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

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

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 Presented by: ServiceLink.

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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

APRIL 22, 2024

Meanwhile, a customer relationship management system, along with experts in marketing, sales and other areas, are designed to support these teams, he said. “If Power of a title company Samson Properties , a rapidly growing brokerage based in Northern Virginia, has taken a different approach.

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Title Leader. Title Leader is designed specifically for default services law firms, whether you have a captive title company or not. We’re a workflow automation platform AND a national title search vendor. Eliminates hundreds of wasted hours for each paralegal that handles title searches. Get More Info.

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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

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

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. It is designed to streamline the loan manufacturing process while eliminating the need for employee adoption. It also hired Arend de Jong , co-founder and former chief financial officer of Sales Boomerang, as CFO, the company announced.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The statement is designed to clarify standards by which entities under the purview of individual regulators violate applicable rules and regulations. These standards can harm a residential lender beyond any identified violations, the statement explained.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In 2021, Gigliotti created Axis 360 Lift , an online academy designed to educate aspiring mortgage and title professionals. Axis has lending and title academies, with an origination academy set to launch in the spring of 2024. Gigliotti noted that Axis recently secured three student internships on the title side.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Ranson has been a key player in the expansion of the company’s market share and relating the product’s potential, co-authoring a book titled “Home Run: The Reverse Mortgage Advantage,” with fellow company executive Yvonne Ziomecki in 2021 and overseeing milestones including surpassing $1 billion CAD in originations in 2022.

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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. These documents are required nationwide and title and real estate agents have access to standard templates from ALTA.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2024

CoreLogic has debuted a new security solution for multiple listing services designed to reduce the risk of cybersecurity threats. In late 2023, title insurance companies First American and Fidelity National Financial suffered cyberattacks. Recent cybersecurity incidents in the industry underscore the vulnerability to cyber threats.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Los Angeles-based startup was designed and developed in a collaboration with BCG Digital Ventures , a global corporate venture, investment and incubation arm of the Boston Consulting Group. 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 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

MAY 25, 2023

SoftPro , the nation’s top provider of title , closing, and escrow software, announced on Thursday that it has launched ClosingsLIVE, a cutting-edge communication portal for real estate settlements. SoftPro is a leading provider of title, closing, and escrow software in the United States.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The integration also aims to tackle the payment procedure during a real estate closing, in which several parties receive payments through sources like broker/agent commissions, underwriter fees, title search fees, taxes, payoffs and seller proceeds.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The GTOs require title companies to identify the people behind shell companies used in all-cash purchases of residential real estate. Treasury Department, announced last week that it will again be expanding its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs). The new requirements are effective through mid-April 2024.

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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 16, 2020

This move comes after a year of change for the title industry. We have designed our RON strategy to be simple and open, so that our partners have the flexibility to choose from an ecosystem of trusted partners to get their deals done.” eOriginal announced the release of its new ClosingCenter 2.3,

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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

AUGUST 15, 2022

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? When it comes to title insurance, your agent might have oversimplified it or you might not have caught everything that was said about it. Answer: Hello Patti.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2024

From leveraging the latest in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital marketing to mastering financial literacy, mortgage and real estate professionals have come together to provide these skills to loan officers in a new book titled, “Rethink Everything: You ‘Know’ About Being A Next-Gen Loan Officer.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

NTC offers a paid-in-full suite of services, including lien release, borrower mailings, collateral file management and title curative, plus a self-service platform, PerfectDocs. NTC completed the work on time and maintained a 99% compliance rate with MERS and associated data while reviewing each document for accuracy before execution.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

The GTOs require title companies to identify the people behind shell companies used in all-cash purchases of residential real estate. Treasury Department, announced on Monday that it will again be expanding its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs). The new requirements go into effect on May 24, 2023 and are effective through October 21, 2023.

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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. And since Stavvy is designed for the title agent workflow, closing agents can easily integrate the platform into the way they already work. For lenders, Stavvy features full vendor title compliance.

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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 28, 2022

Serhant’s new brokerage is designed to break the traditional model, with divisions focused on media, branding and technology to reach consumers in a new way. 4 will kick off two days of expert insight and networking around All Things Housing for professionals in mortgage, real estate, appraisals, title and more.

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Brownstoner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

By Jada Camille, Brooklyn Paper Last week, a group of youth-focused community organizations unveiled a new mural titled “We Are, I Am,” designed and installed by artistic young minds at the Marcus Garvey Apartments in Brownsville.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

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. At that point, I didn’t know if I was going to make title my career, but I said yes. I was asked to be a part of the team.

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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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