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Stewart shifts eye for acquisitions back to title insurance

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After growing its ancillary services business through acquisitions, the nation’s fourth-biggest title insurer is now looking to plug geographic holes. Continue reading →

2021 shaping up to be a banner year for title insurance industry

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Rising home sales and prices helped boost title insurance premiums written by 32 percent during third quarter, with the smallest of the big four title insurers, Stewart and Old Republic, posting even stronger growth. Continue reading →

New WFG tool offers insights on mortgage loans in the pipeline

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WFG’s MyHome Funder Dashboard minimizes the back-and-forth that often ensues when balancing files for disbursement, providing a balance figure that includes fees that escrow agents anticipate the lender will keep from the funding wire. Continue reading →

Zyyah is a home inventory management app with a clever upsell

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Zyyah is an iOS app to help homebuyers manage their new home’s inventory, critical insurance documentation and closing data. It also analyzes your insurance policies to look for coverage gaps based on inventory lists, and then offers additional coverag… Continue reading →

Realogy sells most of its interest in Title Resources Guaranty

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Realogy will continue to maintain its existing ownership of Realogy Title Group, which last year provided title, settlement, and escrow services for 214,000 transactions in 43 states under 45 different brand names. Continue reading →

Compass acquiring third title company in less than a month

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The fast-growing brokerage will pick up CommonGround Abstract, which serves Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The deal highlights Compass’ aggressive acquisition strategy. Continue reading →

Compass dives further into title insurance with latest acquisition

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The deal to acquire LegacyTexas Title Co. follows acquisitions of two other title companies and will ultimately make Compass’s title services available in six states and Washington, D.C. Continue reading →

Rising home sales, prices help title insurers post record profits

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Rising home sales and prices helped title insurers post their best second quarter earnings ever, thanks to lower claims and a surge in premiums. Continue reading →

Stewart buying Informative Research to further ‘end-to-end’ platform goal

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If and when the $192 million deal closes, it will be Stewart’s biggest bet on ancillary services, and it will bring the total spent on acquisitions during Stewart CEO Fred Eppinger’s tenure to more than half a billion dollars. Continue reading →

New, deeper mortgage relationships boost Blend’s Q2 revenue

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The San Francisco-based cloud banking software developer reported second quarter revenue of $32.1 million, up 46 percent from a year ago. Continue reading →