Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

After a tumultuous year of disruption and uncertainty in 2020, mortgage servicing continues to change in order to meet consumer needs, regulatory demands and best practices. A strategic insurance solution is a critical component to monitor and assess mortgage loans as part of a larger risk management and servicing framework.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2021

The title insurance and settlement services provider was originally bought b y Solutionstar Holdings , an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings (Mr. Blend’s white label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the site of banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. Streamline by combining services.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Prior to 2020, the mantra around the mortgage industry going back to 2016 was that launching a new “digital experience” was the equivalent to table stakes in poker. Not to be outmatched, the incumbent software providers each updated and launched their own POS to stave off the encroaching technology. Meanwhile, the industry scrambled.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2022

A total of nine title insurance and settlement services providers were named to the Inc. 3093), First National Title Insurance Company (No. The complete list of title insurance companies on the Inc. The post Nine title insurance companies named to Inc. In 2021, 12 firms made the list. 1115), Celebration Title Group (No.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As the mortgage rate environment became increasingly volatile in August and early September, one in three title insurers reported order volume that was below or far below average. One of the things that we are currently working on is a new consumer facing website that is focused solely on bringing talent into the title insurance field.”.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

One of our big goals at Blueprint Title is to shrink the title insurance business from an $18 billion business to a $10 billion business,” Berneman, the company co-founder and CEO. “We share of the market controlled by small, independent title insurance companies. ow and ease of the entire closing process.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Realtor.com is leveraging data from First Street , a climate technology company, and will offer three new risk factor scores — heat, wind and air — to complement existing fire and flood assessments. The cost of homeowners insurance policies has skyrocketed in the past two years as U.S. According to the U.S. million Americans in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

HousingWire: What role has the increase in technology played for both businesses and consumers in the real estate space? Vance Loiselle: In the 20th century, the primary technology innovations in real estate were the telephone and the MLS. This will result in a major shift in how people use their homes and where they want to live.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Publicly traded real estate firm The Real Brokerage has struck an agreement to acquire the mortgage brokerage arm of real estate and mortgage technology company LemonBrew. Real’s technological vision for the future of integrated home buying is what drew us to the platform,” Dedhia said in a prepared statement.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

million class action lawsuit to resolve claims surrounding a 2020 data breach. The company, which has more than 800 employees and operates in 35 states, is accused of negligence for failing to protect its internal systems, leading to a data breach in November 2020. The news was first reported by legal website Top Class Action.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Since the deal announcement, Better’s employment count dropped from 11,000 employees in 2020 to 950 workers as of June 2023. It also dealt with the bad press after Garg laid off employees via Zoom in December 2020. Better plans to be a mortgage marketplace that sells its technology platform to other companies. “Our

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2021

Porch, led by CEO Matt Ehrlichman, acquired home insurance company Homeowners of America , mover marketing and data firm V12 , home inspection company Palm-Tech and roofing contractor software company iRoofing. The big acquisition is for Homeowners of America, an insurance company that operates in six states and is licensed in 31 more.

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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. New technologies are arising to address these unique risky conditions. In the U.S.,

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2023

Candor Technology Inc. , The company debuted in August 2020 with a mission to automate much of the underwriting process when making income, asset and lending decisions. According to the firm, clients of Candor shave about 14 to 19 days from cycle time, as the technology eliminates queuing. In August 2021, Candor raised $12.5

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2023

Since the deal announcement, Better’s employment count nosedived to 950 workers in June 2023 from 11,000 employees in 2020. Better dealt with the bad press after Vishal Garg, Better’s founder and CEO, laid off employees via Zoom in December 2020. The company posted a loss of $89.9

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Another “Big Four” title insurer announced its fourth quarter earnings and yet again the numbers reached historic highs. billion coming from direct title premiums, a 21% increase of the fourth quarter of 2020. billion for 2021, a 49% increase over a year prior. billion, with $1.0 in Q4 and 21.7% for the full year.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2021

Former CoreLogic executive Rouz Tabaddor has been named vice president and chief intellectual property officer at title insurance provider First American Financial Corp. — billion in total 2020 revenue, $1.1 segment pretax margin of title insurance and services. The company announced a healthy $7.1

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The American Land Title Association , which represents more than 6,400 title insurance companies, title and settlement agents, independent abstractors, title searchers and real estate attorneys, announced it will hold its ALTA ONE event virtually for the first time. We’ve evolved. We’ve social distanced. We’ve grown. We’ve reflected.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week a cybersecurity violation by title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. What should lenders look for when choosing mortgage technology? It derives nearly 92% of its revenue from its title insurance segment, according to the SEC. Presented by: SimpleNexus.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2022

Xactus will add flood services to its list of verification solutions with the acquisition of MassiveCert , a software company that provides flood zone determinations for insurance, lending and real estate. MassiveCert will be rebranded as Xactus Flood Solutions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For Gen Z, technology is second nature Gen Z is considered those who were born between 1997 and 2012 — today, members of Gen Z are between 11 and 26 years old. We are the cohort succeeding millennials and have grown up with rapid technology progression, an increase in multi-generational households and the “influencer” era.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

However, it still appears that lenders are focusing their technology investments on the point of sale. A 2020 ICE Mortgage Technology survey confirmed this, reporting that 58% of borrowers were affected in their decision making by the presence (or lack thereof) of an online application. This comes as no surprise.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

The New York-based startup’s latest funding round will focus on continued expansion of its technology as it navigates the highly competitive and ever-growing digital mortgage space. The tech startup said the new automated underwriting offering is part of its larger vision is to enable one-click real estate transactions ?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

In a flurry of moves, TitleWave Real Estate Solutions of Jacksonville, Florida has announced a new location in Colorado, two new executive hires, and the launch of its title and search report technology. Enverus said it plans to integrate Integrity Title’s technology into a new online platform called Integrity Title Plants.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Mortgage Insurers (USMI) as its president in 2023. MISMO is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association, launched in April 2020. Davis’ appointment in this role follows the departure of former MISMO president Seth Appleton, who will join the U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Founded in 2020, Truv covers more than 120 million Americans via 50 integrations with payroll providers and more than 2,000 customer-built connections to specific employers, according to the firm’s website. The role of consumer transaction data in increasing homeownership access.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2022

Xactus, which says it has more than 6,500 clients including bank and nonbank mortgage originators, uses its proprietary technology platform to close loans quickly. Since then, the firm acquired MassiveCert , a software company that provides flood zone determinations for insurance, lending and real estate in July.

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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

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

APRIL 7, 2022

In 2008, as the financial crisis was unfolding, he landed a job at secretive big data startup Palantir , where he learned that the $10 trillion mortgage industry was still in the Stone Age technologically. million in 2020 during the refi-boom and with the market headed into a correction, executives warned investors revenue would plummet.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2021

Title insurance startup Doma – formerly known as States Title – announced today that it will go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Capitol Investment Corp. Doma, founded in 2016, says its patented machine-learning technology reduces title processing time from five days to five minutes.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

When people think about the title insurance industry , what comes to mind is often its core products – title insurance policies that protect property rights of homeowners and lenders. As an industry, our commitment to protection goes beyond title insurance policies. The bill is being considered in several states nationwide.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2021

Blend’s white label technology is what powers mortgage applications on the site of banks such as Wells Fargo and U.S. CEO Nima Ghamsari, a former employee of analytics giant Palantir Technologies , and Blend President Timothy Mayopoulos, a former chief executive officer at Fannie Mae. “For 2019 and 2020, our revenue was $50.7

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

WFG Title Insurance will now offer forbearance, loan modification, and foreclosure information reports as part of its general title and closing services. WFG reported its highest volume months ever during the second and third quarters of 2020.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The SPAC is sponsored by Ellie Mae veterans, a software company sold in September 2020 to Intercontinental Exchange for around $11 billion. trillion in 2020 in the United States. Also, there are $100 billion in home insurance and $16 billion in title insurance, with outdated products and services. “We

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2022

WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williston Financial Group and a national title insurance underwriter dedicated to taking time and cost out of real estate transactions. Steve Ozonian, CEO, Williston Financial Group.

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