Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2021

Maxwell claims the loans on the platform close 50% faster than the national average. The post Digital mortgage startup Maxwell lands $16M in Series B appeared first on HousingWire. Founded in 2016, Maxwell claims it has facilitated over $100 billion in loan volume to date through its platform.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

One avenue to reduce cost and streamline the closing process is to offer digital closings. Lenders and title agents also reported they can close more loans faster with the same or fewer people, and improve overall loan quality by reducing critical errors, avoiding missed signatures and unnecessary rework.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2022

AEGIS Land Title Group last week announced the acquisition of Capital Title of Washington , a boutique independent title and escrow provider operating in the greater Seattle area. Meanwhile, Paul and Julie Hofmann have owned and operated AEGIS Land Title Group since 2015, after they acquired Stewart Title of Kitsap and rebranded it.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2023

housing market could have a soft landing in 2023. Any time you use the phrase “soft landing” it should come with a trigger warning because some folks get really angry hearing it. But, I think it’s pretty indisputable now that we got a soft landing. This is what a soft landing looks like. So right now — soft landing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

Despite the seemingly common occurrence of seller impersonation fraud, 46% of respondents reported that it was at least “somewhat common” to catch fraud attempts before closing, while 26% said it was more common to catch fraud after closing.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has worked with trade organizations such as the American Land Title Association (ALTA) to create educational videos to inform stakeholders of the risks of wire and title fraud and what to look for in email communications.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

There has been a great deal of innovation around purchasing homes, making credit available, and closing real estate transactions. Low claims ratios are a testament to the work our agents do to eliminate items prior to closing. The best resource for consumers is ALTA’s comprehensive home closing website, homeclosing101.org.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The American Land Title Association saw a 32.5% Today, borrowers expect to close fast. A small issue within the title process can have an impact on the length of the closing process, impacting mortgage lenders and borrowers. Learn about the tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Digital mortgage exchange and loan aggregator MAXEX announced on Monday it closed an equity investment round and partnerships to expand liquidity amid the recent market volatility. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The American Land Title Association, alongside our real estate industry partners, are committed to making transactions easier for everyone through consumer education efforts. Using Home Closing 101, consumers can contact local title agencies to compare rates and find a company that feels like the best fit for them.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s a hard challenge because we don’t have a lot of land here. Are you the sole person closing sales? Because really, ultimately, they want to be able to close more business, and you have to be an ally in that process. Kim: You came close to closing $1 billion in sales in 2021. Marquis: Correct.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2022

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) and its members worked closely with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to help develop regulations for TRID, which went into effect in 2015. Research released in 2020 by the CFPB showed TRID has helped consumers better understand their costs when closing on a home.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

Fraud and forgery claims represented more than one-fifth of the total dollars spent by title insurers on claims expenses and losses over the past decade, according to a study conducted by Milliman and commissioned by the American Land Title Association (ALTA). billion in claims related to losses and loss expenses.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2024

Data from the American Land Title Association’s (ALTA) Title & Settlement Agent Registry (ALTA Registry) will be integrated with the platform of closing software provider Qualia , according to an announcement on Wednesday. It’s crucial that the title insurance industry urge progress and innovation in the digital closing space.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Buoyed by robust performance, homebuilders are leveraging their strong financial positions to pursue various strategic initiatives, including stock buybacks, land acquisitions and active participation in the M&A arena, the report said. The acquisition is set to close in the first half of 2024.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Expanding acess to digital closings At the beginning of the pandemic , as our industry was deemed essential, we saw a need to increase access to digital home closings. Tina Smith’s Mapping Housing Discrimination Act , which would help fund research regarding discriminatory covenants in land records.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

Although fewer home sale transactions closed in 2023 , fraudsters continued to be active, with the FBI reporting that fraud loss in the real estate sector reached $446 million in 2023. In a statement, CertifID CEO Tyler Adams said that he applauds Old Republic for taking the initiative to help reduce the risk of mortgage payoff fraud.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The American Land Title Association , which represents more than 6,400 title insurance companies, title and settlement agents, independent abstractors, title searchers and real estate attorneys, announced it will hold its ALTA ONE event virtually for the first time.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

The American Land Title Association is making it clear that it won’t have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau making drastic changes to title insurance without first at least hearing the trade groups thoughts on the issue. The comment period for the request for information closed on Aug. 2, 2024.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2022

Actual” real estate is defined as property consisting of land or buildings, and everything that is permanently attached to the land. Its boundaries can be shown on a land survey and ownership is vetted through a physical deed in the jurisdiction, where the physical real estate is located. Defining virtual real estate.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For homebuyers, the good news is that the median sale price continues to fall, with Novembers figure landing at $406,100. million sales in 2025, a number that is close to the current rate of 4.15 The growth also bucks the historic trend of sales dropping between October and November. While thats a 4.7% million reported by NAR.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 22, 2020

billion, according to the latest market share analysis from the American Land Title Association. HousingWire recently spoke with Susan Falsetti, managing director of Origination Title and Close at ServiceLink, about the state of the title industry. Here are the top 5: Westcor Land Title Insurance : 6% WFG National Title Insurance : 2.9%

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Housing Wire

MAY 26, 2023

When it comes to close on the sale of the property the scammer will request a remote notary signing. The scammer then impersonates the notary and returns falsified documents to the title firm or closing attorney involved in the transaction. The title firm then transfers the closing proceeds to the scammer. billion, up from $6.9

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2023

The program provides direct loans to Native American veterans and veterans who are married to Native American non-veterans to help with the purchase, construction or renovation of a home on trust land. The new rate will apply to NADL loans closed on or after March 13, which will lock in the 2.5% interest rate for the life of the loan.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Even with a sharp rise in interest rates toward the end of the second quarter, the title insurance industry still recorded a relatively strong fiscal quarter, according to the American Land Title Association’s Market Share Analysis. Rounding out the top 10 for Q2 2022 was Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. billion recorded a year ago.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fractional real estate investment firm reAlpha announced late last week that it is partnering with Title First Agency to provide title and closing services on all of the firm’s property acquisitions. Today, borrowers expect to close fast. Learn about the tools lenders should leverage to streamline home equity title and closing.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. “We are thrilled to partner with Westcor Land Title Insurance Company in launching val-ID,” Intellicheck CEO Bryan Lewis said in a statement. is looking to up its game against fraudsters. The tool is powered by the technology of Intellicheck and is engineered by GridBase.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The entities will seek to find potential solutions for closing the racial homeownership gap. The new initiative comes in the form of a group called the “CONVERGENCE Collaborative,” which is a “coordinated effort to identify and develop solutions to help close the racial homeownership gap,” according to an announcement published by MBA.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 8, 2024

Fitch also noted that other similar efforts by the federal government to lower closing costs, including Fannie Mae’s announcement in April 2022 that it would accept AOLs in lieu of title insurance policies, has had no material impact on the title industry. Soham Bhonsle, an analyst at BTIG, shares a similar outlook.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2021

Legislation is also pending in New York and New Hampshire, according to the American Land Title Association. The number of title and settlement companies offering digital closings increased 228% compared to 2019, according to ALTA’s 2021 Digital Closing Survey.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

Some of the factors influencing this could be the increasing popularity and prevalence of remote closings and notarizations, as well as much higher levels of home equity from pandemic-induced home price appreciation increases. But this type of policy won’t protect you against forgery occurring after your property purchase. “But

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

If a consumer is in the homebuying process, the fraudster will send false wiring instructions to the homebuyer ahead of closing—often appearing as if they are from a trusted representative in the transaction. The title industry works closely with financial institutions and the FBI to help recover incorrectly transferred funds.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

AgentConnect takes Co-Branded marketing to a new level by automatically delivering dynamic open house flyers, property websites, and landing pages instantly through MLS data in real-time, which is auto-generated and compliantly displayed, including loan officer’s specific loan and pricing options. Insellerate’s AgentConnect.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The American Land Title Association has been a vocal critic of AOLs since Fannie Mae’s announcement nearly two years ago. In an emailed statement, a Fannie Mae spokesperson wrote that the GSE is continuing to explore ways to improve housing affordability by reducing closing costs.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Notarize , a provider of remote online notarization (RON) services in 38 states, and Snapdocs , a California-based digital mortgage closing platform, are partnering, the companies announced Thursday. With Notarize integrated directly into the platform, Snapdocs gives all parties the technologies they need to complete a digital closing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

More than 160 employees from the now-shuttered Finance of America Mortgage have landed at Go Mortgage , a Columbus, Ohio-based lender. With a focus on purchase mortgages through referral sources, Reich aims to close $1 billion in loan origination volume in 2023 through his division alone. We specialize in marketing for purchases.”.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2022

at the close of 2019, according to the American Land Title Association , the industry’s primary trade group. By investing in key markets across the country, Stewart looks to regain some of its market share. During the third quarter of 2021 , Stewart’s market share was 8.2%. This is down from 9.6% at the end of 2020 and 10.6%

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