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On this week's MBA NOW, WFG Executive Chairman and Founder Patrick F. Stone details how he sees the mortgage and title industries evolving in the wake of the pandemic. Stone told Rob Van Raaphorst, MBA's Vice President of Communications, that he is fairly positive that the impact of the measures…

The 8th annual HousingWire 'Rising Stars' were announced on Tuesday, June 1 and among the 50 industry leaders under the age of 40 is Matt Wilson, VP of Product Development for WEST, a Williston Financial Group company. Wilson and the others are being recognized for "shaping and driving the mortgage,…

In the current MBA Newslink, Dan Bailey, Senior Vice President of both WFG Lender Services and WFG Enterprise Solutions, describes the steps WFG is taking "to make sure the products, programs, and services being developed for the mortgage industry will address its most urgent needs." According to Bailey, last October,…

Starting any new job is a challenge, but for Heather Krablin, stepping in as WFG's Chief Human Resources Officer days before a pandemic swept the globe meant hopping in at top speed and drawing the road map as she went. "I was very thankful that already had ," she tells…

Focusing on a single tool won't bring the innovations this industry desires Remote Online Notarizations (RON) have been heralded as an important element in digitizing the mortgage process, a transformation that was accelerated during 2020 as COVID-19 forced transaction participants online. However, cautions WFG Executive Chairman and Founder, Patrick Stone,…

In their live April 21, 2021 webinar, WFG Executive Chairman and Founder, Patrick Stone, and economist Dr. Bill Conerly discussed prospects for economic growth, the real estate and stock markets, and prospects for housing inventory in response to questions submitted in advance by their growing audience of mortgage and title…

In the latest WFG Insights,WFG Lender Services’ Senior Vice President Dan Bailey explains how WFG’s commitment to continuous improvement led to creating an industry-wide Executive Roundtable (ERT) in 2020.  That, combined with dedicated use of customer satisfaction surveys, is helping WFG find and remove operational pain points for lenders and…

WFG Enterprise Solutions is a respected provider of products and services across the mortgage lifecycle, from origination, title and closing, home equity and valuation, to back-end processing for default and foreclosure services.  On a recent episode of MBANow, host Rob Van Raaphorst asked WFG Enterprise Solutions’ Senior Vice President, Dan…

WFG Enterprise Solutions’ Senior Vice President, Dan Bailey, joined HousingWire's April 6, 2021 Demo Day to introduce WFG’s MyHome® and provide a thorough walk-through to demonstrate how easily the platform can eliminate key borrower complaints about mortgage refinance and home purchase transactions. MyHome® supports any type of closing, whether it's…

Questions from the nation's industry professionals on the current and future state of real estate will be answered by the business veterans during the half-hour talk. Portland, Ore., April 8, 2021 – WFG National Title Insurance Company, a Portland-based, full-service provider of title insurance and real estate settlement services for…