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Technology impacts title examination, title plants
Posted Date: Monday, September 22, 2014
October Research, LLC attended the Association for Title Information Management (ATIM) 2014 Conference in Portland, Ore. In the session, “Who, or More Likely What is Accessing the Title Plant? The Impacts of Technology on Title Examination and the Role of Title Plants,” the panel discussed how technology works in this niche of the industry.
The panel was moderated by Mark Ladd, director of channel sales for Simplifile and included, Brian Twibell, CEO and co-founder of RedVision, Tim Murray, vice president of technology at NextAce and Adam Castillo, vice president of operations at Data Trace.
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Competitors reQuire, Final Trac join forces
Posted Date: Monday, September 22, 2014
reQuire LLC, a lien release tracking and reporting service for the real estate services sector, has completed its acquisition of Final Trac LLC.
Linda Aparo, former CEO of Final Trac and now director of sales and marketing under the new entity, told The Title Report she never has been more excited.
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MISMO awards first Premiere level certification
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) awarded its first Premiere Level certification to Expedite, the services platform from eLynx. Expedite is the first product to receive this important designation from MISMO.
“We congratulate eLynx for being the first company to obtain a certificate for one of its products through MISMO’s software compliance certification program,” MISMO President Mike Fratantoni said.
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TitleOne announces SSAE 16 recertification
Posted Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014
TitleOne, a locally owned title and escrow company based in Idaho, has received recertification for the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16.
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First National expands to New Mexico
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
First National Title Insurance Co. (FNTI) has expanded into New Mexico market.
“We are following our independent spirit of agent-focused underwriting services to the land of enchantment,” CEO Chris Phillips said.
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WFG integrates with Adeptive
Posted Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014
Adeptive’s ResWare platform now is integrated with WFG National Title Insurance Co. policy jackets.
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FHFA appoints new deputy director
Posted Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt appointed Nina Nichols as deputy director of the FHFA Division of Enterprise Regulation. She will oversee the FHFA’s regulation and supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
FHA commish to step down
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Pioneer Technology Group expands into Colorado
Posted Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014
Douglas County, Colo., has selected the Landmark Official Records system from Pioneer Technology Group as the county’s new recording and public search system. This is the first installation of Landmark in Colorado.
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Title Alliance grows staff at Indy Metro
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Title Alliance Ltd. has staffed two roles at Title Alliance of Indy Metro. The appointments come just two months after the joint venture partnership was formed with Keller Williams Indy Metro South.
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LenderLive grows settlement services division
Posted Date: Friday, September 19, 2014
LenderLive Network Inc., a domestic-based, end-to-end mortgage services provider, named Charlie Kent vice president of national sales for its settlement services division.
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Advantage Group boosts sales team
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
The Advantage Group has added a senior vice president to work with institutional investors, lenders, attorneys and developers on significant regional and multi-state transactions.
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Windermere joins RealtyTrac network
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Windermere Real Estate, a Seattle-based brokerage, is now part of RealtyTrac exclusive residential real estate network.
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Millennials are moving in, baby boomers out
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Millennials are moving away from counties with smaller populations, while baby boomers are moving in them. Keep reading to learn more about these generations.
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Reports find homeownership still part of the American Dream
Posted Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014
Wells Fargo and the Demand Institute recently released studies showing Americans, including millennials, still view homeownership as an achievement. Keep reading to see what these experts had to say.
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Industry reacts to consumer complaint database
Posted Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014
Industry associations including the Mortgage Bankers Association and the American Land Title Association are coming out against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal to add consumer narratives to its compliant database.
Both associations agreed unsubstantiated complaints against companies could cause harm, not only to the company, but the consumer as well.
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Castro stresses need for housing finance reform at Summit
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Julián Castro made his first major address, at the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Summit on Sept. 16, since being sworn in as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on July 28.
In his speech, Castro reaffirmed HUD’s mission to build upon the post-crash growth in the economy and the housing market to make homeownership a possibility for every American.
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‘Title Man’ releases first book
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Michael Holden, vice president of field operations for the North American Title Insurance Co. and author of “The Ramblings of a Title Man” column, has released his first book.
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QRM rule release date still unknown
Posted Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014
Six regulatory agencies re-proposed their QRM rule more than a year ago, but based on comments from agency leaders during a recent Congressional hearing on Dodd-Frank implementation, it appears the final rule may not be released for a while.
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Newton man admits to extensive mortgage fraud
Posted Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014
Filippos Milios, also known as Filip Milios of Newington, Conn., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Martinez in Hartford to conspiracy and money laundering offenses stemming from his role in a mortgage fraud scheme involving dozens of Connecticut properties.
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Baird & Warner expands in Chicago
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Baird & Warner, Chicagoland’s largest locally owned independent residential real estate services company, opened its 24th branch office in Plainfield, Ill.
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