News By Edition

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. announced its identity verification application, val-ID by Westcor, recently played a role in preventing a fraudulent real estate transaction. Westcor Senior Vice President of Product Solutions Richard Murray spoke with The Title Report about this product that helps title professionals verify identities of buyers and sellers. Read on to learn more.

Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow (KL/ACE) is merging with a New England law firm, including its Vermont division. All members of the law firm will join the KL/ACE team, strengthening its market presence in Vermont and expanding the firm’s real estate and estate planning legal services across the region. Read on to learn more.

With concerns about cybersecurity at a high level in today’s title insurance world, companies and agents must pay special attention to their insurance policies and make sure they are covered for any losses that may occur. The Title Report asked several industry experts to share their perspective on the issue.

La Rosa Holdings Corp. reported its third-quarter revenue increased year-over-year by about $600,000. Meanwhile, revenue in the first nine months of 2025 was approximately $9 million higher than it was in the first nine months of 2024. Read on to find out more.

BankUnited Inc. has hired an executive with experience in sales, title solutions, mortgage lending processes and compliance standards to serve as the firm’s senor vice president, national sale manager. Read on to find out more.

The National Private Lenders Association (NPLA) launched the NPLA Watchlist, a searchable, members-only risk-intelligence program designed to help lenders, brokers, and service providers identify high-risk counterparties before funding. Read on to learn more.

Starter-home sales jumped 4.9 percent year-over-year in October, according to a new report from Redfin. Mid-priced (up 0.7 percent) and high-priced (up 0.8 percent) home sales also rose from a year earlier. Read on to learn more.

October Research Chief Knowledge Officer Mary Schuster discusses how the inherent difference in the goals between technology and title and settlement can create friction between the two. “In title, the goal isn’t to move fast and break things — it’s to move wisely and fix things before they break,” she explains.

Radian Group Inc. reported a $14 million year-over-year decrease in net income in the third quarter, but a 9 percent increase in book value per share in the same time period. Overall revenue increased from the second quarter to the third quarter but dropped year-over-year. Read on to learn more.

There little change in overall economic activity in the Federal Reserve Districts, according to the latest Beige Book report. Four districts reported a slight increase in growth, three reported little or no change, one reported mixed activity and four had a modest decline. Residential real estate markets varied from district to district as well. Read on to learn more.

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. announced the promotion of a 20-year title insurance veteran to the position of senior vice president, central area manager. Read on to learn more.

MessageLeap has released Answer Intelligence, a message routing agent that ensures incoming text messages are assigned to the correct closing file. Read on to learn more.

Home shoppers in the fall saw some of the steepest price cuts in years, according to an analysis by Zillow. Read on to learn more

Benutech has launched Daily Lead Alerts, a new feature inside its flagship Title Toolbox platform that is designed to alert real estate agents to listing opportunities the moment they occur. Read on to learn more.

DataTrace has launched StarterIQ, an artificial intelligence-powered title insurance policy marketplace designed to help industry professionals locate the correct starter policy. StarterIQ launched with more than 40 million starters and will reach 70 million in the next six months. Read on to find out more.

CloseSimple announced it has expanded its portal and tasking capabilities to help title companies prepare for anticipated Financial Crimes Enforcement Network information-collection requirements. The new tools offer task integration, operational efficiency and future-ready design to help meet new residential real estate reporting requirements. Read on to learn more.

The Title Report spoke with the heads of software companies to find out about the supplemental tools they are creating to improve title production systems. Read on to find out more.

First American Financial Corp. appointed an executive leader with more than 40 years of experience in the insurance business to the firm’s board of directors. Read on to learn more.

The annual income homebuyers need to earn to afford the median-priced home in rural counties has increased by 105.8 percent from before the pandemic, according to a report from Redfin. Read on to find out more.

AM Best has affirmed financial strength and credit ratings for First American Title Insurance Co. and its title affiliates. AM Best also affirmed the long-term issuer credit ratings of “bbb” (good) of parent holding company First American Financial Corp. Read on to find out more.

Tidalwave announced a $22 million Series A funding round to accelerate adoption of its artificial intelligence-powered mortgage point-of-sale platform. D.R. Horton Inc. participated in the funding round. Read on to learn more.

GridBase announced it has hired a new national account executive who has worked with lenders, served in the U.S. Coast Guard and run his own business. Read on to learn more.

DocMagic Inc. has unveiled in-person electronic notarization (IPEN) capability as part of an enhancement to its Total eClose platform. IPEN offers lenders, settlement agents, notaries and borrowers another tool to support more closing scenarios and borrower preferences. Read on to find out more.

Nearly 85,000 sellers took their homes off the market in September, the highest level for that month in eight years, according to a report from Redfin. Read on to find out more.

The Title Report spoke with leaders of several tech firms to learn more about the new features offered in title production systems. Read on to learn more.

In its third-quarter earnings report, Investors Title Co. reported year-over-year increases in both net income and revenue. “The higher level of profitability was driven mainly by growth in title insurance revenues, as well as increased activity in our like-kind exchange business,” Investors Title Chairman J. Allen Fine said. Read on to learn more.

CloseSimple has launched an integrated payment functionality that allows homebuyers to securely pay earnest money deposits and cash to close via good funds directly through the firm’s portal. Read on to find out more.

First National Title Insurance Co. announced the promotion of a title professional with more than 20 years of experience to the position of senior vice president, operations manager. Read on to learn more.

Stewart-owned Cloudvirga launched Loan Hub, which will help lending professionals view loans and leads in a dashboard, initiate new borrower records and assign tasks for borrowers and team members. Read on to learn more.

ATTOM’s Third-Quarter 2025 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report showed 1.77 million residential mortgages were issued in the third quarter. While it was a slight decline from the second quarter, it was an increase year-over-year. Read on to learn more.

Truly Title has announced that it is acquiring a Texas title company. Through this move, Truly Title leaders say they intend to strengthen their presence in key regional markets and enhance operational capabilities. Read on to learn more.

The Title Team announced the acquisition of a woman-owned, Minnesota-based title firm that has operated for more than 20 years. The firm’s president will continue to lead the team and together they will maintain their local presence and relationships with support from nearby Title Team offices. Read on to find out more.

As homebuyers come to expect real estate transactions to flow more seamlessly and quickly than ever before, integrating instant payments into the process may no longer be optional for lenders and settlement services providers. Read on to learn more.

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. has promoted an eight-year veteran to its New York sales manager post. Read on to learn more.

SoftPro announced a new integration with Closing Times for scheduling and task management across real estate transactions. Read on to find out more.

In October, there were 36.8 percent more homesellers than buyers in the market, the biggest disparity in records going back to 2013, according to Redfin. Read on to learn more.