Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2022

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. RON is the notarization of a document completed 100% electronically. In our industry, that often means home closing documents. What is Remote Online Notarization?

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Housing Wire

MAY 25, 2023

The platform grants authorized parties secure access to order status, documents, and milestones, catering to the demands of clients and all transaction participants. The ClosingsLIVE app enables push notifications, directly alerting users when an order is shared, a milestone or document is updated, or an order is closed.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 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. This setup lets a consumer compare quotes from several insurers, including Progressive, with only one click. billion U.S.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Most digital solutions in the lending industry are designed to solve one problem and built for one audience in mind. Stavvy’s solution securely digitizes every aspect of the process – not just replacing pen and paper with electronic documents and signatures, but rethinking the entire workflow.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

This borrower-oriented model could help the industry design a framework for any natural disaster in the future. Technology to make for a paperless forbearance process. The mortgage industry is inundated with paperwork, and some services offer limited options to efficiently digitize and process lending and servicing documents.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Since its founding in 2010, WFG National Title Insurance Company has worked to advance the real estate, mortgage lending and title industries, adding greater efficiency and accuracy to processes and a vastly improved experience for consumers.

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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 17, 2022

I am about to say something in 2022 that no one in software design and process management would say. Do loan officers need more technology than they currently have? Will new technology change anything? They do not need more technology. So, my question was, does the LO need more technology than they have now?

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Clear Capital

JULY 13, 2023

Clear Capital solutions combined with ICE’s API technology ensures fast and accurate collection and submission that is designed to meet Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae data standards for property data reports and property data collections respectively. To learn more about Encompass, visit [link].

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The strong standards in the bill are important to prevent fraud and offer consumers a more secure alternative rather than simply using free online audio-audio technology when buying property or refinancing a mortgage. Prior to the pandemic, ALTA and MBA saw a need to develop model RON legislation.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2022

First American Financial Corporation ’s digital closing platform firm Endpoint is now offering a suite of integrated title tools specifically designed for proptech companies, investors and tech-forward real estate organizations looking for a scalable digital closing platform.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Saluda Grade , a real estate advisory and asset-management firm specializing in alternative lending products in the nonbank sector, and its fintech partner, Unlock Technologies , this week priced the industry’s first rated securitization backed entirely by shared-equity contracts (which Unlock calls HEAs). billion. “We

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2021

Not for lack of effort, however, resource restrictions, regulatory burden, and rapidly evolving technology, not to mention pandemic impact, often take precedence. PP: HomeBinder provides a centralized and automated home management platform designed for the journey of homeownership.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

This may include creating individualized asset allocation models with bonds and stocks while considering the worth of life insurance policies. This may also include the creation of a living will and power of attorney documents. Learn to Use Technology. This can make it difficult to integrate technology into their daily routines.

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McKissock

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

One party may forget to pass along a message, another may have the day off, or there may be a missing document. Title companies offer tips to help you organize all the documents required by closing agents. Several high-tech, paperless, digital document software systems exist—making real estate transactions much smoother and safer.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2024

That question would be answered succinctly when the Dodd Frank Act retooled the entire consumer regulatory structure, redrafting lending and closing documents, stiffening enforcement of laws long on the books and creating new ones, and sending participants in the real estate process into a panic trying to figure out to make it all work.

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Raleigh Realty

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Find hidden survey pins Survey pins are thin iron bars in the ground used to designate property lines. They should also hold professional liability insurance which will cover you if the surveyor makes a mistake when surveying the property and goes over property lines. Enter the coordinates of one of your property’s corners.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 16, 2023

(Freddie Mac Announcement: “Loan Collateral Advisor: Starting June 29 New Messages Alert Users to Certain Unacceptable Appraisal Practices,” April 28, 2023) To read, click here So, if we have the technology and tools to present our conclusions in clearer, fact-based ways, let’s get ahead of the program and make the changes proactively.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So far his venture-backed title company has launched platforms that have sped up title clearance and title insurance acquisition, and they have their sights on expanding into the lending and appraisal space. As title insurers our business practices and our regulatory oversight are different in every single state,” Stone said. “So

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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. RPAs are rigid and designed to handle repeatable tasks. Don’t blame the robots. But don’t blame the robots.

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Housing Wire

MAY 12, 2021

Considering how much construction technology, materials, and techniques have evolved, building a new home should be far simpler than it is. We can get to a 10 — I’m confident we will get to a 10 — but it’s unlikely unless we use technology to get there. There are too many obstacles along the way that don’t need to exist.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In addition to the struggles of maintaining clear lines of communication, consumer safety became a major concern in real estate technology as the risk wire and title fraud also began to climb as loan volumes increased. How can technology play a role in improving these timelines?

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Assurance Financial

MARCH 1, 2021

Homeowners insurance. Private mortgage insurance, if applicable. On top of carving out a large chunk of your paycheck for rent, you also likely have to pay for utilities, groceries, transportation, insurance and internet — not to mention the costs of treating yourself to luxuries like vacations and going out to eat.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

With contacts, documents and tasks that flow together seamlessly in addition to their local MLS’s property data that is accessed through the system, its beauty lies in what you don’t see, don’t have to do and don’t need to waste time on. homegenius solves this problem with its real estate software, geneuity.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

The fraud started in 2008, one year after Roberts became a licensed appraiser, according to court documents and statements. . … Roberts faces a maximum of five years in prison and will be sentenced in six months. In 2007, he started appraising conservation easements, which are specified areas of land earmarked for environmental conservation.

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The Robert Weiler Company

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The earlier you receive this documentation, the better it can help you prepare for future challenges (like nonpayment) and begin an early outreach process. That’s because it’s a design most adaptable to various uses and future expansion as business needs evolve. What’s your financial cushion? Here, it helps to leave no stone unturned.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2020

However, as the campaign transitions to the Biden-Harris administration, the incoming team needs to address significant operational and design challenges before such a tax credit is sufficiently ripe for consideration by a narrowly divided Congress. Standards like these can be established using best practices applied by current providers.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Part of its effort to modernize its outdated technology systems, the FHA Catalyst program, hit a snag last year. For a borrower with tarnished credit and thus unable to get conventional financing, an FHA-insured mortgage is the go-to choice. By comparison, private mortgage insurance cancels at a 78% loan-to-value ratio. “If

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