The new Sidekick e-mail app from Hubspot is about to save you a whole bunch of time. Ever get an e-mail from somebody and spend 10 minutes trying to remember… Read More »
Review sites have gained in popularity dramatically over the past several years. Sites like Yelp! and Angie’s List allow customers to track ratings of every imaginable kind of business, from… Read More »
Wells Fargo Settlement Agent Communications News for Wells Fargo Settlement Agents September 24, 2014 Effective August 1, 2015, our industry will be required to provide a… Read More »
by Joseph Drum Title agents face challenges today on multiple fronts – an uncertain economy, new regulations and new technologies among them. But the “big picture” question agents must address,… Read More »
STORM DAMAGE
Batten down the hatches! A CoreLogic report estimates that 6.5 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts could be damaged by future hurricanes – representing $1.5 trillion in reconstruction… Read More »
The House of Representatives has approved the “Mortgage Choice Act” amending the Truth-in-Lending Act to exclude the fees paid to title insurance companies and other businesses affiliated with a lender… Read More »
WFG talks technology! Technology is the starting point for many conversations with WFG agents about how to streamline their operations and expand their business. And it has become the basis… Read More »
You won’t find this in any description of “best practices” for protecting consumer information. A resident of Plymouth, MA found piles of old documents dumped in a field near his… Read More »
Why didn’t the Obama administration push harder and earlier for broad-based reductions in mortgage debt levels during the financial crisis? Lawrence Summers, former director of the National Economic Council, and… Read More »
OUTDATED?
Has the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage outlived its usefulness, or is it still the bedrock of the U.S. housing finance system? Fortune Magazine cites three reasons for keeping it, among them,… Read More »