Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2023

Those who aren’t really familiar with the settlement services industry tend to think of a title agency as, more or less, the business that makes the closing happen and delivers a title insurance policy. Some use their inbox as de facto storage for such information until the time is right to enter it into the proper documents.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing technology landscape, businesses in the title insurance , mortgage and real estate industries must prioritize cybersecurity response planning and business continuity. Document Incident Response Procedures: Create step-by-step guidelines for responding to different types of incidents.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2023

” According to Bodrozic, this blend of customized home data and advanced AI technology positions HomeZada as a powerful tool for homeowners looking to maximize the value of homeownership.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the breach exposed the data of 14.6 Experts say hackers obtain login information through phishing scams or even self-serve password reset tools. In addition to backups, cybersecurity experts also stressed the importance of having a cyber insurance policy.

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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

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.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2021

Texas-based technology company RamQuest announced its title and closing digital network — called “Closing Market” — has integrated with SearchCONNECT , an affiliate of Investors Title and National Investors Title Insurance Company , which provides search solutions in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

HousingWire recently spoke with Propertybase CEO Vance Loiselle about real estate tech and how the past year has accelerated the need for digital collaboration tools across the entire customer journey. HousingWire: What role has the increase in technology played for both businesses and consumers in the real estate space?

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2021

According to FundingShield CEO Ike Suri , part of the issue is that introducing new technologies for automation and further digitization of the closing process can also create new opportunities for cybercriminals. eClosing and other automation technologies continue to grow in adoption and simultaneously open up doors for new fraud schemes.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 1, 2023

And yes, this certainly has had an impact on insurance companies from coast to coast, as we’ve seen insurers retreat en masse from states such as California , Florida , and Texas , which have all seen record losses in recent years from wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, severe winter storms, sinkholes, and more.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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. Today, the platform integrates with Encompass by ICE Mortgage Technology, and integrations with other LOS systems are in development.

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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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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

JUNE 17, 2021

HomeBinder offers a new innovative tool for the real estate agent as well. Not for lack of effort, however, resource restrictions, regulatory burden, and rapidly evolving technology, not to mention pandemic impact, often take precedence. The post Creating clients for life in a hot purchase market appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) launched a mortgage insurance (MI) center on its Encompass loan origination system, part of the company’s vision to to become a ‘ life-of-loan’ platform.

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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 28, 2022

Lenders should turn to an automated tool that is easily configurable and tailored to validate the specific data for home equity lending. Using a solution that has unique verification options such as employment or homeowners insurance (HOI) can help give some lenders a competitive edge over others.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As an industry, we observed first-hand during the pandemic the transformative power technology has over the mortgage origination process, especially with the borrower’s experience at closing. With compelling data such as this, there shouldn’t be anything stopping lenders from implementing RON technology and reaping the benefits.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2021

Investors are returning to the space with more confidence, and new investors like private equities and insurance companies are showing interest. Lenders will still need to carefully verify borrower documentation to ensure ability to repay. billion in total securitizations – only a 33% decrease from its 2019 high.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Similarly, seemingly every element of a real estate transaction demands numerous siloed service providers working simultaneously with technology and data kept in silos. HOA requirements and documentation: a case in point. The result is thousands of HOAs with thousands of varying requirements and mounds of varying documentation.

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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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Assurance Financial

MARCH 2, 2022

The number one point to make with our industry is that due to the incredible new capabilities of mortgage fintech, we need to rethink technology. Instead of thinking about the process and how to plug technology into the different steps, we need to think about the capabilities of the technology and how we change the process to adapt to it.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With its four largest firms all at least 100 years old, the title insurance industry has a bit of a reputation for being antiquated and technology averse. “I It has begun to adopt and integrate more and more technology into the title search and production process. Not only did it take a lot of time, but it cost a lot of money.

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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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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In my career, I’ve swung between enabling technology and securing it at the same time. SW: At PRMG, do you generally build or buy technology? Well, technology is now the sixth tenet, because you can’t do any part of the other ones without the technology and that’s where the big change has happened.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The title insurance industry generated $6.8 billion in title insurance premiums in Q3, marking the industry’s best quarter ever. HousingWire: What aspects of the title process can most benefit from technology? HousingWire: We hear a lot about “stare and compare” with closing documents. Click here to submit your company.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Among the top challenges were turnaround times (56%), operational capacity, volume and staffing (34%), technology implementation and integration (34%) and communication (31%). The right tools to help. By using WFG’s MyHome, lenders can work more efficiently, with less time spent chasing down borrowers for documents or information.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

Historically, title has been slow to adapt to technology – however, COVID-19 drove the adoption and implementation of digital solutions. Even with this adoption of technology, the customer experience can sometimes be lacking.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2022

It’s significantly impacting the title insurance industry now and will only become more prominent as the boomer workforce continues with retirement plans. Far too many title businesses fail to accurately document their software assets, services, processes, and operational policies. Financial and operational headaches.

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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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Appraisal Today

JUNE 16, 2023

In addition, our lenders and GSE’s are implementing tools and programs to identify when “Certain prohibited, subjective or potentially biased words or phrases are included in appraisal reports.” Then, we look at how new technology enhances our ability to identify inconsistencies in quality and condition ratings. Which is appropriate?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

It’s a great marketing tool for the right type of listing. Blockchain technology is probably best to record ownership interests for intangible assets associated with intellectual property rights,” Moringiello said in an interview. It also gives real estate agents ideas. But with real estate, we already have a way to signal ownership.”.

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Housing Wire

JULY 7, 2022

Since the announcement , we have heard from a number of lenders and partners about their excitement over our ability to accelerate the digital journey of our industry, our ability to invest in the modernization of the MSP servicing platform, and the open technology approach we bring to the deal.

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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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Will Springer Realtor

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The emergence of creatively sophisticated cybercriminals armed with cutting-edge technology like artificial intelligence (AI) is making life difficult for the real estate industry and its customers. Deepfake technology can even impersonate real estate agents, landlords, lenders or consumers. mail and other means.

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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. They also leaned into tools for automation so they could increase their efficiency to meet increased demand.

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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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