A home is more than a financial asset. It is where families build stability, save for the future and pass opportunity to the next generation. For many Americans, it is the largest investment they will ever make. That investment depends on a strong, transparent system that is accountable to the people it serves. When a […]
Mortgage vendors are entering a new phase of consolidation as they respond to rising regulatory and cybersecurity pressures, according to a white paper released this week by investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey. Scale is also becoming a decisive advantage for companies that sell mortgage technology and services, a trend that follows a mergers-and-acquisition wave among
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created the Office of Deed Theft Prevention, a new unit housed in the Department of Finance to coordinate citywide efforts to combat fraudulent property transfers, according to an announcement on Friday. “The theft of a home is the theft of a family’s future,” Mamdani said in a statement.
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Real estate fraud has evolved rapidly, and professionals across the industry already recognize that today’s schemes are more complex and convincing than ever. What has changed most is the scale — driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that can generate realistic emails, cloned voices and even live deepfake video impersonations of buyers, sellers or agents. In
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Title and escrow has long operated under the weight of manual processes and fragmented systems. Now, a new class of technology, agentic AI, is beginning to fundamentally transform how work gets done across the industry, driving greater speed, precision, scale and service. The next evolution of artificial intelligence, agentic AI, does more than generate content
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The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,008,597 complaints of cyber-enabled crime in 2025, with reported losses surpassing $20.8 billion — a 26% increase from the previous year. Real estate fraud alone accounted for 12,368 complaints and $275.1 million in losses, showing a continued and growing threat for housing professionals and their clients. Business
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FNF Family of Companies has hired nine experienced professionals across its New England agency operations during the first quarter of 2026, adding senior underwriting and sales capacity in Massachusetts and the broader region, according to an announcement earlier this week. The additions, announced by the company, are intended to strengthen underwriting support, agency relations and
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Rocket Close announced Thursday that it has significantly reduced the time required to process mortgage documents by deploying a generative artificial intelligence (AI) solution developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Rocket Close, which processes about 2,000 abstract document packages daily, previously relied on manual workflows that took up to 10 hours per package
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Not long ago, many technology vendors were selling title professionals on a fairly simple idea: one platform, one vendor, every step of the workflow covered. It was an appealing proposition, and a number of providers invested heavily in trying to deliver on it. In fact, some still are. The concept made sense on its face.
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The American Land Title Association (ALTA) has renewed TrustLink as an ALTA Elite Provider for 2026, extending the company’s status in a program that highlights vendors serving title and settlement firms’ operational and compliance needs, according to an ALTA announcement. ALTA’s Elite Provider program recognizes service providers that, in the association’s view, meet specific criteria
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