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Notarize offers its users digital identity proofing and authentication services for eClosings

Housing Wire

Technology has streamlined the real estate industry, but it has also left the industry confused on how to bring the myriad of regulations, documents and requirements together into a cohesive, simple and secure experience that benefits all parties involved. .

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Online notarizations usher in era of trusted transactions

Housing Wire

A simple, ancient practice, one that often goes unnoticed despite the critical role it plays in the lives of millions of Americans, is getting modernized. Over a billion documents are notarized each year — you probably know the drill. The seal is completed, and your document is official. We’re talking about online notarizations.

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Opinion: More can be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

Yes, the complex legal and regulatory web that can vary from state to state and even city to city doesn’t invite a quick and smooth passage to the closing. A document might be needed closer to the closing date or as soon as a few days after the start of the process. It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle.

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USPAP Myths for Appraisers

Appraisal Today

Modern Montauk NY ‘Tree House’ Offers Sweeping Oceanfront Views for $7.5M It’s known as the “Modern Montauk Tree House,” the listing notes. Spend hours writing volumes of supporting documentation to justify the market value of a property you already decided on when you pulled into the driveway. Excerpts: 4 Bedrooms, 4.5

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Opinion: More should be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

And the complex legal and regulatory web that can vary from state to state and even city to city doesn’t invite a quick and smooth passage to the closing. A document might be needed closer to the closing date or as soon as a few days after the start of the process. It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle.

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Appraisal Risk and Modernization

Appraisal Today

Industry Insider Insight on Risk and Modernization. Lenders want a compliant document that allows the loan package to be sold as quickly as possible, while investors want an appraisal that allows for securitization or resale to another downstream buyer. Fannie New Appraisal Form Modernization. Worth attending. Work the Angles.

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Conservation Easement in Ohio: A Guide to Protecting Our Treasured Land

The Robert Weiler Company

The importance of a fully modern open space preservation vehicle – a conservation easement in Ohio – cannot be better summarized than by our 26th President. A simple conservation easement definition is a legal contract to protect private land, permanently. A contract between the landowner and the buyer is legally binding.

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