Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

For the first time, the ALTA Registry will provide data on individual title insurance and settlement services companies, identified by an ALTA ID. It’s crucial that the title insurance industry urge progress and innovation in the digital closing space.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2021

Title insurance provider First American Financial Corporation announced the acquisition of Texas-based Georgetown Title , a company with roots planted in the Lone Star State over 125 years ago. billion underwritten by title insurers in 2020 was a 22% increase from $15.8 billion in 2019.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Better is partnering with other businesses to offer services such as homeowner’s insurance and to provide access to a network of real estate agents, rather than offering these products and services directly to borrowers. The company went from a $500 million profit and 11,000 employees in 2020 to only 950 employees by June 2023.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

While the rise of digital technology has permanently shifted the world of lending, many borrowers still look for a human-touch experience to help create trust and transparency throughout the lending process. “A HW: Where would you advise clients and colleagues to focus their technology resources as we navigate the second half of 2021?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2020

Azevedo initially joined HW Media in June 2020 as Fintech Editor for HousingWire, and was quickly identified as the right talent to lead the launch of FinLedger as managing editor. . FinLedger officially launched on August 17, 2020. The appetite for quality journalism specific to the fintech industry is great. About FinLedger.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

Dave Applegate, a board member since 2020, has been named the company’s chairman. Chief Operating Officer Rob Lux was named co-CEO for operations, technology, business development, client management, human resources, and legal. Tornquist served the company for 35 years and became CEO in 2008.

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Housing Wire

MAY 24, 2022

Indecomm, founded more than 25 years ago, has more than 200 mortgage industry customers, including large and mid-sized lenders, servicers and mortgage insurers, according to its website. The post Indecomm’s GeniusWorks software to cut middle-office costs appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Since the pandemic began, the FHFA has enabled lenders to complete more than 1 million payment deferrals, with roughly one-third of all homeowners exiting forbearance via payment deferrals since 2020. million homeowners with COVID-19 pandemic forbearance programs since March 2020.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 16, 2022

Black, a licensed mortgage loan officer and broker, will also lead product development, tech partnerships and sales growth. Black himself is a top producer, having originated about $192 million in mortgages in 2020, according to Scotsman Guide rankings. “Now that we are licensed in 26 states, we can scale that pretty quickly.

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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. This technology became essential amid social distancing guidelines.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

An ALTA Vendor Survey showed that RON transactions increased by 547% from 2019 to 2020. While the pandemic thrust RON into the mainstream of the industry, many are still wondering how the technology can benefit them and the closing process going forward. If they do insure them, they will vet and approve your RON vendor.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

trillion mortgage servicing sector shouldn’t be “disrupted” by financial technology, it should be reimagined with fintech. Customer expectations have evolved, but old processes have been dragged along within legacy technologies. These needs must be met with, or without, modernized technology. America’s $13.3

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. To that end, Blend plans to use the new capital to invest in product development such as speeding up the release of its digital closing solution.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2021

from April 2020 to April 2021, with the median home price surging by more than $20,000. Municipal regulations, such as zoning restrictions, costly permitting and minimum lot sizes, must be reformed to expand developable land and reduce timelines and costs. According to the Radian Home Price Index , home prices rose 9.2%

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

In fact, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has experienced a record number of reported complaints as of late, jumping from 5 million logged complaints as of March 12, 2020, to 6 million as of May 15, 2021. increase in errors related to CPL/agent validation in title insurer systems, as well as an 114.6%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

During the first six months of 2020, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that the volume of e-mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spiked significantly. introduced the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act of 2020, which allows for the immediate use of RON nationwide.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2021

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, there were 22 weather and climate disasters in 2020 which cost over $1 billion. San Diego, in particular, has seen the expansion of new construction and development into the wildlands, thus exposing a greater number of homes to the susceptibility of wildfire.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. In July, DocuSign acquired Austin-based startup Liveoak Technologies for $38 million in an all-stock transaction.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2021

In 2020, the refinance boom caused lenders and brokers to go on hiring sprees, and loan originators were putting in substantial hours. Given that low housing supply and increasing lumber prices continue to drive up prices, it only makes sense that brokers developed a heightened interest in jumbo mortgages. But it won’t end here.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2022

By some estimates, origination volume will fall in 2022 to about $2 trillion, about half the volume from the record-breaking years of 2021 and 2020. As of May 27, Iowa Workforce Development lists 49 layoffs at the Wells Fargo campuses in Des Moines and 34 employee reductions in West Des Moine. from the prior quarter.

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Empire Appraisal Group

JANUARY 20, 2022

Not all property insurance companies will cover solar panels, and the ones that do have a wide-ranging set of rules and inconsistent coverage pricing. Energy Information Administration, solar panel use in Florida jumped 57% in 2020. However, potential savings could be offset by another higher cost: property insurance rates.

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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

2020 has been a tough time for many, but for people in housing, it’s like all the oak trees in the forest suddenly dropped their acorns at once, and you’ve been madly collecting them as many as you can before they’re gone. 2020 was the year of delivering great value to your clients – incredible, hardly-ever-seen-in-our-lifetime value.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In my career, I’ve swung between enabling technology and securing it at the same time. So, we’re not little, but we’re not big, like some of these companies with 500 developers. SW: At PRMG, do you generally build or buy technology? People are just clamoring for technology to get an edge, especially now.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 30, 2021

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge put an end to speculation that the agency would move to reduce the Federal Housing Authority ‘s mortgage insurance premiums by 25 basis points. During her nomination , Fudge was noncommittal about potential cuts to the mortgage insurance. Mortgage Tech Demo Day.

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 2, 2022

Katherine Campbell, Chief Digital Officer at Assurance Financial who won the 2020 Housing Wire Tech Trendsetter award, shares her greatest success story in mortgage process digitization to date ahead of her session at PEX Live: Digital Mortgage Process 2022. After a few months, however, these capabilities made the loan officers the heroes.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Being in a flood-prone area can seriously affect your insurance premiums and property value; it could also cause a great deal of aggravation and stress if you experience the wrath of Mother Nature. Columbus, Ohio has emerged as a technologically advanced city; in fact, one of the top three industries here is technology.

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Movoto

MARCH 29, 2024

Here are some quick facts about the economy, demographics, and a few other useful bits of information about the state so you know what to expect before moving to Indiana: Economy Indiana’s GDP was $405 billion in 2020 and has since grown to $495 billion as of 2023. The current unemployment rate (as of 2023) is 3.7%.

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GoForrmz

JUNE 3, 2022

Join the ‘Work to Zero’ movement with safety-enhancing technologies in your workplace Often reserved for thoughts of the Industrial Revolution, the idea that death in the workplace is still a threat today seems unimaginable. It was staggering numbers like these that led the National Safety Council (NSC) to develop its “Work to Zero” program.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2021

Based on 2020, many mortgage lenders are now exploring technology. More specifically, how technology could leave them less exposed to excessive underwriting costs and make them “market ready” for any volume. This dream machine would close these gaps and enable the development of future solutions to address tomorrow’s challenges.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As the refi boom declines – taking the intense production volume of 2020 and early 2021 with it – and we move to a more purchase-heavy market, lenders are seeing a decline in profit margins and an increase in origination expenses. The right tools to help. More loans successfully closed means higher profits, as well.

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Housing Wire

JULY 14, 2022

This narrative was once again repeated in the HousingWire article announcing the FHA first-look program: “Typically, FHA-insured foreclosed properties are snatched up by large investors and turned into rental properties.”. Net owner-occupancy rates. Most of these reverted REOs are eventually sold via the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2021

This year’s class of Rising Stars matches the recording-breaking and unparalleled year that the housing industry experienced in 2020. SVP, Agent Engagement & Development. ICE Mortgage Technology. Genworth Mortgage Insurance. VP of Product Development. Branch Manager. PrimeLending. Kirtus Dixon. eXp Realty.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Among these unknowns are changes that could affect lender-placed insurance (LPI). The LPI process is governed by state and federal laws and regulations, as well as investor, guarantor and insurer guidelines. In 2020, Federal Regulators and the FHA proposed updates to the Interagency Flood Q&As.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2021

McEnerney was a managing director at Deutsche Bank for 14 years before Freedom Mortgage brought him on in August 2020 as executive vice president. RoundPoint also added a new chief administrative officer, Joseph Gormley, who formerly held senior positions at the department Housing and Urban Development. billion.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

million in 2020 to $24.9 Blockchain technology is probably best to record ownership interests for intangible assets associated with intellectual property rights,” Moringiello said in an interview. A deed transfer often includes the new owner ensuring they are the property holder through title insurance.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The Federal Housing Administration announced on Wednesday the launch of its first automated underwriting system that will allow lenders to submit loan application data electronically for single family forward mortgages from their loan origination systems to FHA for mortgage insurance eligibility.

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