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Opinion: What you need to know for a successful real estate transaction

Housing Wire

This is especially important in today’s fast-paced real estate market, where time is of the essence. What is a title in the context of real estate? In real estate, a title is a legal document that establishes ownership of a property or asset. Once an offer is made and the purchase agreement is completed, the escrow is opened.

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TitleWave launches Colorado branch

Housing Wire

Jeremy Wohlford will be the company’s new title examiner. Join this webinar for a discussion on changes in market demographics, suppliers and how focusing on customer experience and taking a few simple steps during the mortgage loan process can close deals 3x faster. Closing Complex Loans Faster With a Digitized Client Workflow.

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Opinion: The title industry supports innovation while prioritizing protection

Housing Wire

These innovations have helped — not hindered — title professionals offering the same, robust coverage and protection that homeowners have depended on for over a century. Some vendors push alternative title insurance products that are marketed as cheaper options. Not all innovations are created equal.

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Home equity lending opportunities remain despite decline in tappable equity

Housing Wire

Utilizing automated valuation models instead of full-blown appraisals or title searches in lieu of title policies makes loan production less expensive and more rapid,” according to the report. Tappable home equity is expected to decrease to a forecasted $18.1 trillion as of the fourth quarter of 2023 from an expected $19.4

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Title insurers reckon with attorney opinion letters

Housing Wire

Prior to the advent and widespread use of title insurance, before taking title to a property, the buyer required that the title be free of any rights, interests, liens or encumbrances of others for which the buyer would be responsible for. This is a top priority for ALTA.”.

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Opinion: The risk from Fannie Mae’s mission creep

Housing Wire

For a one-time fee paid at closing, title insurance protects homeowners and lenders from defects not only discoverable in public records search but also from unknown risks such as fraud and forgery that are not revealed in a title search. At five years, the daily cost of coverage is about 68 cents per day.

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Can AI launch the title industry into the future in 2024?

Housing Wire

“I always joke that we work in an industry that literally researches the past, and because of that, sometimes, I feel like our marketing, sales, and technology live there too,” Sam Trimble, vice president of strategic growth and development at Fidelity National Financial , said. Our lives can’t go backwards,” Svoboda said.

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