Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

The title insurance industry is on track for steady expansion over the next decade, driven by surging real estate activity, advancing technology and tightening regulatory frameworks. According to Market Research Future (MRF), the title insurance market is expected to grow from $4.15 billion in 2025 to $5.69

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Advocus National Title Insurance Co. has introduced GO Live, a virtual closing system designed to streamline real estate transactions for attorneys and their clients. GO Live allows attorneys to guide homebuyers through closing documents in real time, reducing errors and improving communication.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As the country embraces technology now more than ever, lenders and title companies have an opportunity to embrace the possibilities of mortgage technology to connect with consumers in new ways and grow their businesses. It’s a new time for our industry, with so much going virtual.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In honor of the 2025 Tech100 nomination season, HousingWire asked leaders from last year’s Tech100-winning companies including Flueid , Vesta , Gridbase and MyHome, a Williston Financial Group Company to share some examples of how their technology has helped transform a traditional real estate and mortgage process.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Rocket said the the transaction is expected to generate $100 million in additional pre-tax revenue from higher recapture rates and attaching its title, closing and appraisal services to Mr. Coopers existing originations. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

FinLocker details that the initiative will eliminate verification costs at all stages of the mortgage journey, from prequalification and underwriting to final reverification before closing. ” FinLocker indicated that future initiatives will target other high-cost areas like title expenses. ”

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

Not many would count the title industry among the economy’s technology leaders. For decades, settlement services firms staked their reputations on personalized customer service and regional or local expertise, rather than cutting-edge technologies. Candidly, there’s good reason for that. Behind the tech adoption curve?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Now in its 13th year, the Tech100 program serves as a trusted resource for housing professionals, providing a definitive list of the industrys top technology providers. These companies are at the forefront of solving the biggest challenges mortgage professionals face every day. Check out the full list of this years honorees below.

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Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2021

The number of title and settlement companies offering digital closings has increased 228% since 2019, as more of the industry moves online in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in 2021, 46% offer digital closings, according to Diane Tomb, ALTA chief executive officer.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

The deal, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both Rocket Companies and Redfin, is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2025. Today, Rocket Companies announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase digital real estate brokerage Redfin in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.75 billion in equity.

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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. We’ve evolved. We’ve social distanced. We’ve grown.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With the housing market slowing down from its pandemic-fueled frenzy, wire fraud threats, regulatory challenges and the perennial challenge of an aging workforce, the title insurance industry will have a lot to juggle in the new year. For the title insurance industry, she feels this will result in a thinning of the herd.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The American Land Title Association saw a 32.5% 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 A look at the role instant title plays in the borrower journey.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

Remote online notarization (RON) continues to stake its claim as a critical innovation for real estate professionals and homebuyers, opening the door for faster closings and largely eliminating the need for in-person meetings.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In addition to the increased cost of production, loans are also at increased risk of wire and title fraud risk, with almost half of transactions appearing to be high-risk, according to a Q3 analysis by MISMO-certified wire and prevention fintech FundingShield. Increased costs related to wire and title fraud recovery.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. The title firm has launched val-ID by Westcor, a tool designed to help title agents validate the identities of home buyers and sellers, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The tool is powered by the technology of Intellicheck and is engineered by GridBase.

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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

MARCH 28, 2024

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. When asked why it takes an average of six to seven weeks to get to closing , there are a lot of complex (and honest) answers. But there’s also room for improvement.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The nation’s second largest title insurer , First American , as well as some of its subsidiaries, remain offline as of Wednesday morning in the wake of the title firm’s Dec. One buyer commented: “We wired in full payment for a home that was supposed to close last week. 20 cybersecurity incident.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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. We have already launched Fees, Order Management, Closing Agent Management, and Instant Title,” Ryan Peterson, president of Grid151, said. “We

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2023

Some say that the nearly 150-year-old title industry has a difficult time adapting and evolving. However, the title industry has proven these critics wrong over the past decade, and importantly, it has done so without leaving homeowners vulnerable to unnecessary risks. Think an old dog can’t learn new tricks?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

Publicly traded real estate technology company Doma Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to sell to title insurance underwriter Title Resources Group (TRG) and become a private company. Its most recent endeavor is Upfront Title , launched during the third-quarter earnings call with investors and analysts.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has launched a new service to handle all the title work for its brokers on refinancings. As a result, brokers no longer need to deal with a title company or settlement agent to close a refi. It said TRAC+ will allow the lender to “manage title review, closing, and disbursement.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Seemingly forever, the average time between reaching a sales agreement and closing on that property has hovered around 45 days — a month and a half. When asked why it takes an average of six to seven weeks to get to closing, there are a lot of complex (and honest) answers. But there’s also room for improvement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Real estate software provider Qualia is looking to improve how it serves its title company customers. Through the network, Qualia said it hopes to help the title and escrow companies on its platform in reducing operational costs and “increasing efficiency and security via robust bank integrations.”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s becoming clear that the settlement services industry, long reluctant to adopt new technology, is finally moving in the direction of comprehensive automation. However, while the title space has made tremendous strides in recent years, there is still a tremendous amount of “button mashing” being done. The result? Manual headaches.

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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 The title industry has worked hard over the last few years to shed that reputation. Not only did it take a lot of time, but it cost a lot of money.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Title Resources Group (TRG) has closed its acquisition of Doma Holdings , the parent company of Doma Title , according to an announcement on Friday. The technology division of Doma, which was renamed to Doma Technology LLC (Doma TechCO), will operate as a separately capitalized entity. ”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

There is no slowing down Stewart Title. The smallest of the “Big Four” title insurers announced Thursday that it had acquired Michigan-based Devon Title Agency , gaining scale in a hot housing market. Roughly a month ago Stewart acquired New Mexico-based Las Cruces Abstract and Title. This is down from 9.6%

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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. But those who live and breathe title know there’s something even more fundamental with which they are charged.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Now in its 6th year, the Tech100 Real Estate program provides a trusted resource for real estate professionals, showcasing the industrys top technology providers. These companies are solving real-world challenges, delivering cutting-edge solutions, and helping real estate professionals navigate an evolving market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 1, 2022

As a result, lenders and title companies are seeking ways to invest and implement solutions that will further streamline operations, grow market share, remain competitive, and improve borrower experience while providing increased ROI. One avenue to reduce cost and streamline the closing process is to offer digital closings.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

If you’re in the real estate industry, you certainly know that the average time from mortgage application to closing has been hovering around 50 days. It’s not a point of pride or badge of honor for any mortgage, title, real estate or valuation firm. More closings are happening remotely via convenient, digital processes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Wire and title fraud risk reached an all all-time high in Q4 2023 with 51.8% of transactions having issues that led to a risk of wire and title fraud, according to FundingShield ‘s quarterly report. issues per loan indicating the lack of appropriate controls by closing agents to identify and fix issues.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As existing-home sales continue to slide and mortgage rates rise ever higher, all but eliminating any hope for refinance transactions, the title insurance industry is doubling down on technology. At the same time, firms overlook the cultural impact the technologies could have, causing us to underestimate their impact on society.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

What it means is there is a higher percentage of potential fraud per file,” Elizabeth Berg, the vice president for education and training at FNF Family of Companies , told attendees of the American Land Title Association’s ALTA One conference on Thursday. With this in mind, Adams told title professionals to increase their vigilance.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The most impactful may be an alternative to the traditional lender title process, called TRAC. Ishbia said his company has hired attorneys to review title and closing docs, make sure the title is clear and then help facilitate the closing process. Ishbia also announced the roll out of UClose 3.0,

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