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Senators reintroduce bill to allow remote online notarizations

Housing Wire

.” The bill has been endorsed by a wide array of organizations, including ALTA, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). “It makes sense to embrace remote online notarization as a permanent innovation.” million in the U.S. –

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

Housing Wire

Yes, the process of orchestrating the collaboration of lenders, appraisers , home inspectors, one or two real estate agents, a title insurance company, and possibly others is complex. The title industry has finally put the foundation in place for a modernized workflow. But there’s also room for improvement.

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HousingWire Annual On-Demand 2022

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development’s, Federal Housing Administration Alexia Smokler, Director, Fair Housing Policy & Programs, National Association of REALTORS Jessica Russell, Senior Program Manager, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 06 Appraisal modernization: What’s the endgame? 03 The Future of Title.

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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

Real estate still relies on a “system” unable to integrate production across the silos of media, brokerage, lending, insurance and trading. Realtors have a structural advantage as the listing event is the signal to downstream transactions. Many industries began to deploy electronic supply chains in the 1980’s.

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

Housing Wire

The process of orchestrating the collaboration of lenders, appraisers, home inspectors, one or two real estate agents, a title insurance company and possibly others is complex. The title industry has finally put the foundation in place for a modernized workflow. But there’s also room for improvement.

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Introducing the 2023 Women of Influence!

Housing Wire

Name Job Title Company Name Agnes Standowicz Senior Vice President and Head of Underwriting United Wholesale Mortgage Alayna Gardner Director of Sales and Marketing LodeStar Software Solutions Ali Haralson President Auction.com Amanda Tucker Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Atlantic Bay Mortgage Company Amy Gromowski Executive of Science and Analytics (..)

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Orchard raises $69M in Revolution-led Series C

Housing Wire

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. It’s doing that, he claims, by a “more modern approach to search using photos as a search modality.” Register for the FinLedger Daily Newsletter.