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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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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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

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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RIS Media

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Realogy Title Group LLC recently announced the release of a new version of its Title!Snap Snap mobile application, offering real-time title transaction information to real estate agents. – View open order status, and review closed files for the last 12 months. – Buyer Title Premium & Fees.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2022

According to the NMLS, as of October Keller Mortgage had 111 active loan officers spread across 28 branches. As the housing market cools from the frenetic pace of the pandemic market, many firms across the real estate ecosystem from brokerages to proptech companies and title insurers have been forced to make cuts.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2024

They own the home with their name on the title, as with any mortgage, traditional or reverse. But unlike financing with a traditional mortgage, monthly principal and interest payments are not required on the loan, so long as the homeowner keeps up to date with real estate taxes, homeowners’ insurance and property maintenance.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2023

Loan officers were let go in August as well, according to former employees. Higher salary and director-level titles were affected mostly to hit the number,” the impacted former employee told HousingWire. The company had 2,186 sponsored LOs as of Wednesday, per the National Multistate Licensing System (NMLS).

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

households that provides visibility into everything that went into a transaction — real estate agents, loan officers, lenders, title agencies and borrower details, according to MMI’s website. “If MMI’s data covers information on mortgage transactions covering more than 95% of U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2022

issued pink slips to over 350 non-commissioned loan officers, a workforce reduction that former workers claimed to represent more than half of Interfirst’s entire staff. The company is also laying off four people with the title of vice-president. Six months ago Interfirst Mortgage Co.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2022

The title insurance space isn’t generally known for placing outsized bets on technology. By investing in and partnering with companies like these, we can understand what the mortgage infrastructure of the future may look like and how title and settlement services will interact with that infrastructure. As of Sept.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

The Detroit-headquartered lender has been cutting expenses and targeting purchase business, looking to hire local loan officers. News of headcount reductions became public in April 2022, when the lender offered buyouts to 8% of its staff at Rocket Mortgage and Amrock Title. It targeted around 2,000 or so workers.

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RIS Media

JANUARY 17, 2022

The proptech firm is the first to offer franchises that allow real estate service providers in brokerage, title and mortgage to purchase franchises. Franchise owners trend towards real estate brokerages who have experience with operating affiliate companies, followed by mortgage and title companies.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2022

The Ernst Fee Service is used by lenders to minimize fee cures by providing recording fees, transfer taxes, property tax, title, settlement, inspection data, and lender and appraisal fees. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

Vesta has a system of record for loan origination data and documentation; a workflow engine to orchestrate process among borrowers, loan officers, underwriters; and open APIs (application programming interface) for partners to build their own solutions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2023

ChatGPT for lenders Several use cases exist for mortgage companies and loan officers to use ChatGPT and AI. As for the “limitations,” it’s not always correct, and much data has not been updated after 2021. AI can be used to provide a more personalized experience for mortgage customers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

Mortgage Coach provides an interactive borrower education platform that lets loan officers guide borrowers through a visual presentation of their loan options so that the LO becomes a trusted advisor, Dave Savage, then co-founder and CEO Dave Savage of Mortgage Coach said back in January.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2022

The founder of the eight-year-old company and Trulia co-founder devotes an intro and eight sections to other subjects before a penultimate section titled, “People first.”. It was in December that Knock floated a pay cut for its loan officers, before rolling back the plan. His next section, titled “World War III?”,

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Lenders who are modernizing across the entire scope of the origination journey — digitizing processes from application and title through close and post-close — are building unprecedented momentum for their businesses. Technology makes this possible as it builds new efficiencies.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

For a standalone model, NAF and the partner company will form a mortgage banking company that can support funding loans of at least $150 million annually. In a consortium model, currently popular in the title business , NAF will create a standalone mortgage banking company that will sell shares equal to 50% of the company.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

“This creates a challenging environment for volume-sensitive businesses such as mortgage originators and title insurers.” It affected at least 50% of the staff, positions in operations and loan officers, according to multiple former employees. A massive job cut. billion in the last 12 months.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2021

Like it or not, the most nerve-wracking part of buying or selling a home comes when the “file” heads out to the title and escrow company. It’s much more efficient to reach a loan officer and input an application into the pipeline than ever before. How long until the title search is complete?”) The wait seems tedious.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

Better.com, which offers mortgage, real estate, title and homeowner insurance through its digital platform, has entered an agreement to merge with Aurora Acquisitions Corp., billion in title insurance and $1.4 a blank check company sponsored by Novator Capital. As part of the deal, a SoftBank subsidiary will commit to a $1.5

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