Q: Settlement agents provide a wide range of services, some of which have or seem to have quasi-legal overtones. Can you explain where the line is drawn between acceptable tasks… Read More »
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WFG NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY APPOINTS DAN HASSEN AS SVP, SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MANAGER FOR ITS AGENCY DIVISION
Portland, Ore., May 9, 2024 – WFG National Title Insurance...
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Williston Financial Group Acquires West Coast Local Retail Title Operations from Doma
Transaction helps drive Company’s new singular strategy and refined focus...
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WFG NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY APPOINTS DAVID JENKINS AS SVP, NATIONAL AGENCY MANAGER AND PROMOTES TIM HOOPER TO SVP, MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL MANAGER
Portland, Ore., April 11, 2023 – WFG National Title Insurance...
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Title Industry Visionary Patrick Stone Offers Insights on How to Survive and Thrive in the Current Down Market
During the recent Q4 WFG Insights: Quarterly Economic Outlook webinar, WFG National...
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WFG Insights - 2023 Forecast: WFG's Patrick Stone Offers an Optimistic Outlook for the Second Half of the Year
There’s no question the first half of this year will...
Can we talk? That’s not the most original opening line you’re likely to hear, but it is one title agents should be using with their real estate clients and contacts… Read More »
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt is insisting that loans with low (3 percent) down payments, which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now be able to purchase, are… Read More »
The February employment report fell solidly and impressively in the “better” column, as employers added 295,000 workers to their payrolls. The strong performance beat both more conservative estimates and the… Read More »
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has mandated a massive overhaul of the mortgage disclosure requirements designed in large part to help home buyers shop more effectively for mortgages. An even… Read More »
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) new mortgage disclosure rules take effect August 1, but the American Land Title Association (ALTA) is hoping the agency will revise the new disclosure… Read More »
The American Land Title Association is asking the CFPB to rethink the kind of information the agency will collect for its new consumer complaint database. The millenials are coming! The… Read More »
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued proposed regulations governing drones, opening the door to some commercial uses (including those sought by real estate brokers) but leaving it closed, for… Read More »
The financial pendulum has swung again, making buying a home more affordable than renting in a majority of major housing markets for the first time in nearly a decade. That… Read More »
More than two-thirds of the 3,600 counties responsible for recording mortgage documents nationally are now able to handle that process electronically. And much of that progress has come in the… Read More »