The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has slapped two financial institutions with enforcement actions and one with a civil suit for implying in ads to consumers that they had an official… Read More »
Do you have a TRID plan? That’s a plan for managing the seismic changes that will transform mortgage originations and real estate closings August 1, when the Consumer Financial Protection… Read More »
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule As the August 1, 2015, effective date for the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule approaches there is a noticeable increase in the number of articles, webinars,… Read More »
To: Settlement Agents In December, Bank of America announced that it would generate and deliver the buyer/borrower Closing Disclosure when the new documents take effect on August 1, 2015. This… Read More »
Hewlett Packard security researchers reported that 44 percent of known breaches happened as a result of server misconfigurations and vulnerabilities discovered years ago. The report cites 33 percent of identified… Read More »
Settlement services providers wondering how mortgage lenders will respond to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) Integrated Mortgage Disclosure requirements have gotten an answer from two of the largest ones. … Read More »
The RESPA winds are blowing again and they seem to be nearing gale force. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which has replaced the Department of Housing and Urban Development… Read More »
With the widely publicized hacks of computer systems at (among others) Target, Sony and the U.S. Central Command (the latter occurring while President Obama was giving a speech describing his… Read More »
By Steven Winkler, Chief Underwriting Counsel and Secretary Williston Financial Group Title insurance coverage for access to a property is well-established but not well understood. The American Land Title… Read More »
NEW YORK Atlantis National Services Inc. has completed the audit examination required for SSAE 16 SOC1 Type 2 certification. The certification is one way title agents can demonstrate that they… Read More »