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Title software startup Qualia raises $55M in latest funding round

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Qualia, a startup that facilitates digital real estate closings, plans to use the money to hire for its “product, engineering and go-to-market teams.” Continue reading →

Research report: Brokerage-affiliated businesses

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Being a real estate professional is an exercise in spinning many, many plates. Keeping track of the different components of a property deal is a key skill but having that ability may not save you — or your deal — in the end.
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Fidelity National drops massive acquisition bid amid opposition

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Fidelity’s attempt to buy Stewart Information Services fell apart after the Federal Trade Commission said it would oppose the deal. Continue reading →

IBuying giant Opendoor acquires title and escrow company

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Opendoor believes that by acquiring OS National it will be able to provide consumers the “most streamlined and easiest closing experience.” Continue reading →

EXp Realty will launch mortgage, title and warranty services in Q3

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The virtual cloud-based real estate brokerage nearly doubled its revenue but still posted a net loss in the second quarter. Continue reading →

Consumers demand convenience and transparency in closings

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Everyone involved in a real estate transaction is on the hook to create a better, more convenient closing process, one industry leader argued Friday. Continue reading →

Best of both worlds? Notarize launches ‘hybrid’ closings for lenders

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The service is exactly what it sounds like, with consumers able to sign some documents online while still wrapping things up in the traditional way at their lender’s office. Continue reading →

Why the money pouring into real estate tech is ‘stupid’

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In a wide-ranging interview, Patrick Stone, founder of the Williston Financial Group, shares his thoughts on real estate technology and his previous life as an oyster diver. Continue reading →

Notarize has facilitated more than $1B in online closings since 2017

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It took about 18 months to hit $1 billion, but the company expects to hit a second billion in just 4 weeks, Notarize CEO Pat Kinsel told Inman. Continue reading →

Why is it so hard to make the transaction seamless?

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Brad Inman had two words for the discussion group that I was part of at Disconnect 2019. “Think bigger,” he told us. The group included leaders from all over the real estate industry, and Endpoint facilitated the discussion. Our particular challenge wa… Continue reading →