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Title insurance industry volume rises 3.6% in Q1

Housing Wire

billion in title insurance premium volume during the first quarter of 2022, compared to $5.68 The title insurance industry had a record year in 2021 , generating $26.2 The title insurance industry had a record year in 2021 , generating $26.2 The same five states held the top spots at the end of 2021.

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The “Big Four” take on the upstarts in title insurance

Housing Wire

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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Fidelity joins “Big Four” counterparts in reporting record-breaking year?

Housing Wire

Another “Big Four” title insurer announced its fourth quarter earnings and yet again the numbers reached historic highs. billion for 2021, a 49% increase over a year prior. Our investments are more in the continued enhancement and development stages and we are adding more features to our existing technologies,” Nolan said.

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Home equity products light up a dark housing market

Housing Wire

The home equity products involved include home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), closed-end second mortgages (CESs) and shared-equity contracts. The recent Saluda Grade-sponsored rated offering represents the sixth securitization deal since 2021 backed fully by shared-equity contracts — valued in total at some $1.3

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ALTA shakes up leadership team with staff promotions

Housing Wire

Headed into 2021, the American Land Title Association announced the promotion of six of its staff members to new leadership positions. “I She ensured the association continued to provide networking and educational opportunities to the title insurance industry within the new platform.

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Maintain that Workfile

Appraisal Buzz

Adoption of the Square Footage-Method for Calculating, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z765-2021 upended the long-standing routine and methodology for thousands of appraisers. This might include assignment conditions, contracts, leases, income and expense data, subject property descriptions, and builder’s cost information.

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Single-family rental market slammed by headwinds

Housing Wire

That, in turn, could lead to improved liquidity outlets for loans secured by single-family investment properties — through the private-label securitization (PLS) market and via insurers, pension funds and other institutional investors that hold loans or mortgage-backed securities in portfolio. . And 2022 was off by some 17% from 2021.

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