In a frenzied attempt to rebuild a destroyed country after World War II, Japanese industry focused on low-value-added, cheap consumer goods—matchsticks, toys, sewing machines, binoculars, radios, cars and cameras— almost anything. The occupying army, led by General George MacArthur and directed by Secretary of State George Marshall, encouraged the reconstruction of the industrial infrastructure from […]
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Managing Timeshare Transactions: a Loss for Title Companies?
As those of us in the title industry know, preparing a title report takes time; plain and simple. Imagine though, if you were asked to prepare a report that covered a hundred parcels or more; and of course, you aren’t given much time to complete the report. Sound familiar? Well, that is exactly what happens […]
Two Stores on an Island: Details Matter
Most days I eat at a busy shopping center food court that is located in a tourist area. Among the franchise and other vendors at the food court are two independent sandwich shops. One of those sandwich shops has earned my loyalty. One day at lunch, I noticed that “my” sandwich shop was busy with […]
Two Stores on an Island: Management Matters
I live on a resort island. There are several hardware stores on the island, and the one closest to our house is a franchise of a large national company that dominates the small hardware store business in the United States. The company has another franchise a few miles farther away. The store that is farther […]
Painting the Dog’s House – A Tale About Going the Extra Mile
Some years ago, a group of friends chartered a large catamaran to sail the outer islands of Tahiti (Raiatea, Taha’a, Bora Bora and Huahine). It was the trip of a lifetime for each of us, a dream we had held close. Sailing is sometimes different from the pink hued imagining of dreamers, and our cruise […]
Final Policies in the Title Insurance Industry
The economist Hernando De Soto’s book “The Mystery of Capital” notes that the ownership of property with clear title is the single differentiating factor in economic development: advanced, wealthy countries have mechanisms to deed property with clear title; poorer countries often do not. Here is an outline of how the title insurance process works in […]
Market Share Reports in Title Insurance
Market share reports are created by extracting specific information from recorded documents. While the exact information a report contains varies by requestor, most title market share reports contain: data about the number and type of recordings in the county data about recordings by title company and by lender data about the dollar value of transactions each […]
How We Help Our Customers Succeed with Title Insurance Outsourcing
At HDEP, it is not the skill and the training of our staff that sets us apart – it is the attitude to work that we have instilled in our staff, and what they have produced as a result that sets us apart. Our staff understands they are often the only eyes that will see […]
Complexity of Work in the Title Insurance Industry
HDEP International has worked as a trusted outsourcing associate with the land title industry for over 25 years. We have become intimately familiar with the complexity of the tasks and the liability that accompanies failure. All industries have complex tasks that need to be accomplished by entry level staff. Most industries are able to systematize […]
The Importance of Escrow Accuracy in Title Insurance
Buying or selling a home is not one without its challenges. Escrow is there to assure all parties that the transaction will be completed in a way that fulfills all legal obligations necessary and is also done in a timely manner. The key to a successful closing is the accuracy and completeness of information entered […]