Industry News

During the hearing of the House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee regarding legislative proposals for a more efficient federal financial regulatory regime, the American Land Title Association provided a statement for the record on the TRID Improvement Act of 2017, one of the bills being discussed at the hearing. Read on for more details.

MISMO, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, is inviting mortgage industry participants to collaborate on developing new electronic and online notary standards and best practices for use within the mortgage process. Read on for more details.

Two new milestones were attained in July with 1,700 recording jurisdictions now electronically recording (eRecording) documents and 80 percent of the country’s population residing in jurisdictions with eRecording capabilities, PRIA reported.

When it comes to eClosings, eMortgages and their adoption, one of the first questions people ask is, “Why is adoption not more widespread?” One of the answers people in the mortgage and title space give to that question is, “The secondary market is not accepting electronic notes and mortgages, we have to wait for them. ”

The North Carolina Department of Justice issued an alert warning of an email scam affecting real estate closings. Read on for more details.

Distinguished panelists spoke to key issues on the minds of those in the industry at the 2017 National Settlement Services Summit in San Antonio. Richard Horn, founding attorney, Richard Horn, Legal, PLLC, moderated the annual open forum session, which followed a pair of sessions addressing eClosings and an economic update from Fannie Mae Deputy Chief Economist Mark Palim. Read on for a brief recap of what the panel said.

For the sixth year, attendees at October Research, LLC’s National Settlement Services Summit took time out of their plans to make a difference in area children’s lives. Read on for details of the Make a Child Smile presentation, and how San Antonio foster children will receive “one of the most enduring delights of childhood.”

For the sixth year, October Research, LLC, presented its annual awards for leadership, innovation and philanthropy, with some of the brightest stars in the title industry recognized for their efforts. The awards were presented by CEO and Publisher Erica Meyer at the 13th annual National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) in San Antonio. Read on to find out who took home the hardware this year.

With the most distinguished group of speakers set to take the stage over three days, the 13th annual National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) makes its first appearance in the great state of Texas this week. Read on for details about the program that is At The Center of the real estate transaction today.

On May 24 the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments for the en banc hearing for PHH Corp. v. CFPB. Where are we in terms of RESPA Section 8 in light of the most recent developments in PHH Corp.? What are the practical impacts of Section 8(c)(2)? These are just a handful of questions that Ken Markison of the Mortgage Bankers Association and Loretta Salzano of Franzén and Salzano, P.C., will be tackling at the National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) in San Antonio.