The Cycle Is Turning … A Personal Memoir

“Claims occur in difficult markets, when the price of housing is declining and transactions are few; there are fewer claims when real estate prices are rising.”, said a CFO of a large underwriter during a keynote speech at the ALTA annual conference in the late 1990’s. Those words have resonated as the title insurance industry […]

ALTA Renews HDEP International as Elite Provider for 2025

Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2025 — The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, announced it has renewed HDEP International as an ALTA Elite Provider. For more than 10  years, the ALTA Elite Provider Program has features distinguished service providers committed to furnishing extensive benefits to the […]

Trends in Real Estate & Title Insurance as the 2014 Buying Season Begins

On April 16th, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, spoke at the Economic Club of New York and stated that if forecasts hold true, the economy is on its way to the best place it has been in nearly a decade. This improved economic health will affect the real estate and title insurance industries. Decline in […]

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