Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

He highlights the importance of having a simple document to preserve the buyer’s experience by making things simple and transparent. eXp purposely designed the document in a way that uses as little legal jargon as possible, so as to not confuse buyers and sellers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Lenders with the ability to adopt technology that drives efficiency and client satisfaction have a competitive advantage in today’s landscape. DocMagic delivers that technology in one seamless process provided by a single-solution suite designed to make the client experience as simple as possible. Digital adoption made easy.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The balance request includes additional damages for legal fees and a jury trial. Tal and Oren Alexander were superstars among real estate agents in New York City and Miami, having represented ultra wealthy clients at Douglas Eliman before leaving to found Official in 2022. million promissory note Side extended in April.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

More than a few real estate agents will roll their eyes and sigh when asked by a client, upon the signing of a sales contract, “What’s next?” Yes, the complex legal and regulatory web that can vary from state to state and even city to city doesn’t invite a quick and smooth passage to the closing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Arguably, one of the most important functions of a real estate agent is to guide and be a subject matter expert to clients through the buying and selling processes. Put simply, a good agent is a sherpa who knows every step of the journey and expertly leads their client up the path. How do real estate agents get paid?

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

Over the past year or so, we have seen an uptick in questions relating to commission disputes between brokers and their clients. A typical commission dispute arises when, after signing a listing agreement or buyer-broker agreement: A seller-client “cancels” a valid purchase contract. A seller-client cancels a listing.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

They will validate the quality of each document to ensure its accuracy before moving to the next. They will also work with your legal department to ensure you are adhering to all of them. Some providers also offer fully interactive client portals that provide transparency throughout the loan review process.

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Housing Wire

MAY 4, 2021

. “And since there’s no limit to the number of documents you can execute through QuickSign, organizations can use it for sales contracts, legal or human resource documents as well.” Currently, 32 U.S. states allow full eClosings. RON bills have also been introduced in several other states, and at the federal level.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The court quickly imposed a temporary restraining order to the case, which prohibited the former employees from using documents and mandated the return of the filings containing customer information that loanDepot claims they improperly took to CrossCountry.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stavvy is a truly comprehensive digital closing platform, the only solution to offer a SMART Doc engine that extends the savings, efficiency and security of eNotes to all mortgage documents for all loan programs and across all 50 states while supporting every type of eClosing and eNotarization.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A 2021 Tech100 Mortgage honoree, Stavvy is helping organizations navigate complex financial and legal transactions easily and safely, allowing servicers to put customer experience at the forefront during tough times like a global pandemic. “In Our technology is helping servicers do what they do best — serve their clients anywhere, anytime.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

HOA requirements and documentation: a case in point. As a case in point, let’s look at the settlement requirement to navigate homeowners associations (HOA) and their vast and disparate array of documents and requirements. The result is thousands of HOAs with thousands of varying requirements and mounds of varying documentation.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2022

The digital notarization process will be led by the Covius notary panel and will use Stavvy’s technology to notarize the documents in the borrowers’ home or office. In anticipation of even greater adoption by investors, Covius has proactively aligned with Stavvy, to be ready to offer these options to our large servicer clients.”.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

More than a few real estate agents will roll their eyes and sigh when asked by a client, upon the signing of a sales contract, “What’s next?” And the complex legal and regulatory web that can vary from state to state and even city to city doesn’t invite a quick and smooth passage to the closing. in question.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Racamato is now orienting his team to look closely at clients’ bank statements to find multiple — and often interest-free — installments of a few hundred or thousand dollars paid to the same company on a biweekly or monthly basis. His team is now “scouring” bank statements, and if they see BNPL loans, they ask clients to pay them off.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

But, for many locales, there is no protection that just blanketly says, “If you’re renting or buying , then people can’t say no to you based solely on how you legally pay” (which is a simple way to define the category of “source of income”)… at least not yet. How does this impact affordability?

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Tuesday morning will bring the Legal League Default Servicer Certification: Level I course. More Education on Tap The 2024 Five Star Conference presents an array of additional educational opportunities in the days ahead. Attendees of this session will learn about the full default servicing process, from beginning to end.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

The scheme also commonly features “altered court documentation with case numbers that begin with ‘HF,’” since the State of California’s court case numbers do not begin with “HF.” For lenders who suspect that they may have clients attempting to perpetrate the scheme, Fannie Mae recommends documenting all applicable details.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Embracing technology: Several software solutions can simplify compliance by automating the handling of documents and keeping systems updated with the latest laws. Being flexible also involves quickly updating your internal policies to meet new legal demands.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 29, 2023

The lawsuit follows: “In the weeks leading to their departures, the former employees accessed and misappropriated confidential and trade secret documents about loanDepot’s business, its employees, and its clients; information that, in the hands of Movement, was used to convert customers to Movement and away from loanDepot.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Online real estate market provider CoStar Group has sued former Homesnap founder Guy Wolcott and three others for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to its online information platform feeding its various marketplace products, including Homes.com and Apartments.com , according to court documents obtained by HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Kind Lending, a California-based lender founded by industry veteran Glenn Stearns, is a client of LendArch , a mortgage consulting firm that Richards founded in 2021. That legal battle is still ongoing. In 2023, loanDepot sued Richards for allegedly stealing confidential information concerning the lender’s customers.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 9, 2022

But it hasn’t really been that long since one could walk into just about any title agency and expect to see things like paper files, fax machines and a courier arriving to deliver documents (and, perhaps, a paper check or two.). Client demand may also play a major role in getting tech-hesitant title business owners off the fence.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

Cooperative compensation The vast majority of questions addressed on the call dealt with whether or not buyer’s representation was going away, and how agents will get paid for the services they provide to clients. Cooperative compensation is still legal,” Papasan stressed.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Despite having long ago settled the commission lawsuits , legal challenges continue to mount for real estate industry giant Anywhere. The Campolis allege that the Bulls failed to deposit $100,000 in earnest money as agreed to in the contract, instead forging documentation falsely showing that the money had been deposited.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This includes understanding the value they provide, how to articulate this value to clients, and how to use buyer-broker agreements. The real estate industry seems to be taking a multifaceted approach to potential legal challenges related to commission structures.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

That’s according to four former employees and company registration documents reviewed by HousingWire. The address that Beth Strauss listed on the incorporation documents is 610 Park Avenue, New York NY, which the Strauss’s are trying to sell for $26.5 Yet Strauss, who already has a $2.45 Michael Strauss’s Smart Rate?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Having owner’s title insurance means the cost of defense and legal fees that typically would be the homeowner’s responsibility instead are paid by the title insurer. Recently, an attorney shared with me how one of her clients purchased a home in Connecticut. Consumers can shop around and should compare policies.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Outsourcing or hiring in-house compliance experts are no longer the only options for servicers who need help handling lien releases and assignment of mortgage documents. With PerfectDocs technology, virtually anyone can prepare, validate, execute, notarize and even record these documents with ease without sacrificing accuracy and expertise.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2020

After a penetration test uncovered the vulnerability, First American misclassified the vulnerability’s risk, failed to properly investigate the vulnerability and the resulting exposed documents, and rejected the recommendations of its in-house cybersecurity team.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

Lakeview subsequently became embroiled in a federal lawsuit in Miami, with clients alleging the servicer’s failure to adequately protect their personally identifiable information. million borrowers, including their Social Security numbers.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Goldberg said the rule needs to be mandatory, because cooperating participants have a right to know how they will be compensated prior to working with clients. Goldberg said he wasn’t sure, deferring the decision to the trade group’s legal team. Glass returned to the floor after Ketchmark to ask Goldberg to clarify a few points.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As the Sitzer/Burnett case may well show, most listing agents are trained to steer their clients to offers that support this dynamic. Realtors are able to modify select provisions in the contract form as they negotiate on behalf of their clients. Talk about a conflict of interest.

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Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2021

With deep roots in default servicing, Specialized Loan Servicing (SLS), part of the Computershare Group, helps clients mitigate a rise in foreclosures with contact strategies that meet borrowers where they are. ” Partner with Computershare Loan Services to learn how they support homeowners and protect client’s portfolios.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

In my career as an attorney, I’ve seen how legal disputes can sink relationships fast and forever. Even if a relationship is strained beyond the parties working together again, ADR can reduce the animosity and resentment that can linger after a legal fight. Takeaways: ADR can lower the temperature of legal conflicts.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

The document adds that Turturro joined HMAC in late 2022, becoming a “high-ranking employee” and divisional president for Jet Mortgage. Per the court documents, Hanna had a duty to disclose these prior actions to Turturro before recruiting him, which did not happen.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

In a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday morning, the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm announced that it had reached a nationwide settlement in relation to the Umpa and Gibson suits on Thursday. The reason we have chosen to settle is so we can minimize distractions and focus on serving you and your clients.”

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