FNF Cyberattack Highlights Need for Advanced Security in the Title Industry
Cybercriminals have been targeting the real estate industry heavily for the past decade, tracking activities of real estate agents, loan officers and title agents to try to get their grimy little hands on individual transactions to divert funds. Efforts are being made constantly by title agents and underwriters to educate all parties in the transaction […]
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Real Estate and the Art of Technology Curation
It wasn’t all that long ago that the title and settlement services industry was 100% manual. Typewriters, couriers, faxes and, above all, manual labor were essentially how it all got done. Even during the early days of desktop PCs, ours was primarily an industry of stacks of paper and accordion folders (remember those?). As we […]
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Uber for rides. Zillow for houses. AirBnB for stays. Grubhub for food. Turo for car rentals. Phones and faxes for real estate? No more.
On the one hand it sounds totally insane. The biggest, riskiest, most important purchase you make – your home – has the least sophisticated transaction. Sure, shopping for homes has come to the palm of our hands. But if you’ve ever purchased one, you’ll know that what happens after you sign the agreement until you […]
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