Technology

Linear Title & Closing, a national title agency that specializes in processing a wide variety of loans for lenders, recently released an updated version of its software tool called Change of Circumstance. This software is helping lenders accelerate an approval during its processing of a loan application.

RamQuest Inc., a provider of business solutions for the land title industry, announced the implementation of RamQuest One at TitleCore in Nebraska. After a recent acquisition that substantially increased the size of its operation, TitleCore put together a team to review its title and settlement platform. Read on for more about the decision.

SKLD Information Services, a division of SKLD Title Service Inc., has long maintained an extensive image library of publicly recorded real estate documents in-house and online.  In mid-2012 the company embarked to extend its online database and have documents back to original land patents immediately available to their customers. Read on for the company’s update on the project as well as some of its other special services.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created, essentially, to make sure all of these financial service providers kept the consumer in mind. That was the easy part — figuring out how to actually do that has been the challenge of regulators and industry professionals the last three years. At the American Land Title Association Federal Conference, RamQuest and Guardian Consumer Services unveiled a new product that they think achieves many of the aims of the CFPB and the industry to provide a new env...

Windward Consulting made two announcements linked to its continued growth this week, including a new office space and a new hire. Read on for more details on both.

Real Estate Data Shield’s compliance and data security Awareness e-Courseware wins this year’s Horizon Interactive Bronze Award. The Horizon Interactive Awards is an international competition for excellence in interactive media production.

Carmen Chu, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder, announced that San Francisco County has begun to electronically record real estate and land use records, partnering with Corporation Service Co (CSC).

As lenders and regulatory agencies place increased importance on the security of the closing process, title companies are seeking new solutions to secure their files and the non-public personal information they contain. Although pre-closing processes are increasingly handled electronically, most buyers and borrowers still leave closings with a stack of papers containing their most sensitive personal and financial information. YourDox and GreenFolders are attempting to bridge this gap with a new solution.

PropertyInfo Corp., a Stewart company, announced the enhanced SureClose guest view for SureClose title agency customers. The guest view allows title agencies using SureClose to extend their brand to customers by providing a custom online transaction portal.

The number of recording jurisdictions that are electronically recording (e-recording) documents reached the 900 mark in April, according to Kay Wrucke, recorder, Martin County, Minn., and president of the Property Records Industry Association. Read on for more about this achievement, PRIA’s 2013 goal and a couple new counties added to the networks of Simplifile and Corporation Service Co.