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A highlight of January's Future of Real Estate Summit (FORES) was Qualia CEO Nate Baker's interview with Patrick F. Stone, in which he asked the Williston Financial Group Chairman and Founder for his thoughts on the future of the title and mortgage lending industries. Pat's responses were laid out in…

For its 10th Annual Innovations Awards for 2020, PROGRESS In Lending has added a "Thought Leaders Award" category. On June 16, it was announced that Dan Bailey, Senior Operations Executive and SVP for WFG Lender Services and WFG Enterprise Solutions, is one of the winners. The award spotlights women and…

NEXT's Jeri Yoshida asks WFG Lender Services and Enterprise Solutions SVP Dan Bailey for three ways COVID-19 will change mortgage lending forever. Dan's number one response is that the sales and marketing of mortgage lending services are "never going to be the same." Given that quarantining has made borrowers more…

As social distancing remains a part of how real estate transactions are conducted, new concepts in remote notarization are being offered for consideration at a near-weekly rate. By Steve Ozonian June 8, 2020 In his June 8, 2020 editorial for Inman News, WFG President and CEO Steve Ozonian explains that,…

  Mortgages: Black Leaders' Thoughts on Closing the Racial Divide," published by Mortgage Professional America on June 4, Monique Winston, WFG Lender Services' Vice President of National Business Development and head of the Cleveland Realtist Association, and NAMMBA Founder and CEO Tony Thompson discuss the importance of providing opportunities for…

Portland, Ore., June 2, 2020 – WFG Lender Services, a Williston Financial Group company, has announced that Jodi Bell has joined the company as Vice President of National Business Development…

In a thorough, well-presented summary of an important summit of industry leaders, writer Eric C. Peck collects the comments of seven participants in a National Mortgage Professional panel discussion entitled "Where is the Industry Heading Post-Pandemic?" WFG Executive Chairman and Founder Patrick F. Stone is among this magnificent seven from…

Portland, Ore., May 12, 2020 – 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,…