First American Financial Corporation reports developments in title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions. Recurring updates include quarterly financial results for its Title Insurance and Services and Home Warranty businesses, commercial real estate transaction activity, investment income, share repurchases and capital management.
The company also announces technology and data initiatives through First American Title, First American Data & Analytics and ServiceMac. Company news covers AgentNet and AI-assisted title tools, FraudGuard mortgage-risk analytics, valuation and information products, mortgage subservicing workflows, home warranty products, and banking, trust and wealth management services offered through its real estate transaction platform.
First American Financial (NYSE: FAF) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.55 per common share. The board set the record date as December 8, 2025 and the payment date as December 15, 2025.
First American is described as a provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and a leader in the industry's digital transformation.
First American Financial (NYSE: FAF) announced that Paul Bandiera, Senior Vice President of Agent Technology at First American Title, was named a 2025 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter on November 3, 2025.
Bandiera was recognized for leading the evolution of the AgentNet platform, including AgentNet Assist (a generative AI search and summarization experience) and expanded multi-layered fraud defenses such as real-time insights, secure wire and payoff verification, and AI-driven identity confirmation.
The award highlights leadership in AI, automation, and digital transformation for title agents.
First American (NYSE: FAF) was named one of the 2025 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™, marking its tenth consecutive year on the list. The designation follows Great Place To Work® analysis of survey responses from nearly 605,000 women at eligible companies and requires at least 50 women employees, ≥20% non-executive women managers, and at least one female C-suite executive. First American highlighted parallel recognition in 2025 and prior years, including placement on the 100 Best Companies to Work For list, Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance, a 100 score on the 2023–2024 Human Rights Campaign CEI, and repeated awards for its Canadian and Indian subsidiaries.
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First American Data & Analytics (NYSE: FAF) released its September 2025 Home Price Index showing regional divergence in U.S. housing markets.
San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad HPI fell 2.3% year‑over‑year in September and 0.6% month‑over‑month; starter, mid and luxury tiers fell 2.3%, 2.0% and 0.7% respectively. National HPI rose 1.1% YoY and remains about 0.7% below its May peak. First American noted 10 consecutive months of slowing annual price appreciation and highlighted strong starter‑tier gains in some Midwest metros and notable declines in several Sun Belt and West markets.
First American (NYSE: FAF) released its September 2025 Home Price Index showing mixed regional housing performance.
Key highlights: New York-Jersey City-White Plains HPI was +5.1% year-over-year in September 2025 and +0.2% month-over-month. The metro's luxury tier rose +14.8% YoY while starter and mid tiers were both +1.4% YoY. Nationally, the HPI was +1.1% YoY and -0.1% MoM, and annual appreciation has slowed for 10 consecutive months.
The report notes outsized starter-tier gains in St. Louis (+10.3% YoY) and calls out several Sun Belt markets showing year-over-year declines. Next HPI release: week of November 17, 2025.
First American Data & Analytics (NYSE: FAF) released its September 2025 Home Price Index showing a continued national slowdown in house price growth alongside regional variation. National NSA HPI moved -0.1% month‑over‑month (Aug–Sep 2025) and +1.1% year‑over‑year (Sep 2024–Sep 2025). Annual appreciation has slowed for 10 consecutive months and national prices are 0.7% below their May peak. Regional tier data show strong starter‑tier gains in St. Louis (+10.3% YoY) and Pittsburgh (+9.0% YoY), while several Sun Belt and West markets declined year‑over‑year (Oakland -7.4%, Tampa -5.9%, Phoenix -4.5%).
The HPI uses a repeat‑sales methodology with over 46 million paired transactions and will next update the week of November 17, 2025.
First American Data & Analytics (NYSE: FAF) released its September 2025 Home Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land showing a 0.6% year-over-year decline in home prices and a +0.1% month-over-month increase. By price tier, the metro area recorded starter -3.4%, mid-tier -1.0%, and luxury -2.3% declines year-over-year. Nationally, the HPI was +1.1% year-over-year with slowing appreciation. The report highlights regional divergence and notes 19 of the 30 largest markets saw year-over-year price declines in September 2025.
The next HPI release is the week of November 17, 2025.
First American Data & Analytics (NYSE: FAF) released its September 2025 Home Price Index showing mixed regional housing trends. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale home prices were down 1.4% year-over-year in September and rose 0.2% month-over-month. Nationally, the HPI was up 1.1% year-over-year but remains 0.7% below its May peak.
Price-tier data for Los Angeles shows starter-tier -3.3%, mid-tier -1.6%, and luxury -1.5% year-over-year. Notable metro moves: St. Louis starter tier +10.3% and Cincinnati HPI +8.4%, while metros such as Oakland -7.4%, Tampa -5.9%, and Phoenix -4.5% recorded declines. The next HPI release is the week of November 17, 2025.
First American (NYSE: FAF) released its September 2025 Home Price Index showing regional divergence: the Dallas–Plano–Irving metro saw home prices down 1.4% year‑over‑year in September with month‑over‑month flat growth (0.0%).
Nationally, the HPI rose 1.1% year‑over‑year but annual appreciation has slowed for 10 consecutive months, and national prices are 0.7% below/b the May peak. Price‑tier results in Dallas show the , mid‑tier -3.1%, and luxury +0.6% year‑over‑year. St. Louis starter tier led gains at +10.3% YoY.