Despite a significant increase in mortgage volume, average closing costs for single-family properties in 2019 remained flat, according to an analysis by ClosingCorp. Read on for more details.

A survey by the NFIB Research Center found 76 percent of small businesses have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak. Read on for more details from NFIB’s latest survey of small-business owners.

WFG National Title Insurance Co. has named a manager for its southwest region. Read on for more details.

DocMagic, Inc. has launched new technology that enables its Total eClose platform to accept documents from any source, including non-e-enabled documents. Read on to learn more.

Cloudstar has hired a senior ResWare administrator and SQL reporting expert. Read on for more details.

Days before small businesses were allowed to submit requests for the Paycheck Protection Program, a $349 billion loan program administered by the Small Business Administration and authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the agency and the Treasury Department released key details of the program.

Within the recently passed $2 trillion stimulus and relief bill is a $349 billion fund to help small businesses continue to meet ongoing payroll and other critical needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Land Title Association has joined with the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders in urging governors, mayors and county officials nationwide to keep offices vital to the settlement and financial industries open during the coronavirus pandemic.

The federal government has extended the deadline for requiring the Real ID or enhanced license needed to board federally regulated commercial aircraft or accessing federal facilities and nuclear power plants. Read on to learn the new deadline.