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...
The mortgage industry is also talking about eClosings and RON. Naturally, one of its leading trade publications approached our own CEO, Aaron Davis for his thoughts recently. (Subscription required) A recent study by Notarize found that lenders can save up to $444 on per loan...
AMD Enterprises’ Own Aaron Davis Talks RON, eClosings in This Month’s ALTA Title News AMD and FAN CEO Aaron Davis is a little bit bearish on RON and eClosing crossing the adoption threshold in 2022. Yet, he’s also a little bullish, too. He shared...
It's been an active year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the settlement services space, to the surprise of nearly no one. 2020 was a record year for title order volume, leaving many firms flush with cash. Last year was a year of opportunity in...
2021 has been a very busy year in the title industry, and not just because of the amazing order volume. As recent headlines will confirm, M&A activity continues to remain hot as the weather cools down, and will likely continue deep into 2022. Our own...
