Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“The framework by which they price loans and originate is a reflection of their objective to not necessarily earn the highest margin but to have the highest volume. That being said, they emphasize the volume and retain their title as the number one mortgage lender in the country.” How much will borrowers pay?

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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.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Williston Financial Group (WFG) announced the release of a new digital tool through subsidiary Volly that aims to enhance collaboration between mortgage loan officers and real estate agents.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2025

” Banosian called his role a “fancy title,” adding that at the end of the day, he’s still a loan officer. ” Buckling down Banosian acknowledged that the new title comes with new challenges. ’ I want to be viewed as a partner.” I’ve always been a winner.”

Title

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.

Mortgages

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.

Purchase and sale agreement

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.

Brokerage

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.

Lending

Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

AI -based tools are now substantially reducing both the time and labor of routine mortgage processing.Traditional procedural stepssuch as employment proofing, income verification, fraud detection and title checkshave long resulted in an unnecessarily lengthy time for a mortgage applications approval.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2025

Loan officer profile visible to leads (Source: LendingTree ) Want leads fast? You want to be recognized in your community, so when someone says, “I’m looking into buying a house,” the other person says, “I know a great loan officer, I’ll give you their number!” Check out LendingTree.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If we look at just the Chicago market, for example, @properties has a really strong title business and now that gives us a footprint in that market, Golod said. Chicago was already a strong market for us, but we didnt have a title business there and this gives up a really solid title partner for our agents in that market to work with.

Title

Lighter Side of Real Estate

APRIL 16, 2025

A borrowers profile can help confirm things like job titles, dates of employment, business activity, and even geographic location. If a loan officer is combing through a borrowers social media profiles, theyre not doing it out of boredom. In particular, LinkedIn is becoming a go-to tool. What Are Lenders Looking For, Exactly?

Mortgages

Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

Lenders or loan officers passing deals to agents for standout service? Reform or bust: Protecting consumers and the industry The CFPBs retreat spares real estate , lending, and title insurance for now but its smear tactics chill innovation and punish small brokerages and vast referral networks daring to thrive.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

I do not believe single-entity national brokerages should get involved in mortgage or title, Palmer told HousingWire in an exclusive interview. No call center loan officer is ever going to drive an hour to get a water sample for a well test, and thats what agents and their clients need. Were not here to make it up on title.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2020

DataTrace Information Services announced on Thursday its launch of MarketView – a platform that will provide title companies with accurate market insights including existing market share. The post DataTrace launches market insight platform for title companies appeared first on HousingWire.

Title

Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

New American Funding (NAF) has snagged top Chicago loan officer Larry Steinway as it looks to grow its presence in the Chicagoland area. billion of loan volume in his nearly 30-year career, started at NAF on April 1 as its vice president producing area sales manager tasked with expanding the lender’s footprint in the Chicagoland area.

Loan Officer

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.”

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2022

Do loan officers need more technology than they currently have? Most loan officers do not believe they need more tech than they have now. Most loan officers do not believe they need more tech than they have now. Being a loan office hasn’t changed. Being a loan officer (LO) hasn’t changed.

Loan Officer

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.

Loan Officer

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.

Title

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.

Title

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.

Title

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.

Title

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?

Title

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?

Title

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?

Title

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?

Title

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?

Title

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.

Title

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.

Loan Officer

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.

Title

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

Title

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.

Loan Officer

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.

Loan Officer

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.

Title

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.

Loans

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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