Fraud risk is a housing affordability factor, with 2024 losses near $175m and average claims above $143,000, per FBI data.

Insurance fraud costs billions, raising premiums for everyone. Mississippi’s insurance commissioner outlines common scams, ...

First American’s Todd Jones said uneven market conditions, distressed assets and sophisticated fraud are reshaping title risk. Underwriters are seeing more bad actors, especially in commercial real ...

Mortgage fraud is increasing, according to property market analytics company Cotality. Mortgage fraud can impact homeowners’ and real estate professionals’ finances, futures and property. Learning ...

The ads are pretty frightening. They claim a crook could steal your home with nothing but a bit of paperwork. “You don’t check your home title every 24 hours. That’s all the time criminals need to ...