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• Title firm swings to a profit

  August 1, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

• Suit claims title insurers fixed prices

  February 13, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

• First American to split into two firms

  January 16, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

 

• U.S. probes allegations that WaMu sought inflated appraisals

  December 21, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Federal regulators are looking into allegations that mortgage lender Washington Mutual Inc. pressured First American Corp. of Santa Ana to... more

• Suit alleges appraisal firm hiked values

  By Walter Hamilton and E. Scott Reckard  |  November 2, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Yielding to pressure from a big mortgage lender, a Southern California-based appraisal company inflated the value of homes nationwide, encouraging... more

• Deeper cuts in store for title insurer

  By Annette Haddad  |  September 5, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Battered by the housing market downturn, giant title insurer First American Corp. said Tuesday that it would slash 1,300 jobs, institute a... more

• Sub-prime default rate almost doubled in June, report shows

  August 25, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  The default rate on sub-prime mortgages packaged into securities almost doubled to a record 13.43% in June from a year earlier, according... more

• Foreclosures hit title insurer

  By Annette Haddad  |  August 3, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Giant title insurer First American Corp. posted a second-quarter loss Thursday because surging mortgage foreclosures indirectly increased... more

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