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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…

In April 2021, HousingWire published a special report that covers breakthrough technology from eight industry leaders. Among them is WFG Lender Services' MyHome® Exchange, the latest solution in the title-and-tech company's decade-plus commitment to taking time and cost out of the real estate process. The article identifies key factors within…

In March, DSNews wanted to hear what key industry leaders anticipated after the current forbearance scenario begins to phase out. Dean Kirchen, SVP of WFG National Title Insurance Company’s Default Title Services division, tells writer David Wharton in an exclusive DSNews commentary, “For the past year, we’ve been listening to…

The latest "WFG Insights" is an in-depth interview with WFG cybersecurity expert Bruce Phillips, SVP & Chief Information Security Officer at Williston Enterprise Solutions & Technology, LLC (“WEST”), a WFG company.  Phillips provides an overview of the daily destructive threat of cybercrime and wire fraud in real estate transactions, primarily…

Now mortgage servicing and default management professionals, foreclosure attorneys and trustees can order comprehensive, low-cost loan modification and foreclosure information reports from WFG’s top-rated Default Title Services group Portland, Ore., March 16, 2020 – WFG National Title Insurance Company’s Default Title Services division has expanded its offerings to include Forbearance,…