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Title industry facing experience gap
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Ryan Anderson, founding partner of Anderson|Biro told The Title Report he sees an experience gap between those in control and those coming up in the industry. Keep reading to learn more about what this industry recruiter had to say.
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First American acquires TitleVest
Posted Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
First American Title Insurance Co., a provider of title insurance and settlement services and the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corp., acquired TitleVest Holdings Group, LLC. TitleVest is a New York City-based title agency offering a full range of title insurance and related services for real property purchase and refinance transactions.
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Bank of America answers closing agents’ TRID questions
Posted Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015
In a new letter to settlement agents, Bank of America responds to questions from settlement agents that it has received since announcing in December that it would prepare and deliver the Closing Disclosure itself beginning Aug. 1. Read on to find out what Bank of America is saying to the industry on its TRID plans.
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Wells details technology partner
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
In Wells Fargo’s latest quarterly newsletter to settlement agents who close loans with the lender, Wells announces the technology partner with whom agents will be connecting to, as well as answering more questions regarding the company’s plans for the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule implementation Aug. 1. Read on for the details.
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New York bank announces TRID plans, software
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
New York Community Bank and NYCB Mortgage Company, LLC, recently announced that it would, like other major lenders, provide and deliver the Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure to applicants once the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) takes effect Aug. 1.
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Compliance: The title industry’s new market
Posted Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Most people in the title insurance industry have heard the sordid, high-profile tale of a title company that was caught tossing documents containing sensitive consumer information into an unsecured dumpster. The decade-old case still haunts the industry today, even as federal regulators have enacted stricter privacy rules and lenders have established minimum data handling standards for all of their third-party service providers. But are you compliant with all of these regulations? Do you meet your lender’s expectations? Read on to find out.
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NAHB economist says slow start to 2015 not a concern
Posted Date: Friday, March 20, 2015
Housing data to start 2015 has been sluggish. National Association of Home Builders Chief Economist David Crowe said this week, though, that he believes the early data is a blip for the industry going forward. Read on to see what he forecasts for the industry.
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First Republic Title adds Texas sites
Posted Date: Friday, March 20, 2015
First Republic Title is expanding. The agency has extended service in two new areas of Texas. Read on to find out where the business is headed.
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National Standard Abstract opens for business
Posted Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
National Standard Abstract LLC officially is open for business. The full-service title insurance agency has extensive experience in intricate commercial and residential real estate transactions.
The company’s team of professionals has more than a century of combined experience in the title insurance business working on multistate, market rate and affordable housing transactions.
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MBA releases TRID Resource Guide
Posted Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
MBA released a new TILA RESPA Integrated Disclosure Resource Guide designed to assist lenders in complying with the TRID rule by Aug. 1, 2015. Read on to learn more.
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MISMO version 3.3.1 reference model released
Posted Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
MISMO released version 3.3.1 of the MISMO Residential Reference Model in Candidate Recommendation status and for a 30-day intellectual property rights (IPR) review. Read on to learn more.
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BeesPath launches ClosingBridge
Posted Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
BeesPath launched ClosingBridge, a new system that uses electronic file delivery and communication tools to help lenders and settlement agents work together on the preparation and delivery of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures. Keep reading to learn more about this new tool.
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Ellie Mae names two new executive vice presidents
Posted Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Ellie Mae announced two promotions from within to the position of executive vice president. President and CEO Jonathan Corr said the promotion of these two key members of the leadership team allow them both to become officers of the company. Read on to learn more.
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WFG National Title Agency Group adds two
Posted Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
WFG National Title has added two agency sales consultants responsible for growing the company’s footprint in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington D.C. Senior Vice President, Agency, Southeast Region Thomas Klein said they know the region well and will be trusted advisors to clients. Keep reading to learn more.
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Sales lead named for ATPR’s SmartProp
Posted Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
American Tax & Property Reporting, Inc. (ATPR), a provider of technology focused solutions for the real estate and settlement services industry, appointed Corey Hulbert to lead the sales effort for SmartProp.
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Which age group is buying most homes?
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
A recent study by the National Association of Realtors looked into demographics of recent homebuyers in 2014. The age group which bought the largest share of homes in 2014 might come as a surprise. Read on to find out who has been buying.
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eRecording expands in the West
Posted Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Coos County, Ore. and Lander County, Nev. have joined the ranks of eRecording jurisdictions. Lander County Recorder Leslie Bunch said the goal was to become an office that is forward thinking. Read on to learn more.
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First American economist: Housing market underperforming
Posted Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming told The Title Report that sluggish housing data to start 2015 is underperforming market fundamentals. He believes housing data soon should improve. Read on to find out what has Fleming optimistic.
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CFPB explores eClosing benefits
Posted Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is hosting an eClosing pilot program. Amy Moser, Mountain America Credit Union Vice President of Mortgage Services, and Noerena Limon, CFPB Policy Analyst and Project Lead, spoke with The Title Report about not only the pilot program but the eClosing experience. Read on to learn more.
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Two Minnesota counties start eRecording
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Minnesota added two new counties to eRecording with one service. They push the total number of eRecording counties in the state with the service to 69. Read on for the details.
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Compliance implementation can be beneficial, painful, part 2
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
As regulations have increased around the title industry, the attention paid to compliance and implementation has grown as well. In the second of our two-part story, we look at how the compliance work can benefit companies as Aug. 1, 2015, approaches. Read on for the details.
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MBA notes top commercial originators in 2014
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The Mortgage Bankers Association released its annual ranking of commercial/multifamily mortgage firms by origination volume. The study lists 127 originators. Read on to find out who topped the list in 2014.
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eClosings to impact industry, closing agents say
Posted Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Proactive title agents are preparing today for eClosings. One title group in Utah said the prep work for its first eClosing transaction was more involved than with paper closings, but was worth the effort. Read on for the details.
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Live coverage: TRID talk and more
Posted Date: Friday, March 20, 2015
As the final day of the ALTA Business Strategies Conference wrapped up, there was still time to talk about TRID. The last general session featured a discussion, with other info exchanged as well. Read on for the details.
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Compliance implementation can be beneficial and painful
Posted Date: Friday, March 20, 2015
As regulations have increased around the title industry, the attention paid to compliance and implementation has grown as well. In the first of our two-part story, we look at the focus placed on compliance within a business.
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ResWare gains new integration
Posted Date: Friday, March 20, 2015
Adeptive announced a new integration to its ResWare platform. The move brings an on-shore vendor into the ResWare system. Read on to find out the details.
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Report tracks refinances in February
Posted Date: Friday, March 20, 2015
The latest Origination Insight Report from Ellie Mae tracked the share of refinances in lenders’ loan volume for February. It showed an interesting change from January. Read on to find out what the Ellie Mae report revealed.
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Ernst releases Cost2Close service
Posted Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Ernst Publishing Co. has released its Cost2Close Monitoring Service, a tool that ensures that Ernst third-party vendor fees quoted up front have the best chance to match fees disclosed to the borrower three days before closing. Read on for details of the product.
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Stewart adds senior officer
Posted Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Stewart Title Commercial Services has added a senior officer to its Los Angeles office. Read on to find out who.
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MBA survey shows purchase applications grow
Posted Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Builder Application Survey data for February found that mortgage applications for new-home purchases rose percent from January. Read on to find how much it grew.
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House bills would alter CFPB
Posted Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
With majorities in the House and Senate for the first time since the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), House members are taking the chance to introduce legislation to alter the bureau. The bills include changing the structure of the bureau itself as well as altering the reach of its oversight and regulations.
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