Title premiums on pace for best year in a decade

The third quarter of 2016 was another positive quarter for the title insurance industry according to ALTA. Title insurance premiums written were up 7.4 percent.

Through the first nine months of 2016, the industry has rolled up $10.37 billion in title insurance premiums written, up 7.2 percent from the first nine months of 2015.

That's the strongest performance for the industry since at least 2007, and puts the title industry on pace for its best year in at least a decade. Keep reading to learn more about the data.