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Rocket to shut down origination channel for real estate and insurance agents

Housing Wire

Rocket Companies will soon shut down Rocket Pro Originate , a mortgage origination platform for real estate agents, insurance agents, tax professionals and other financial professionals who are also licensed to originate mortgages.

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Concerns are growing over the rising cost of homeowners insurance

Housing Wire

The rising cost of homeowners insurance is weighing more heavily on American homeowners and buyers, according to a survey published Wednesday by Mphasis Digital Risk , a technology services company serving the residential real estate lending industry. average, according to estimates from the Insurance Information Institute.

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How lenders can help lessen home insurance shopping headaches for borrowers

Housing Wire

Getting the home insurance required to close is often more complicated than it needs to be. HousingWire recently spoke with Tom Kriby, vice president of client development and partnerships at Westwood Insurance Agency , about the home insurance shopping process and how lenders can help make it simpler for their borrowers.

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Grid151 acquires Simply Secure Sign’s eClosing technology

Housing Wire

Grid151 , a technology products provider for the mortgage and real estate industries, has acquired Simply Secure Sign , an eClosing technology platform, the company announced Tuesday. The platform will be renamed “Ink’d.”

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National Mortgage Insurance integrates with Vesta LOS

Housing Wire

National Mortgage Insurance Corporation (National MI) announced on Tuesday its integration with Vesta , a loan origination system (LOS) provider and software-as-a-service company. “We are thrilled to add Vesta, a leading SaaS company building next-generation LOS technology, to our list of integration partners.”

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Fannie Mae rumored to be looking at forgoing title insurance

Housing Wire

The title insurance industry is often bemoaned for being antiquated and making minimal changes, but that has not been the case for the past 12 months. The program would grant certain mortgage lenders a waiver on title insurance requirements for loans sold to Fannie Mae and will be rolled out this spring, according to Politico.

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Title insurance industry reports best quarter on record

Housing Wire

year-over-year increase in title insurance premium volume during the third quarter of 2021 according to ALTA’s Market Share Analysis , published on Thursday. During Q3 2021, the title insurance industry generated $6.8 billion in title insurance premium, marking the industry’s best quarter on record. of the market.

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