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March 12, 2025

WFG Insights March 2025 – Patrick Stone: “I Can’t Remember This Level of Uncertainty”

In the latest WFG Insights episode, WFG Founder and Chairman Patrick Stone provides a deep-dive into the economic forces shaping 2025, including rising uncertainty, shifting mortgage rates, and the broader impact on real estate. Economic Outlook: With GDP growth potentially slowing to 1% or lower, consumer caution is increasing. Mortgage…
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February 12, 2025

Surviving Wire Fraud: How WFG Helped Legacy Settlement Services Rebuild and Protect Their Future

Wire fraud remains one of the title industry's most pressing threats—an issue that became all too real for Michael Ruder of Legacy Settlement Services. In 2022, Legacy Settlement Services was hit with nearly $500,000 in fraudulent transactions, a crisis that could have been devastating if not for the swift intervention…
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February 10, 2025

Volly Receives Progress in Lending’s Prestigious 2025 Innovations Award

The newest member of the Williston Financial Group family of companies, Volly has been awarded Progress in Lending’s 2025 Innovations Award. Considered the Gold Seal for mortgage industry innovation, Volly’s selection for this prestigious honor was granted by Progress in Lending’s Executive Team using a weighted evaluation of factors such…
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February 9, 2025

Volly Receives HousingWire’s prestigious 1025 Tech100 Mortgage Award

We are honored to announce that Volly, the newest member of the Williston Financial Group family of companies, has received HousingWire’s prestigious Tech100 Mortgage Award. The Tech100 Mortgage Award recognizes the most innovative and impactful organizations driving the mortgage industry forward. More than just an accolade, this award highlights organizations…
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February 9, 2025

MyHome Prompts Receives HousingWire’s prestigious Tech100 Real Estate Award

We are thrilled to announce that MyHome Prompts, developed and offered by MyHome, a Williston Financial Group Company, has been honored by HousingWire as a prestigious Tech100 Real Estate Award recipient. This award celebrates the most innovative and impactful companies transforming the real estate industry by driving efficiency, transparency, and…
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January 9, 2025

WFG Industry Insights January 2025 – Patrick Stone’s 2025 Real Estate Forecast: a Cautiously Optimistic Outlook

Last fall, industry experts widely anticipated a much-improved real estate market for 2025. However, ongoing inflation concerns and rising mortgage interest rates have tempered that optimism. In this season-opening episode of WFG Industry Insights, WFG Chairman and Founder Patrick Stone urges real estate professionals to remain vigilant and prepare for…
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January 8, 2025

VOLLY LAUNCHES NEW MARKETING AUTOMATION SUITE FOR REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS

New program supports collaboration between loan officers and real estate professionals by providing direct access to Volly’s network portal and comprehensive marketing services Irvine, CA, January 8, 2025 – Williston Financial Group® (WFG®), a full-service provider of title insurance and real estate settlement services for commercial and residential transactions nationwide,…
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January 7, 2025

Commercial Market Review Q4 2024

Looking back a year, did we get it wrong in Q4 of 2023?  We were looking at the possibility of six rate cuts from the Fed, which were then priced into the market, and we didn’t see the first one until September of 2024. Then, when the rates were cut,…
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December 23, 2024

Safeguarding Sensitive Data: Essential Practices for Businesses

Protecting sensitive information through proactive review, encryption, and a culture of cybersecurity In today’s interconnected landscape, sharing data is central to doing business—but it also carries inherent risks. In this installment of the “Reducing Risk” series, Bruce Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for MyHome, outlines how…
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December 16, 2024

Adapting to a Changing Market: WFG’s Patrick Stone Charts a Path Forward for 2025

WFG National Title Insurance Company recently hosted its Q4 2024 Economic Outlook webinar, featuring Patrick Stone, WFG’s Chairman and Founder, and economist Bill Conerly, PhD. Amid a challenging real estate environment marked by affordability issues, constrained inventory, and elevated interest rates, Stone delivered an insightful analysis of the current market…
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