookout for watering hole attacks after an escrow assistant became the victim of one. It noted that recently an escrow assistant was searching online for a subordination agreement and thought they had found a link...