Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

Illinois-based title insurance underwriter Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund (ATG) has entered into an agreement to merge with mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate. Stan envisioned the creation of this ‘guaranty fund’ to give lawyers the ability to issue title opinions backed by an insurance underwriter,” Birnbaum wrote.

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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. Presented by: ServiceLink. MassiveCert will be rebranded as Xactus Flood Solutions. “The

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Title insurance giant Old Republic International will pay $1 million to settle charges that it entered into “no-poach” agreements to stifle labor competition, the New York Attorney General’s Office said late last week. Presented by: Radian. Old Republic is among the biggest title insurance companies in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Federal Reserve When your clients express concern about interest rates, they’re likely referring to the larger-scale changes with long-term effects that are tied to the Federal Reserve (“The Fed”) and its monetary policy. However, there could be some fluctuations in housing expenses due to changes in taxes or insurance.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

Sahi brings to the role more than 10 years across multiple executive positions in sales, strategy, client management and business development teams at companies including ICE Mortgage Technology and Ellie Mae. Ellie Mae was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in September 2020.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Our way of honoring first responders is by educating our podcast listeners, readers and coaching clients in the real estate industry about how to help those who helped all of us and are still being of service every day. Present at local firehouses, police stations and more Bring your first-responder-program lender specialist with you.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

Illinois-based title insurance underwriter Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund (ATG) has entered into an agreement to merge with mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate. Stan envisioned the creation of this ‘guaranty fund’ to give lawyers the ability to issue title opinions backed by an insurance underwriter,” Birnbaum wrote.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Speakers: Debbie Hoffman, Managing Associate, General Counsel, Western Union Laura Escobar, President, Lennar Mortgage Kim Lanham, Senior Vice President Marketing, Public Relations, Client Services, Digital Risk Sarah Wheeler, Editor in Chief, HW Media. Presented by: Heather Siegel, Lender Account Director, Qualia.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But as much as it’s already a core tenet of real estate, collaboration currently presents a unique new opportunity for real estate agents to evolve the way they work with their buyers and sellers. But collaboration is the way forward — a way to transform how agents and brokers work and the experience their clients receive.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2022

Rising mortgage rates have affected the entire industry, including in the title insurance sphere, with refinance volumes dropping nearly 60% for some companies during the first quarter of 2022 — and things are only expected to get worse when we get the Q2 numbers, as interest rates are now at the highest level in years. Presented by: SoftPro.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents , but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that. Before, insurance was kind of an afterthought. nationwide in 2023, with Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. and Utah at 20.3%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2023

A HECM is insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 2 and cannot be frozen or reduced at any time. The borrower simply needs to pay taxes, insurance and keep up to date on home maintenance. The borrower simply needs to pay taxes, insurance and keep up to date on home maintenance.

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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. “Offering customizable solutions for all our clients is key to this effort, regardless of their size. . Presented by: Auction.com.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Industry overview Mark Goodman is a senior home inspector and territory manager for BPG Inspections , which is owned by title insurer Fidelity National Financial Inc. They’re only supposed to look and report on things that are present and visible,” he added. “If And I’ll tell the insurance carrier, ‘You’ve got to pay this one.’”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Tack on the challenges presented by not being able to connect in person, and it’s clear that servicers are navigating a unique set of obstacles. We have deployed components and services that have changed our strategy while still offering boutique solutions to our clients’ growth goals.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2023

Bridge loans are popular among his clients since they allow homeowners to tap into their equity when buying a home, as well as a professional mortgage where buyers in a specific industry can make a 10% down payment without mortgage insurance, Parkinson explained. So you just hope that it’s your client,” Grossman said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 18, 2021

Months after launching, Candor had already nabbed several top lenders as clients. Today, that client list has grown considerably: Candor provides automated underwriting for 40 lenders, including American Pacific Mortgage , American Financial Network , American Financing , Alcova , Florida-based FBC Mortgage and Homestar.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 19, 2022

In its Q4 earnings report earlier this month, Blend executives told investors and analysts that it was committed to reducing costs at its Title365 arm in light of lower origination volume from its mortgage originator clients. With rapid changes in U.S. Overall, the company, which has never been profitable, lost $169.1 As of 11:50 a.m.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Recently as the real estate industry has shifted from a buyer’s market to a seller’s market, it’s become paramount for Realtors to continually meet their clients at critical life touchpoints to extend the longevity of that relationship. If the customer has just purchased a new car, they might be offered car warranties or auto insurance.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2022

banks, lenders, credit unions, insurers and securities firms. IDS, founded in 1986 and based in Draper, Utah, employs roughly 75 people and has over 450 clients, including U.S. Presented by: Wolters Kluwer. mortgage lenders, banks and law firms. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

Historically, though, professionals let their clients go after the transaction is complete rather than building a moat around the client that assures future transactions. The newest prop tech applications to moat the client relationship are home management tools.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Real estate agents are commonly sued for breaching their duty to act in the best interests of their client. To protect your clients’ interests, and reduce your own risk exposure, check out our highly-rated course, Know the Code: Your Guide to the Code of Ethics. Real estate risk management is an important concern for agents.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

” The document states that Recovco and Strauss are not admitting any liability but believe that under the circumstances present, it is in the interest of all parties for the settlement process to continue. Our clients still have no comment,” Marc Wenger, an attorney for the defendants Sprout, Recovco and Strauss at Jackson Lewis P.C.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

First American Financial, which provides title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, has acquired a minority interest in ServiceMac’s parent company and that interest will convert into equity of ServiceMac at the acquisition’s closing, pending regulatory approvals. Presented by: Total Expert.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Amrock , a title insurance, property valuations and settlement services provider that is part of the Rocket Companies family, announced Wednesday that longtime CEO, Brian Hughes will be retiring later this month and Nicole Beattie, the current vice president of mortgage servicing at sister company Rocket Mortgage , will take over.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Attending industry-related conferences and visiting clients, I was typically the only person in the room under the age of 30. For example, in the past, people may have chosen to work with State Farm as an insurance provider because of its market share or brand recognition.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2022

Chief Operating Officer Rob Lux was named co-CEO for operations, technology, business development, client management, human resources, and legal. Applegate was previously CEO of Common Securitization Solutions (a joint venture owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ), Homeward Residential , Radian Mortgage Insurance and GMAC Mortgage and Bank.

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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 year, our teams have helped our clients keep pace with record volume.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I’m here to debunk the myths and explain why every veteran and qualifying service member should embrace this well-deserved benefit and capitalize on the opportunities it presents. It cost me nearly $17,000 and from then on, I’ve made it my mission to prevent the same thing from happening to my fellow veterans.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

The new features not only answer what someone’s home is worth, it also presents estimates of how much equity the homeowners have, ideas and tips of what they can do with that equity, and how they can get pre-approved to tap into their equity. For more information, visit getbuyside.com or email sales@getbuyside.com.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Venture capital firm Menlo Ventures led the latest Series B funding round, which also includes investments from title insurance company First American Financial , FinVC as well as participation from existing investors 8VC , Khosla Ventures and Fifth Wall. Presented by: Mr. Cooper.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2022

Title insurers big and small can’t seem to escape rapidly deflating refinance volume, but Fidelity National Financial still pulled out the second-best quarter ever for title revenue in Q1 2022. Presented by: SoftPro. Nolan said the firm is considering future M&A activity. The post Fidelity’s title segment reports $2.4B

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 16, 2021

Trying to meet deadlines, keep my clients informed, and put out a quality product in this busy market is enough to make my head spin. The perceived expectations of future events have a present value, even if those events don’t happen. Think in terms of insurance. Uncertainty – Uncertainty and expectations go hand-in-hand.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

VP, Purchase and Client Relations Operations. Senior Director, Product & Client Solutions. Mortgage Insurers. Westcor Land Title Insurance Company. WFG National Title Insurance Company. Enact Mortgage Insurance. Enact Mortgage Insurance. Gitanjali Singh. Head Strategy and Sales. Visionet Systems.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

Endpoint said its new solutions include APIs that automatically open title orders, track transaction statuses, exchange documents, and provide title agents and their clients with custom reporting features and notifications. “At Presented by: Rently.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2020

She ensured the association continued to provide networking and educational opportunities to the title insurance industry within the new platform. After the onset of the pandemic, Gottheim helped ensure the title insurance industry was deemed an essential business. Presented by: WFG.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

increase in errors related to CPL/agent validation in title insurer systems, as well as an 114.6% According to the proposed guidance, the use of third parties by banking organizations does not eliminate the need for risk management but instead may present increased risks to those organizations and their customers.

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