Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

Security American Title LLC , a veteran-owned title abstracting company, has expanded its operations to provide real estate title search services in all 50 states. Its client base includes government agencies, law firms, real estate investors , mortgage lenders , utility developers and title companies.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

There is constant movement in the mortgage industry with the desire for growth and expansion. Thus, it has never been more important to focus on due diligence in analyzing a mortgage industry acquisition target. A buyer wants the right to use those names and marks with superior title from the rest of the world.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

announced the incorporation of hybrid e-closings for reverse mortgages on Tuesday, aiming to incorporate its experience with the technology on the forward side of the mortgage business into its reverse mortgage division for the first time. Our goal isnt just to advance Fairway its to elevate the industry, he said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

The title insurance industry is on track for steady expansion over the next decade, driven by surging real estate activity, advancing technology and tightening regulatory frameworks. According to Market Research Future (MRF), the title insurance market is expected to grow from $4.15 billion in 2025 to $5.69

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI), predictive underwriting , and blockchain technology are becoming more common in todays real estate industry. As a result, professionals in the title and foreclosure industries must evolve to keep up with upcoming trends. What drew you to the title search industry?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With the housing market slowing down from its pandemic-fueled frenzy, wire fraud threats, regulatory challenges and the perennial challenge of an aging workforce, the title insurance industry will have a lot to juggle in the new year. It was too darn hot: the housing market slows down. What happened to the market?’”.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

When people think about the title insurance industry , what comes to mind is often its core products – title insurance policies that protect property rights of homeowners and lenders. As an industry, our commitment to protection goes beyond title insurance policies.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

Patrick Stone, the founder and chairman of Williston Financial Group (WFG), is celebrating 50 years in the real estate industry a milestone that coincides with the 15th anniversary of WFG, which he launched in the wake of the Great Recession. The industry kind of shrugged and said, Thats a lender problem. Its surreal, Stone said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

Not many would count the title industry among the economy’s technology leaders. More than a few observers have referred to us as a mom-and-pop industry because it’s comprised of a significant number of small agencies. In fact, many title agents will proudly tell you that ours is a “traditional” industry.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

The title insurance industry is vigorously battling these challenges as it protects Americans’ largest asset, their homes. In fact, a new study notes that nearly all title companies surveyed currently provide or plan to provide education and resources to train employees on fraud.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Even with a sharp rise in interest rates toward the end of the second quarter, the title insurance industry still recorded a relatively strong fiscal quarter, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis. billion in title insurance premium volume, only slightly down from the $6.54 had 0.9%.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Some say that the nearly 150-year-old title industry has a difficult time adapting and evolving. However, the title industry has proven these critics wrong over the past decade, and importantly, it has done so without leaving homeowners vulnerable to unnecessary risks. Think an old dog can’t learn new tricks?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With its four largest firms all at least 100 years old, the title insurance industry has a bit of a reputation for being antiquated and technology averse. “I The title industry has worked hard over the last few years to shed that reputation. Not only did it take a lot of time, but it cost a lot of money.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s becoming clear that the settlement services industry, long reluctant to adopt new technology, is finally moving in the direction of comprehensive automation. For an industry where processes, clientele and compliance requirements vary dramatically from state to state or even county to county, this is great news. The result?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite the protests of the title insurance industry, Fitch Ratings does not believe the lender title insurance waiver pilot program for certain refinance transactions announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Thursday will have an impact on title insurer ratings.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As existing-home sales continue to slide and mortgage rates rise ever higher, all but eliminating any hope for refinance transactions, the title insurance industry is doubling down on technology. At the forefront, is artificial intelligence , or AI.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ron Frasier, a title industry veteran and CEO of title startup Atlas Title , has been watching the commission lawsuit saga closely. “If Instead, he is focusing his efforts on potentially having to adapt to where Atlas Title’s business comes from. It’s easy to see why Frasier is concerned.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect what most Americans consider the biggest purchase of their lives. Why is a title search necessary for refinancing?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A record number of title insurance professionals gathered on Coronado Island, just a few miles from downtown San Diego, at the Hotel del Coronado for the American Land Title Association ’s annual ALTA One conference on Wednesday. But one of the hottest topics at this year’s conference is decidedly 21 st century.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket Companies is buying Mr. Cooper , America’s largest mortgage servicer, in a market-shattering deal that could reshape the mortgage industry for years to come. Rocket also has arguably the strongest recapture game in the industry, and a deal like this would give it a distinct advantage over all other competitors.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

What it means is there is a higher percentage of potential fraud per file,” Elizabeth Berg, the vice president for education and training at FNF Family of Companies , told attendees of the American Land Title Association’s ALTA One conference on Thursday. With this in mind, Adams told title professionals to increase their vigilance.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For most real estate industry professionals, title insurance needs no introduction. A trusted product , title insurance has been used to protect real estate transactions and property rights for over a century. Title insurance is different than most other insurance products. Diane Tomb, ALTA CEO Contributor.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

From streamlining title verification to enabling collaborative loan processing and automating key title production tasks, these leaders are helping shape a faster, smarter, and more efficient housing market. We call this process VOT or Verification of Title.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cyberattacks, particularly wire fraud through business email compromise, remain a major concern for the title industry. We sat down with ALTA CEO Diane Tomb to talk about ways title insurance companies can help their customers avoid falling prey to such attempts. Q: How can title companies help homebuyers avoid wire fraud?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Remote online notarization (RON) continues to stake its claim as a critical innovation for real estate professionals and homebuyers, opening the door for faster closings and largely eliminating the need for in-person meetings. The reality is quite the opposite. The number one concern on all stakeholders minds is fraud, he said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

As both the real estate industry and consumers prepare for what’s to come, it is critical that we do not take for granted the products and systems that have carried us through other cycles of economic downturn. Title insurance is one such proven product with a long history of protecting homeowners’ right to property.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Tech100 Mortgage award recognizes the most innovative and impactful organizations driving the mortgage industry forward. Now in its 13th year, the Tech100 program serves as a trusted resource for housing professionals, providing a definitive list of the industrys top technology providers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

American Identity Group , an information security company that monitors and fixes security breaches and primarily operates in the wholesale lending space, has also become well established in the title and home warranty industries. When we look at the mortgage industry in our office, we broad-brush it,” he said. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2023

The title insurance industry is on the front lines in a never-ending war with the fraudsters. As the industry has gotten better at combatting wire fraud and even the more recent seller impersonation fraud , criminals looking for larger paydays have turned to mortgage payoffs. Can you afford to lose a million dollars?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. There’s an entire industry built upon the “what’s next” in question. Title production platforms are usually the backbone of a digital or partially digital title operation.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Title insurance provides vital protection to the largest and most important purchase most Americans will ever make—their home. ” The agency alleges that so-called hidden “junk fees” in closing costs are at the root of housing affordability challenges. Brad Sherman (D-CA).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

With a wave of new home purchases and refinance transactions expected, as an industry, we’re expecting many new questions about how buyers and owners can best protect their property rights. In fact, for many new buyers entering the market this year, this will be the first time they ever hear the words “ title insurance.”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. The title firm has launched val-ID by Westcor, a tool designed to help title agents validate the identities of home buyers and sellers, according to an announcement on Wednesday. We believe val-ID will significantly benefit Westcor’s title agents and their clients.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As a real estate reporter, it was not lost on me that the formal start of my house hunt would coincide almost perfectly with the real estate industry working through the nationwide implementation of the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2024

Title firm Mother Lode Holding Co. , a subsidiary of big four firm First American Financial , announced Monday that it has acquired Wisconsin Title Service Co. the acquisition includes Wisconsin Title Service Co.’s s sister company, Wisconsin Title Closing Service Inc., The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

For more than two years, a storm has been brewing in the title insurance industry. Last week, the first raindrops began to fall when the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) announced settlements with four title firms over alleged kickback schemes. Unlike RESPA, the D.C.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Unlike the title industry’s cybersecurity and wire fraud challenges, which are strictly 21 st century issues, the recent interest and use of attorney opinion letters (AOLs) harkens back to an earlier era of homebuying. One of the goals they outlined in those plans is a push to reduce closing costs, especially for low-income borrowers.

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