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Low interest rates have led to a dramatic increase in refinancing, sending lenders and title companies into overdrive to keep up with the high transaction volume. According to an article posted on HousingWire.com November 13, 2020, this heavy demand has exposed bottlenecks in the lender pipeline created when "outdated and inefficient…

Patrick Stone created a different kind of title insurance company in Williston Financial Group and Mortgage Professional America marked the company's 10th Anniversary by asking the company founder which strategies are most responsible its quick ascent to the top ranks of the nation's title insurance companies. Reporter Clayton Jarvis asked…

In the October 21 edition of "Economic Outlook & Title Insurance in a Turbulent Era," their live quarterly podcast, WFG National Title Insurance Company Chairman Pat Stone and Dr. Bill Conerly, an economist and Forbes contributor, answer probing questions about the current and future state of U.S. housing from a…

Last year HousingWire reported that, while mortgage originations rose 54 percent between the first and second quarters, on a 1,000-point scale overall borrower satisfaction fell from 869 to 853. Realizing that this year's historic surge in volume would likely widen that gap, WFG Lender Services and WEST, WFG's technological division,…

In an in-depth October 16 interview with Inman News, Williston Financial Group Executive Chairman Patrick Stone reflects on the founding principles that still distinguish WFG as it marks its 10th anniversary, and the 2020 product releases and industry initiatives that can improve loan transactions in 2021 and beyond. Stone says…

Dan Bailey, SVP of WFG Enterprise Solutions and WFG Lender Services, was a guest of Rob Van Raaphorst's MBA Now Facebook Live program on October 12. In addition to discussing the company's role in the real estate and mortgage industry, he provided an overview of WFG Enterprise Solutions' new MyHome…

Building on the success of MyHome for residential resale transaction participants, WFG now engages consumers in the process to expedite refinance transactions! Portland, Ore., October 13, 2020 – WFG Lender Services, a Williston Financial Group company providing services and technology solutions that enable lenders to take time and cost out…

An article posted by Inman News on October 12th insists that top-performing real estate agents "enjoy the deep trust of their clients," and they earn that trust by "delivering unparalleled service, having a mastery of data, and by being actively responsive." Unfortunately, it continues, that handholding usually ends before the…

In Dan Bailey's October 9 appearance on Partnership in Lending's "Lending Buzz" podcast, the Senior Vice President of WFG Enterprise Solutions and Lender Services discussed with Tony Garritano how the pandemic has changed operations at WFG and how its latest release can usher in greater collaboration and improved customer satisfaction.…

"Patrick Stone was looking both ways when he took steps to launch Williston Financial Group (WFG) in January 2010," according to an October 7 story posted on HousingWire. "Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a…