Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Even with a sharp rise in interest rates toward the end of the second quarter, the title insurance industry still recorded a relatively strong fiscal quarter, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis. billion in title insurance premium volume, only slightly down from the $6.54 had 0.9%.

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

Whether you believe the worst market conditions are now behind us or that the coming months will remain turbulent, there’s no doubt that title related businesses will need a combination of thrift, ingenuity, innovation and persistence to be successful for the foreseeable future. Fannie Mae forecasts $1.6

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2024

For title agency owners and professionals, finding the time and resources to train your team can be challenging. In this article, we’ll examine four effective strategies to help you navigate these challenges and prepare your team for the changing housing market. Use a blended learning approach Everybody learns differently.

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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

JUNE 30, 2022

As mortgage rates rise and home price appreciation continues , employees in the housing industry are hard at work preparing for shifting market conditions. title insurers even as macroeconomic pressures increase in coming months. However, as in the first quarter of the year, commercial title orders may help bolster revenue.

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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

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

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Third-quarter earnings season kicked off with a bang last week with three ( Stewart, First American and Old Republic ) out of the Big Four title insurers reporting their earnings on Thursday. The firm’s title segment reported an operating revenue of $647.9 And consequently, we are growing our market share.”. million last year.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Just days after announcing its acquisition of Michigan-based Devon Title Agency , Stewart Title is back at it, announcing its acquisition of Greater Illinois Title Co. Chicago-based GITC is the largest title company in Illinois. Roughly a month ago, Stewart acquired New Mexico-based Las Cruces Abstract and Title.

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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. Market reporting can then be verified through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System consumer access website that is available in reports.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

After years of historic growth, the housing market is beginning to normalize. While some are using the current market uncertainty as an opportunity to promote products that offer less protection under the illusion of saving consumers money, now is not the time to start embracing shortcuts to well-established processes and products.

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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

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

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

JULY 21, 2023

Related to its goal of achieving profitability , title insurer Doma announced Thursday that it had sold its title operations in Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana to two different companies. Chicago-based title firm Near North Title Group acquired Doma’s 30 offices in the Midwest. million, compared to $50.0

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As existing-home sales continue to slide and mortgage rates rise ever higher, all but eliminating any hope for refinance transactions, the title insurance industry is doubling down on technology. At the forefront, is artificial intelligence , or AI. AI will not take your job, but people who know how to use AI will,” Svoboda said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For most real estate industry professionals, title insurance needs no introduction. A trusted product , title insurance has been used to protect real estate transactions and property rights for over a century. Title insurance is different than most other insurance products. Title insurance is a comprehensively regulated product.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2023

High mortgage rates , economic uncertainty and low housing inventory did very little to help title premium volume during the first quarter of 2023. In the first three months of the year, the title industry generated $3.37 Top underwriters for the quarter by market share included First American Title insurance Co.

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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

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

JANUARY 31, 2024

When loanDepot announced that it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident in early January, it became the fourth publicly traded mortgage or title firm to absorb an attack in as many months. About two weeks later, “Big Four” title firm Fidelity National Financial was hit with a ransomware attack in which data belonging to 1.3

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Housing Wire

MAY 8, 2023

The rapid housing market cool down and the rapid pace at which the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates took their toll on the title insurance industry in 2022. During the fourth quarter of the year, the title insurance industry generated $4.4 billion in title insurance premiums, down 38% year over year.

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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. in 2020 to 8.8

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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

JUNE 21, 2022

As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect what most Americans consider the biggest purchase of their lives. Why is a title search necessary for refinancing?

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Despite recording stronger financial results during the second quarter of 2023 than the first, executives at both First American Financial and Old Republic did their fair share of bellyaching over current housing market conditions during their firms’ Q2 2023 earnings calls on Thursday. “We The title segment’s quarterly revenue of $1.53

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

announced on Tuesday the completion of an agreement for WFG to acquire certain branches of Doma’s West Coast local retail title operations. The deal includes multiple retail title locations and operations centers in the Northern and Central California regions. Williston Financial Group (WFG) and Doma Holdings, Inc.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Slower housing market conditions , mortgage rate volatility and rising affordability challenges took their toll on the title insurance industry during the third quarter of 2022. During the quarter, the title insurance industry generated $5.4 billion in title insurance premiums, down 20.6% year over year at $17.6

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

Not many would count the title industry among the economy’s technology leaders. In fact, many title agents will proudly tell you that ours is a “traditional” industry. Of course, many will tell you that those factors are a big part of why the title industry has, at times, seemed a little behind the technology adoption curve.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2023

Title Resources Group (TRG), a leading title insurance underwriter, announced on Monday that HomeServices of America , a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and one of the nation’s largest residential real estate companies, has increased its ownership stake in TRG. “Our partnership has already created value for our operations.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

There is no slowing down Stewart Title. The smallest of the “Big Four” title insurers announced Thursday that it had acquired Michigan-based Devon Title Agency , gaining scale in a hot housing market. Roughly a month ago Stewart acquired New Mexico-based Las Cruces Abstract and Title. This is down from 9.6%

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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

AUGUST 9, 2022

Rachel Luna, principal of Patriot Title Company. With over 13,000 followers on Instagram , Rachel Luna, the principal of Texas-based Patriot Title Company , is the self-proclaimed “Texas Title Queen.” Luna has worked her way through the ranks and is now among the most recognizable pros in the title industry. “I

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2022

Title insurance underwriter First American has launched a new digital platform for title agents, according to an announcement on Thursday. The firm’s net income also had a significant decrease falling to $109 million from $302 million a year ago, as title order volumes decreased due to rising mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The American Land Title Association saw a 32.5% year-over-year increase in title insurance premium volume during the third quarter of 2021 according to ALTA’s Market Share Analysis , published on Thursday. During Q3 2021, the title insurance industry generated $6.8 with 20.7%, Old Republic National Title Insurance Co.,

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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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