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Home equity lending opportunities remain despite decline in tappable equity

Housing Wire

Recent home price declines are leading to decreased tappable equity, but there are still opportunities in home equity lending, according to a report published by Home Equity Lending News. Tappable home equity is expected to decrease to a forecasted $18.1 However, given that home-equity originations were less than $0.5

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Flueid integrates with Encompass to fuel loan originations

Housing Wire

Flueid , a leading technology company specializing in real estate transactions, announced on Thursday the integration of its patented Flueid Decision platform with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology. The report includes Flueid ‘Pro Tips’ that explain alerts and provide guidance on curative items for title.

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A look at the role instant title plays in the borrower journey

Housing Wire

A small issue within the title process can have an impact on the length of the closing process, impacting mortgage lenders and borrowers. HousingWire recently spoke with Dave Steinmetz, Division President of Origination Services for ServiceLink, on what tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing.

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Why lenders should be asking for a title check at loan application

Housing Wire

And all of this helps create a more integrated (and more importantly, streamlined) lender-title workflow that empowers the collective to achieve the all-elusive 5-day close for home equity or 10-day close for refinance. Now, it’s not uncommon to find these and other potential issues during the title search and curative process.

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Opinion: Title insurance is essential. Here’s why

Real Trends

When property is transferred from one owner to another, there may be undiscovered tax liens, forged signatures, recording errors, undisclosed easements, title claims or other defects. Despite strides made by technology to streamline the process of title searches, the title industry remains a people-centered industry.

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The purchase market is an opportunity for the title industry

Housing Wire

How hybrid title and valuations help increase lending efficiency. Why use several vendors for title searches, appraisals and underwriting when you can use one? That general principle holds true for the title and settlement services space as well. 2021 could still be a very good year for prepared businesses.

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7 of the Top We Buy Houses for Cash Companies in Chicago

HomeLight

Diamond Equity Investments. With 15 years in the business, Diamond Equity Investments say they’ll buy houses being sold for any reason such as bankruptcy or foreclosure, in any condition — even fire damage — and that have baggage like large liens, title issues, or low equity. Title search.