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Title insurance industry volume rises 3.6% in Q1

Housing Wire

Despite rising interest rates , higher home prices and a drop in refinance volume , the American Land Title Association recorded $5.89 billion a year prior, according to the trade group’s Market Share Analysis , published Friday. Top underwriters by market share for the quarter included First American Title insurance Co.,

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ALTA: Protecting property rights with title insurance

Housing Wire

For a home valued at $250,000, the cost of an owner’s title insurance policy would be just 11 cents a day on a 30-year mortgage. nationally since 2004 and roughly 5% the past two years, based on the most recent industry data from 2021.

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HOUSING ‘TRIFECT’ PUTTING SQUEEZE ON BUYERS

Will Springer Realtor

“The share of first-time buyers has dropped to a 41-year low [26%], the racial divide in homeownership has grown to the widest point in a decade and the share of single women entering [the market] has declined.” If finding a home isn’t enough of a challenge, affording one can make the purchase experience doubly “exciting.”

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