Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Should the goal of marketing technology be to make it so that a loan officer never needs to log in? I started in the mortgage industry in 2015, working for large banks that were heavily invested in using technology to simplify the loan process for everyone involved. Empowerment, not detachment, is the path forward.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2023

Brena Nath, Director of HW+ and Events When looking at the home-buying process, I’ve always found it fascinating and impressive that the title agent usually wins the buyer-driven social media post. To add to the story, the buyer usually doesn’t even pick the title agent — the seller does.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2021

For the title industry, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a futuristic concept to be discussed wistfully in conference breakout sessions. Until now, most title agencies have attacked those problem areas with staffing. Until now, most title agencies have attacked those problem areas with staffing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2021

Nebraska-based Charter Title and Escrow has formed a Hispanic division to further assist Spanish-speaking customers, Realtors and loan officers in the region, the company announced on Wednesday. Per Angela Miller, Charter Title agent, Hispanics make up the fastest-growing demographic in the Omaha, Nebraska area.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2022

HousingWire recently spoke with Matt Regan, EVP of Transaction Management Systems at Flueid , about the need to redefine “instant title” to focus on adding value to loan evaluation and decision-making rather than just delivering the title commitment faster. A faster title commitment should equal a faster closing, right?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

However, while the title space has made tremendous strides in recent years, there is still a tremendous amount of “button mashing” being done. Increasingly, manual processes in title workflows are being eliminated with customized bots and AI. The first example is a well-known headache for title firms. The result?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

HousingWire recently spoke with Susan Falsetti, managing director of Origination Title and Close at ServiceLink, about the state of title in 2020 and how the EXOS technology platform allowed ServiceLink clients to take advantage of virtual closing solutions. HW: What are the benefits of having the title provider complete the closing?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s not a point of pride or badge of honor for any mortgage, title, real estate or valuation firm. Much of that average time to close tends to pile up in the title and settlement stage of the process. Loan officers dread having to email an appraisal firm for the report they’re waiting on. How do your new orders come in?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It’s clear that 2023 will be a very different year for the title industry than what we’ve experienced in the recent past. Regardless, it’s clear that title businesses will need to compete for their share of that available volume, in large part, by differentiating themselves from the competition. Processes, or chokepoints?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

It started 2024 with 18 loan officers and finished the year with about 90. The company also touted its title insurance business as high margin and rapidly growing, with revenue reaching $4.8 The company said about 40 independent brokerages with about 2,200 agents in total joined under these terms.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

I want to push a button and have everything done for me and see my results without having to go to the county website, or go hop on Zillow and check this, or go check closing costs, or go to the title and escrow company to find out what the fees are for something. Nor do I want to spend the time to build presentations, to write the email.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

ServiceLink’s tech-enabled title solution, EXOS Title, combines cutting-edge technology and superior customer service with a nationwide footprint – ultimately getting lenders and their clients to the closing table faster. EXOS Title offers strict adherence to local, state and federal regulatory guidelines.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But in another stroke of luck, I have a cousin who is a loan officer at Guild Mortgage. Once negotiations were settled and my mortgage was accepted, the final step was to obtain title insurance. For this, I turned to New Hampshire-based Cohen Closing & Title , where another cousin is the director of business development.

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Real Estate News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Fidelity National Financial, the nation’s largest title company, coming back “office by office” as real estate agents and loan officers find low-tech solutions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

Adding value HW: How does this partnership help loan officers add more value to clients? They ran an automated underwriting review and appraisal waiver, and no title was needed. We had another loan from application to clear-to-close in four business days. Now they dont have to. They signed and closed the next day.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Closing fee-related compliance tool provider LodeStar is integrating with title insurance provider Stewart , the companies said Monday. This integration makes accurate fees available instantly from a sizable population of the title agent community,” Jim Paolino, the CEO of LodeStar, said in a statement. “As

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

.’ In a presentation for investors , Rocket outlined how its acquisition of Redfin will help the company create a more seamless and affordable way for consumers to transact real estate, showing how it will take consumers from the home search phase all the way through title and closing.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Setting your sights on the future is important for any business owner, agent or loan officer looking to find success in the ever-changing housing market. The Future of Title panel on Oct. 4th includes Pat Stone, Williston Financial Group, Heather Siegel , Qualia, Marcus Hunt, Southern Oak Title and Rachel Luna, Patriot Title Co.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

Title agents historically have felt like they played second fiddle to other players in the buying and selling of real estate. Largely hidden from view and misperceived by some to be on the lower end of the hierarchy of service providers, the position seemingly lacked the luster of the real estate agent or the panache of the loan officer.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

From at least August 29, 2022 to December 2, 2022, individuals who were not licensed as loan officers (LOs) in Connecticut acted as LOs by taking residential mortgage loan applications , soliciting Connecticut borrowers for mortgages and offering or negotiating terms of mortgages, according to the order issued earlier this month.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

When these clients are then connected with the best agents and the best loan officers, it creates a virtuous cycle. Now, by joining forces with Rockets 3,000 loan officers and expansive mortgage broker network, were building a highly efficient funnel that matches motivated buyers with top professionals.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2022

Redfin said the affected employees have been notified of the layoffs, and that they have the opportunity to find another role at the company, especially in real estate support, title, and iBuying organizations. “For years, Redfin has talked about becoming a one-stop shop for brokerage, mortgage, iBuying and title services.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2021

In fact, in some ways, title and settlement services-focused providers will be even more pressed to accelerate their compliance programs. TRID is still the law of the land, and nothing suggests that title and closing providers won’t continue to bear the brunt of that compliance requirement.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

In today’s competitive purchase market, loan officers need to capitalize on every opportunity to engage with real estate agents, title agents, and other referral partners,” Ben Miller, nCino’s executive vice president of U.S. Upcoming enhancements will include functionality for locking rates via both web and mobile platforms. “In

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

With the acquisitions of Stearns and Owning, Guaranteed Rate now has a stable of profitable joint-ventures , some of the nation’s top-producing retail loan officers , access to the wholesale channel and a stronger direct-to-consumer platform to grow its refi business. The company appears to be only licensed in California.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Loan officers and mortgage executives alike continue to click on links in seemingly routine emails, ultimately giving bad actors complete access to lenders’ systems and mortgage transactions. ” David Townsend, CEO of Agent National Title Insurance.Co.,

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

According to Compass executives, the brokerage will reach this milestone by improving the attach rate of its title and escrow services, launching its joint-venture mortgage services platform OriginPoint during the fourth quarter of 2021, and continuing to expand into more markets.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

From the real estate agent to the title agent, the real estate transaction is one of the largest money transactions that also has the highest number of people involved. Historically there has been so much focus on choosing the right real estate agent and loan officer. My answer would be your mortgage servicer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Whether you are in the mortgage, real estate, title or technology sectors of housing, there will be something for everyone to learn and enjoy at HW Annual. . 3 Can't-miss HW Annual panels for new mortgage loan officers. The conference will kick off this coming Monday, Oct. HousingWire Annual. 3-5 in Scottsdale.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 17, 2023

These perks were offered in exchange for a requirement for agents and brokers to agree to be paired with a Freedom loan officer. Freedom reportedly denied requests for event sponsorship from real estate brokerages that did not refer mortgage business to Freedom’s loan officers. million fine.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a client-centric, tech-focused family of companies in the title insurance and real estate settlement services industry. Now, at WFG’s 10-year anniversary, this vision holds even more relevance.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

According to data by mortgage technology platform Modex , LemonBrew loan officers produced $347 million over the last 12 months. The vast majority of loans – more than 80% – are originated by Rocket Mortgage , the data shows. LemonBrew Technologies also has divisions for title insurance and homeowners insurance.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Wiener founded and ran Redfin’s mortgage and title businesses. “The vision for LowerOS, really, is to make getting a home loan feel a lot more like a car loan. As president, he eventually led a nationwide sales organization with 3,000-plus real estate agents and sales support professionals.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In these 20-minute sessions, attendees will walk away with tangible and actionable information from leaders at mortgage, valuation, real estate and title companies. In a call to all mortgage executives and loan officers, these two speakers are looking to address the way most lenders and loan officers do business.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

These tools streamline title services and allow both lenders and their agents to manage the closing date, receive updates, securely access documents and understand what is needed for closing day. Plus, loan officers can access their entire transaction pipeline at a glance for purchase transactions using titlegenius.

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