The House of Representatives has given resounding (401-2) approval to a measure demanding more transparency from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Sponsored by Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and Andy Barr… Read More »
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Williston Financial Group Acquires West Coast Local Retail Title Operations from Doma
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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
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Title Industry Visionary Patrick Stone Offers Insights on How to Survive and Thrive in the Current Down Market
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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...
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WILLISTON FINANCIAL GROUP EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER PATRICK F. STONE AND ECONOMIST BILL CONERLY, Ph.D. TO HOST Q4 'WFG INSIGHTS: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK' WEBINAR ON DECEMBER 15TH
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has no plans to delay enforcement of the new mortgage disclosure rules taking effect August 1. Seventeen industry trade associations, representing real estate and… Read More »
Industry analysts have been arguing for some time that a dearth of available homes for sale was a major reason, if not the only one, for the less than robust… Read More »
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 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 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 »
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 »