Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2023

When Thaddeus, the American Land Title Association’s eagle mascot, landed in Colorado Spring at The Broadmoor Hotel after a month-long virtual journey across the country from Washington, D.C., As Megan Hernandez, ALTA’s director of marketing and public relations put it, “he was due for a glow up.” “We he did so with a new look.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Title premium volume continued to drop during the third quarter of 2023, as limited housing supply and high interest rates took their toll on home sales. During the third quarter of 2023, the title industry generated $4.1 During the third quarter of 2023, the title industry generated $4.1 billion in the second quarter of 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Title premium volume continued to trend downward during the second quarter of 2023 as high mortgage rates and low housing inventory continued to plague the real estate industry. During the second quarter, the title industry generated $3.91 billion in title insurance premiums, down from $6.21 Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2023

In its third year, the 2023 HW Finance Leaders award celebrates the outstanding achievements of the top finance executives in the real estate and mortgage space. As the housing market continues to face volatility, the role of CFO has become increasingly critical. Congratulations to the 2023 HW Finance Leaders.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2023

Today marks the last day to nominate someone for the 2023 HW Finance Leaders award. Don’t miss the chance to recognize the top finance executive at your organization! Nominees with highest probability of selection will hold a CFO, head of secondary marketing, EVP of Capital Markets or equivalent title.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2023

The title insurance industry is often bemoaned for being antiquated and making minimal changes, but that has not been the case for the past 12 months. The program would grant certain mortgage lenders a waiver on title insurance requirements for loans sold to Fannie Mae and will be rolled out this spring, according to Politico.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Fidelity National Financial finished out third-quarter earnings reporting for the Big Four title firms this week, hosting its earnings call with investors and analysts Wednesday morning. While the firm’s title revenue was down 18% year over year to $1.9 Also reporting Q3 2023 earnings this week was title firm Doma.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Despite ongoing uncertainty and a variety of economic headwinds, Fitch Ratings is maintaining a neutral outlook on the title insurance market for 2024, according to a report released Thursday. These factors have led Fitch to stand firm on its ratings of the three national title underwriters it rates.

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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. This is a top priority for ALTA.”. This is a top priority for ALTA.”.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

Looking at the housing industry from a bird’s eye view in 2021, it’s easy to see the fast-paced housing market and the record-setting surge in volume. HousingWire’s Housing Finance Leaders. VP, Capital Markets & Finance. EVP, Capital Markets. SVP Capital Markets. SVP, Finance.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2022

In a selling guide announcement released last week, Fannie Mae announced that it would be accepting written opinion letters from an attorney in lieu of a title insurance policy “in limited circumstances.”. Voxtur said that the product will be offered in select states before being rolled out nationwide.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Despite the economic headwinds, the title industry remains strong, according to Fitch Ratings’ title industry September 2023 Peer Review. Fidelity recorded the largest market share at 29%, followed by First American at 26%, Old Republic at 16% and Stewart at 11%.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2024

Closing software provider Qualia is accusing a former employee and startup title production software firm Settlor of stealing trade secrets. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in U.S. The plaintiff also states that as the former leader of the Resware team, Myers knew the value of the information she took.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2023

In the title industry , like the rest of the home finance industry, the real dangers are high operating costs that come from inefficiency. As the market contracts, experienced title agency executives can feel the shift and know exactly what it means. No platform was completely successful in achieving this goal.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Wire and title fraud risk reached an all all-time high in Q4 2023 with 51.8% of transactions having issues that led to a risk of wire and title fraud, according to FundingShield ‘s quarterly report. On average, problematic loans had 2.2 BEC is a sophisticated combination of phishing and spoofing used to extract $2.7

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2024

A cooler spring homebuying season led to a mixed bag of financial results for the Big Four title insurance firms in the second quarter of 2024. The drop in overall net income was certainly not due to the performance of Old Republic’s title segment, which reported a 2.1% yearly increase in title net fees and premiums earned to $663.4

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2022

Unlike other HousingWire awards, Finance Leaders focuses specifically on corporate finance, secondary marketing, capital markets or strategic finance executives within mortgage banking or a real estate brokerage only. The post Nominations for HousingWire’s Finance Leaders award are now open!

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Title insurance upstart States Title announced this week $150 million in debt financing from HSCM Bermuda , which will go towards developing a more modern home closing experience. The debt financing will go towards product development, investment in go-to-market growth, and the refinance of debt to Lennar Corp.,

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2021

It’s been a busy week for Pennsylvania-based Title Alliance. Nine days after officially announcing a new branch in Washington , the title company has made another move in a big market, expanding its Arizona footprint into Phoenix and Mesa. How tech can improve the title experience without removing the human element.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

TitleOne , a subsidiary of Realogy Title Group, announced today the acquisition of Land Title of Nez Perce County in Lewiston, Idaho. Land Title of Nez Perce County was previously owned and operated by Joe Strohmaier, a 25-year industry veteran who will continue to manage Land Title’s operations.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2021

HousingWire’s Finance Leader award recognizes outstanding performers in the finance space. Those rates resulted in record-setting volume for real estate and mortgage companies, and a whole new set of challenges for their finance leaders. The following pages honor HousingWire’s first class of housing finance heavy hitters.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2021

Michelle DeBella joined Knock as its new chief financial officer, joining the company from Lyft , where she served as vice president, finance transformation and governance. DeBella has more than 25 years of experience in finance, including roles at Uber , Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Ernst & Young. Presented by: CoreLogic.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

Title insurance startup Doma – formerly known as States Title – announced today that it will go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Capitol Investment Corp. Doma, founded in 2016, says its patented machine-learning technology reduces title processing time from five days to five minutes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2021

Title-services giant Stewart Title announced today the acquisition of Cloudvirga , a leading fintech company that powers digital mortgages through its retail and wholesale point-of-sale systems. Services , a title and search support servicer, in March. Services , a title and search support servicer, in March.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

This includes Realtor associations, MLSs, agents, brokers, lenders and title companies. Jim Anderson is joining Finance of America Mortgage , a national, full-service mortgage banker as chief marketing officer, bringing more than 20 years of marketing experience to the company.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2021

Pennsylvania-based Title Alliance Ltd. The new branch in Tacoma, Washington will be added to Title Alliance’s family of joint ventures with Title Alliance Northwes t, which is a partnership with a Keller Williams Realty franchise. Washington is the 11th state with a Title Alliance presence. year over year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Modern manufactured homes are an unusual feature of today’s housing market, the rare homeownership opportunity that is both lower-cost and high-quality. The result is that safe and affordable financing is out of reach for tens of thousands of credit-ready homebuyers looking to purchase a manufactured home.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2021

Title insurers wrote $19.2 billion in premiums last year, but a recent report from the American Land Title Association predicts a slowdown in 2021 due to – you guessed it! – Just how fruitful was 2020 for title insurers? of the market. First American actually saw a drop in its market share in 2020, down to 23.3%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2023

Executives at both Stewart Information Services and First American Financial bemoaned the challenging housing market environment as they discussed their respective firms’ first quarter 2023 earnings with investors Thursday morning. The purchase market appears to have stabilized,” he said. “In million net income, down from $97.9

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Despite the closed title purchase order volume dropping 36% year over year and the number of closed refinance orders dropping 79% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, Fidelity National Financial still managed to record a strong Q4 in 2022. These cost cutting actions helped Fidelity’s title segment record revenue of $1.9

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Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2024 Marketing Leaders are open until April 30, 2024. While they have endured a rocky, rates-driven cycle, marketers in mortgage and real estate continue to play a pivotal role in lead generation, customer acquisition and retention differentiation that has helped to keep many organizations stay afloat.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

sent shockwaves through financial markets around the world on Monday. mortgage market , which has already seen big interest rate declines in the past week following a Fed meeting that teased forthcoming cuts to benchmark interest rates, along with a much weaker-than-expected jobs report. Fears of a recession in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2021

HousingWire’s newest award program launches today , honoring the housing economy’s top marketing execs in lending, mortgage servicing, investing and real estate. Earlier this year, HousingWire recognized the top finance executives in housing with the HW Finance Leaders award. appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2022

Publicly traded mortgage tech company Blend Labs isn’t changing its strategy to survive a shrinking mortgage market, even though a drop in originations is sapping its revenue stream and forcing it to trim its workforce. Blend says it’s still long on title, even amid industry grumblings that it overpaid for Title365.

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