It’s difficult to calculate the enormity of the societal shifts that have taken place due to COVID 19. The scramble to move a workforce home, the desperation for housing to accommodate home offices and – for a time – home schooling, and the efforts of...
The annual National Settlement Services Summit (NS3) took place earlier this month, and FAN and AMD were there in full force! While it’s always great to see old friends and make new partners and contacts, it’s also useful to check out the content…especially after having...
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage credit availability decreased in April for the second month in a row. Joel Kan, MBA’s Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry Forecasting said mortgage credit availability fell as lenders reacted to the jump in mortgage rates over...
Especially during purchase market cycles, title insurance is a fast-paced business with a lot of moving parts. Employees have to be empowered to make decisions and move things forward without fear of being taken to task for making a wrong move. This is true for...
There is nothing more exciting in the world then working for months, sometimes years, to put together a merger and to finally watch it come to fruition. In the months leading up to the merger, you undoubtedly gave a lot of thought to the logistics....
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” In some ways, Charles Dickens opening salvo to his book A Tale of Two Cities feels just about right for 2022. Fresh off two straight years of historic origination volume and waves of...
Our friends at Housing Wire recently did our own Aaron Davis the honor of publishing his thoughts on M&A in the title industry. As you likely know, the market remains hot, both for agents seeking to retire or “cash out” after a long, successful run,...
If you have been a title business owner for any length of time, you probably feel like you have a master’s degree in crisis management. What hasn’t been thrown your way in the past few years? Think firestorms on the west coast and hurricanes on...
News outlets are reporting that a home in Gulfport, Florida, was put up for auction for non-fungible token (NFT). The property was subsequently transferred for about 210 Ethereum, a type of cryptocurrency, which converted in cash to approximately $631,790. Although the transfer was billed as...
We recently noticed some eye-opening employment statistics in the February jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics? For starters, there are reportedly 10M+ job openings in the U.S. currently, and only 6.5M people actively looking. Wow. This is an important stat for the title...
