Voxtur, one of the largest proponents and providers of attorney opinion letters (AOLs), has filed a Chapter 15 bankruptcy petition in Delaware. This comes after the Canadian firm already committed to a restructuring plan in Ontario. In the U.S. bankruptcy filing, which covers Voxtur and dozens of its affiliates in Canada and the U.S., the […]
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Cybercriminals are not inventing entirely new schemes in 2025. They are perfecting old ones. According to Tyler Adams, CEO and co-founder of CertifID, fraudsters are combining artificial intelligence (AI) with patience, timing and realism to exploit real estate transactions in increasingly convincing ways. From AI-generated voice impersonations to email monitoring and highly targeted wire fraud,
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Title and settlement services technology provider Settlor has introduced a new integration with DataTrace. The connection allows Settlor’s users to access DataTrace tools directly within Settlor’s title production system — eliminating the need to switch between platforms. Integration gives users the ability to run automated title searches tied to specific properties and retrieve related documents
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Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow (KL/ACE) has merged with DaMore Law and its Vermont division, Green Mountain Lawyers — expanding the attorney-driven settlement firm’s reach across New England and strengthening its presence in Vermont. Merging brings DaMore Law’s 25-year regional presence — with offices in Burlington, Vt., Methuen, Mass., and Killington, Vt. — into KL/ACE’s
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Falling mortgage rates during the third quarter of 2025 were certainly a boon for the Big Four title insurance firms who all saw title insurance revenue rise year-over-year during the quarter. At First American, which released its earnings in late October, company-wide revenue was up 41% annually to $2.0 billion, while net income rose to
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Artificial intelligence is no longer theoretical for title and escrow professionals. It’s already reshaping how they work. Progress is accelerating fast, with the industry starting to advance beyond basic automation to the next frontier: agentic AI systems. New data from Qualia, an AI-powered cloud-based platform for real estate closings, bears all this out. For the
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Title and escrow company Propy says it is ready to revolutionize the title insurance industry. Central to this plan is a $100 million expansion, which includes the planned acquisitions of title firms nationwide, according to an announcement on Thursday. Propy says, once acquired, it will upgrade the firms “to faster, safer and fully digital closings,
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Qualia has introduced new compliance tools within its cloud-based title production system to help title and escrow companies prepare for federal anti-money laundering regulations taking effect next March. New features are designed to help companies track, collect and report information required under the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate
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WFG National Title Insurance Co. — a subsidiary of Williston Financial Group — on Thursday announced its expansion into New Mexico. “WFG continues to grow in ways that strengthen our national footprint while staying true to our mission of improving the real estate process for everyone involved,” said Patrick Stone, chairman and founder of Williston
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A Cleveland woman says her late mother’s home was sold more than a decade after her death through a forged property deed — one of a growing number of real estate fraud cases nationwide. Tangie Harris learned earlier this year that her mother, Priscilla Harris Norris, who died in 2014, appeared to have “signed” a
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