Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2021

Big-four title company Fidelity National Financial released its second-quarter earnings this week, after Old Republic, First American, and Stewart Title announced their numbers in July. In title revenue, Fidelity announced an even $3 billion, up from $2.2 against 2020’s pre-tax title margin of 23.7%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Mortgage Industry Standard Maintenance Organization (MISMO) announced last week that the organization is looking for participants for an initiative focused on standardizing pre-closing title document data sets. MISMO hopes that the initiative will streamline the business process and improve the efficiency of the closing process.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2023

The Qualia platform includes modern, cloud-based products that provide the transaction infrastructure for title and escrow organizations of all sizes, from smaller agencies and real estate law firms to multi-state operations operating at scale.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

WFG Title Insurance will now offer forbearance, loan modification, and foreclosure information reports as part of its general title and closing services. The post WFG expands title offerings for servicers appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2023

Here’s how to show them you’re in the know: Be a title expert Homebuyers want information that can make their decisions more manageable, especially information on title insurance, which they may have never heard of before starting the home buying process. Remember that your clients may not know the difference!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

CoreLogic announced last week the launch of a title and closing product, a digital platform designed to help lenders by automating dozens of manual steps. Most lenders have paid teams of employees to review these documents and then re-type this title information into their loan origination systems. “By

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As title companies adopt more digital business processes and re-design their workflows accordingly, opportunities exist to vastly improve operational efficiency. Case in point: How title companies source property tax status information. Some title companies use tax vendors to source this information.

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2022

The Closing Exchange (TCX) partners with its clients to configure solutions to support their workflow at every stage of their digital evolution. TCX provides a perfect mix of technology and service, providing its clients with the choice of how to close a loan at every stage of its digital evolution. Alan Frelix, CEO.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One area in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been evolving for nearly two decades is digital closings. Much like efforts to achieve full self-driving vehicles, the road to achieve full digital closings has been bumpy. E-mortgage volume spikes. History of ‘e’. Treasury recommends standardization.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The CoreLogic Title & Closing Solution offers an enhanced workflow designed to support lenders and vendors in the title and closing process. With systems already integrated into lenders’ loan origination systems, lenders can automate title and closing directly from their system of record.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2023

This integration allows lenders to access Flueid’s title data and insights during the loan application process, resulting in time savings and a simplified consumer experience. Loan officers and underwriters can now easily check title information and review critical insights to understand the status of a property and consumer.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

Title and settlement can be particularly challenging in servicing. The difficulty lies in identifying, accurately assessing and proactively resolving title issues— especially when servicers are dealing with large volumes of assets. The company’s products make it easier for servicers to navigate the title process and eliminate errors.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Qualia announced Wednesday that it has extended the capabilities of its real estate closing platform with the launch of a remote online notarization product.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Stavvy , a fintech company specializing in digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, announced on Wednesday a new partnership with WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) to provide the company and its customers with eClosing technology solutions.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As an organization dedicated to protecting property rights, the American Land Title Association (ALTA) wants to help ensure laws do not discriminate against or prevent people from legally purchasing real estate. Laws should also be clear on the role title insurance professionals play in facilitating transactions with foreign owners.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Department of Homeland Security and title insurance company Charter Title. He was also behind Sales Boomerang’s achievements of helping 150-plus leading lenders close more than $30 billion in additional loan volume while outperforming industrywide customer retention rates by three to five times. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Unlike site-built homes, which are always titled as real estate, over 40% of manufactured housing is titled as personal property (the same way a car is titled). To date, Title I programs have been grossly underutilized , due largely to outdated program requirements and guidelines.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. A signer such as a customer closing on a loan appears before a notary on a video call and they complete, sign and notarize the document, he said.

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

These workflows help title and settlement companies track how data and decisions flow from initiation to outcome. When investing in a technology that someone else designed to automate workflows, it’s important to ask — how do I make this workflow work for me?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Payload, a fintech company focusing on automated payments with API architecture, on Tuesday announced a partnership with technology services provider Premier Data Services , to launch an integration with SoftPro, an escrow and closing software.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Endpoint , a platform that provides buyers, sellers and agents with a completely digital way to close on properties, announced Tuesday that it has secured an additional $150 million in funding. Since officially launching in November 2019, Endpoint claims to have helped real estate professionals close more than $2.5

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This move comes after a year of change for the title industry. In 2020, RON became an essential service to ensure closings continued uninterrupted, and now more than ever, lenders need RON tools that empower and optimize their workflow,” Notarize CEO Pat Kinsel said. eOriginal announced the release of its new ClosingCenter 2.3,

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Notarize , a provider of remote online notarization (RON) services in 38 states, and Snapdocs , a California-based digital mortgage closing platform, are partnering, the companies announced Thursday. With Notarize integrated directly into the platform, Snapdocs gives all parties the technologies they need to complete a digital closing.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The American Land Title Association announced the promotion of Vice President Kelly Romeo to senior vice president and the newly created role of chief information officer. Romeo also will continue to oversee the education department, NTP Designation program, legal publications and the ALTA Registry.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Accurate Group is one of the two companies under the approved service providers for Fannie Mae’s Value Acceptance + Property Data that also offers title and closing solutions along with valuation services , said Paul Doman, president and CEO of Accurate Group.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Northern Virginia and Maryland (DMV) area, Baltimore, Fairfield County Connecticut and Seattle, title insurance companies are now required by law to file reports identifying individuals who made all-cash real estate purchases exceeding $300,000 through shell companies in the Texas cities of Houston and Laredo.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2023

Its platform offers eClosing functionality, including eSign, digital notarization, and video conferencing designed for real estate and mortgage professionals. In 2021, Stavvy landed a $40 million Series A funding led by Morningside Technology Ventures , which it planned to use to triple its staff by the first quarter of 2022.

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Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Open Title Texas is proud to announce its entry into the Texas real estate market. Backed by a legacy of service excellence, Open Title Texas offers a comprehensive suite of solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of real estate brokers, sales professionals, and consumers alike.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

As lenders strive to reduce costs, close loans faster and deliver a safe, seamless and convenient borrower experience, leveraging a comprehensive eClosing platform is a top priority. Lenders can also provide title and settlement with secure access to review and add title documents to the closing package.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

CHLA commends FHA for its work on its “Mythbusters” initiative, designed to blow up the myths around FHA loans by educating lenders and home sellers. CHLA has also applauded FHFA Director Thompson for FHFA’s work in championing lower-cost alternatives to title insurance, such as using attorney opinion letters.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s why they’ve introduced the homegenius Platform, an integrated solution consisting of advanced technology , data science, machine learning and AI designed to drive value and bring ease to consumers through the home buying and selling journey. Through this offering, consumers may also be eligible to receive a rebate* at closing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

She was nominated as a 2022 HW Insider for her work in building the company’s digital closing platform from the ground up. We see this benefiting Endpoint as well as proptech companies who are looking to build their own title companies. HW: You’ve had a 20-year career as a title and escrow pro.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Most digital solutions in the lending industry are designed to solve one problem and built for one audience in mind. This full closing platform supports any sort of closing: a full RON, RIN, in-person or hybrid. For lenders, Stavvy features full vendor title compliance. Shane Hartzler, Chief Strategy Officer, Stavvy.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2021

Not to mention chaos as many buyers who purchased after April 2020 experienced COVID-related delays in closings thanks to office closures, supply issues and more. Title is the key to unlocking the transaction slowdown. So, it makes sense that resolving these points could significantly cut down the time to close.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The survey showed 95% of borrowers said their closings were efficient and 90% said they were satisfied with their closings, most of which involved eSigning and remote closings. A full 89% of these buyers and 84% of refinancers said they eSigned their disclosure, closing documents, or both. Find out what those are here.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 15, 2022

I’m buying my first house and a friend told me that I’ll spend a couple of hours at the closing signing a pile of papers that I probably won’t understand much about. The most important question that I still have is about title insurance. But why do I need title insurance that guarantees the seller has the right to sell the house to me?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

Remote Online Notarization is a hot topic in the real estate title industry for good reason. While the pandemic thrust RON into the mainstream of the industry, many are still wondering how the technology can benefit them and the closing process going forward. In our industry, that often means home closing documents. The result?

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