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With interest rates above 5% for the first time in years, there’s been a clear shift away from cash-out refinance transactions over to home equity loans. A leading provider of national home equity lending solutions, WFG Lender Services has been providing these services to top national lenders, regional banks and…

During the Q3 WFG Insights: Quarterly Economic Outlook webinar on August 24th, WFG National Title Insurance Company Founder and Executive Chairman Patrick F. Stone and noted Economist and Forbes contributor Bill Conerly, PhD addressed current market conditions, sharing their thoughts on the economy, housing supply and demand, elevated interest rates,…

Texas-based Sallean to lead the strategic growth of WFG’s national commercial title insurance business Portland, Ore., August 23, 2022 – WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG), a Portland-based, full-service provider of title insurance and real estate settlement services for commercial and residential transactions nationwide, has announced that 33-year title industry…

Inflation appears to be cooling, albeit slowly, just as WFG Founder & Executive Chairman Patrick Stone predicted in previous episodes. Now it's time for a check-up from the neck up. Try to ignore sensational headlines and focus instead on improving your business while you have time. In this episode, Patrick…

Portland, Ore., August 11, 2022 – WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG), a Portland-based, full-service provider of title insurance and real estate settlement services for commercial and residential transactions nationwide, has promoted Southwest Regional Manager Suzanne Tinsley to SVP for the company’s Southwest, Western and Rocky Mountain Regions. Tinsley, who…

The popular and influential quarterly online webinar features analysis and insights from both industry leaders followed by an interactive Q&A session. Portland, Ore., August 3, 2022 – The third quarterly installment of"WFG Insights: Quarterly Economic Outlook," a popular and increasingly influential webinar featuring Williston Financial Group Founder and Executive Chairman…

For the last two years, our industry has experienced breakneck activity. 2022 brought with it a challenging rate environment, decreasing affordability, limited inventory, inflation and the Ukrainian conflict. During marketdownturns like this one, it’s imperative that title agents control expenses, focus on profitability, and play the long game. According to WFG…

With the recent mortgage market downturn, it’s more important than ever for lenders to optimize profitability by finding ways to take time and cost out of the origination process. According to WFG Enterprise Solutions Senior Vice President Dan Bailey, it’s easy to get hung up on re-engineering and perfecting the…

With mortgage origination volumes and profit margins both significantly down, it’s more important than ever for lenders to optimize profitability by finding ways to take time and cost out of the origination process. While it’s easy to get hung up on re-engineering and perfecting the entire loan origination process, it’s…

Inflation is raging, rates are on a rollercoaster and a recession is looming, or may have already arrived. But that's not necessarily bad news for the real estate market, as consumers and the industry welcomes an uptick in inventory while adjusting to higher rates. In this episode, WFG Founder &…