Kirk Helgeson Named President at American Realty Advisors

Kirk Helgeson Named President at American Realty Advisors

Kirk Helgeson has been named president of American Realty Advisors, succeeding Scott Darling. Helgeson will continue to serve as the firm’s CIO, chairman of its investment committee and leader of the firm’s... Read more »
FHLBank San Francisco Launches  Million Tribal Nations Program to Spur Affordable Housing Development for Native American Communities

FHLBank San Francisco Launches $1 Million Tribal Nations Program to Spur Affordable Housing Development for Native American Communities

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) today announced the launch of a new $1 million Tribal Nations Program that provides critically necessary infrastructure funding grants... Read more »
First American cyber incident expected to impact Q4 2023 financials

First American cyber incident expected to impact Q4 2023 financials

Big Four title firm First American Financial believes the cybersecurity incident it incurred on Dec. 20, 2023, will have material impact on its fourth quarter 2023 financial results, according to a document... Read more »
First American makes progress on restoring systems from pre-Christmas cyberattack 

First American makes progress on restoring systems from pre-Christmas cyberattack 

Title insurance giant First American Financial reported progress on restoring its systems from a pre-Christmas cybersecurity incident. First American has fallen victim to data theft after a perpetrator exfiltrated data and encrypted... Read more »
First American says system has been restored; perpetrator stole data

First American says system has been restored; perpetrator stole data

More than a week after it shut down systems to combat a cybersecurity incident, title insurance giant First American Financial says it has restored some key systems and “contained the threat.” Though... Read more »
First American cyber incident expected to impact Q4 2023 financials

First American cybersecurity attack disrupts closings over holidays

The nation’s second largest title insurer, First American, as well as some of its subsidiaries, remain offline as of Wednesday morning in the wake of the title firm’s Dec. 20 cybersecurity incident.... Read more »
First American Suffers Cyber Attack, Pausing Deals

First American Suffers Cyber Attack, Pausing Deals

First American Financial suffered a cyber attack on Thursday morning, forcing the title company to shut down its website and some of its systems. The company confirmed the attack in a website... Read more »
First American cyber incident expected to impact Q4 2023 financials

First American is the latest cybersecurity attack victim

First American is the latest real estate firm to suffer a cybersecurity incident. Sources told HousingWire the incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, with First American confirming the incident Thursday morning. In a statement... Read more »
Toll Brothers’ record shows the American housing boom has no end in sight

Toll Brothers’ record shows the American housing boom has no end in sight

Unemployment keeps falling and home prices keep going up. It’s a great recipe for a strong housing market. Nothing has been able to stop the housing boom — not even higher interest... Read more »
American Pacific Mortgage names Bill Lowman chairman of the board

American Pacific Mortgage names Bill Lowman chairman of the board

California-based retail lender American Pacific Mortgage (APM) has named vice chairman Bill Lowman as its chairman of the board, succeeding APM founder Kurt Reisig.  Lowman will continue his daily work as an... Read more »