iTitleTransfer Introduces Anti-Monopoly and Pro-Costumer Choice "Alternative to Title Insurance" for a Third of the Closing Cost, Authorized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, utilizing Real Estate Attorney Opinion Letters.
Title insurance is an expensive scam according to the author. It can cost over $2,000 but provides little value since title issues are rare given modern records. Iowa has a state-run title insurance program called Iowa Title Guaranty that provides the same coverage for just $110, and has even lower claim rates than private insurers. Private insurers dominate the market elsewhere and inflate prices through kickbacks. The author argues more states should adopt Iowa's successful state-run model to provide cheaper, more consumer friendly title insurance.
The document discusses title insurance and alternatives such as attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It argues that the title insurance industry lobby group ALTA is working to protect the title insurance monopoly and deny consumer choice. ALTA is lobbying Congress to pressure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to stop accepting AOLs as an alternative to title insurance. The document claims title insurance costs consumers billions each year but pays out very few claims. It supports giving consumers the choice to use lower cost alternatives like AOLs for mortgage closings rather than expensive title insurance.
iTitleTransfer Introduces Anti-Monopoly, Pro-Costumer Choice "Alternative to Title Insurance" for a Third of the Closing Cost, Authorized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, utilizing Real Estate Attorney Opinion Letters.
The document discusses the title insurance industry's opposition to attorney opinion letters (AOL) as an alternative to title insurance. It argues that the title insurance trade association ALTA lobbies against AOL acceptance in order to protect the title insurance monopoly. Leading mortgage lenders have embraced the lower-cost AOL option, but ALTA executives are now lobbying Congress to pressure agencies to reject AOL. The document criticizes arguments made by title industry representatives against AOL, saying they inaccurately compare AOL to full title insurance policies and ignore the high profits and low claims costs of the title insurance industry. It supports consumer choice and alternatives to the costly title insurance monopoly.
ALTA, which represents the title insurance monopoly, is criticized for promoting anti-consumer and anti-
competition rhetoric to protect its monopoly. The document outlines how the title insurance industry generates
billions in revenue while paying out low claims percentages. It also notes that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae now
allow for lower-cost alternatives like attorney opinion letters. The document argues that ALTA spreads propaganda
against alternatives to title insurance to protect its monopoly, though consumers and lenders deserve choice in
closing services.
ALTA, which represents the title insurance monopoly, is criticized for promoting anti-consumer and anti-
competition rhetoric to protect its monopoly. The document discusses how ALTA denigrates consumer choice in
mortgage closing services and alternatives to title insurance. It notes that while the title insurance industry made
$26 billion in 2021, it paid out less than 3% in claims, and that 75% of land title searches found clean title
rendering insurance unnecessary. The document argues that alternatives like attorney opinion letters authorized
by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provide valuable lower-cost options for consumers, and that ALTA's rhetoric
claiming such alternatives threaten the industry lacks merit.
Title insurance is an expensive scam according to the author. It can cost over $2,000 but provides little value since title issues are rare given modern records. Iowa has a state-run title insurance program called Iowa Title Guaranty that provides the same coverage for just $110, and has even lower claim rates than private insurers. Private insurers dominate the market elsewhere and inflate prices through kickbacks. The author argues more states should adopt Iowa's successful state-run model to provide cheaper, more consumer friendly title insurance.
The document discusses title insurance and alternatives such as attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It argues that the title insurance industry lobby group ALTA is working to protect the title insurance monopoly and deny consumer choice. ALTA is lobbying Congress to pressure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to stop accepting AOLs as an alternative to title insurance. The document claims title insurance costs consumers billions each year but pays out very few claims. It supports giving consumers the choice to use lower cost alternatives like AOLs for mortgage closings rather than expensive title insurance.
iTitleTransfer Introduces Anti-Monopoly, Pro-Costumer Choice "Alternative to Title Insurance" for a Third of the Closing Cost, Authorized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, utilizing Real Estate Attorney Opinion Letters.
The document discusses the title insurance industry's opposition to attorney opinion letters (AOL) as an alternative to title insurance. It argues that the title insurance trade association ALTA lobbies against AOL acceptance in order to protect the title insurance monopoly. Leading mortgage lenders have embraced the lower-cost AOL option, but ALTA executives are now lobbying Congress to pressure agencies to reject AOL. The document criticizes arguments made by title industry representatives against AOL, saying they inaccurately compare AOL to full title insurance policies and ignore the high profits and low claims costs of the title insurance industry. It supports consumer choice and alternatives to the costly title insurance monopoly.
ALTA, which represents the title insurance monopoly, is criticized for promoting anti-consumer and anti-
competition rhetoric to protect its monopoly. The document outlines how the title insurance industry generates
billions in revenue while paying out low claims percentages. It also notes that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae now
allow for lower-cost alternatives like attorney opinion letters. The document argues that ALTA spreads propaganda
against alternatives to title insurance to protect its monopoly, though consumers and lenders deserve choice in
closing services.
ALTA, which represents the title insurance monopoly, is criticized for promoting anti-consumer and anti-
competition rhetoric to protect its monopoly. The document discusses how ALTA denigrates consumer choice in
mortgage closing services and alternatives to title insurance. It notes that while the title insurance industry made
$26 billion in 2021, it paid out less than 3% in claims, and that 75% of land title searches found clean title
rendering insurance unnecessary. The document argues that alternatives like attorney opinion letters authorized
by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provide valuable lower-cost options for consumers, and that ALTA's rhetoric
claiming such alternatives threaten the industry lacks merit.
Choice Hotels International is seeking to acquire Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, a deal that would create one of the largest budget hotel owners. The companies are each valued at around $6 billion but are not currently in serious talks. If no deal is reached, Choice could make an offer directly to Wyndham shareholders. Wyndham shares rose on the news while Choice shares dropped. Both companies focus on budget-conscious travelers. Choice says the deal would help its goal of expanding in upper-midscale and upscale segments. The hotel industry is recovering as travelers return, but it was battered early in the pandemic when travel halted globally.
Iowa currently has a title guaranty system instead of allowing title insurance. There is a push to legalize title insurance in Iowa, but title guaranty provides better consumer protection and value. Title insurance would cost Iowans millions more each year and provide less protection, as title problems are often ignored instead of corrected. Title insurance premiums also leave the state, while Iowa's title guaranty system keeps premiums in Iowa to fund affordable housing programs. Legalizing title insurance would harm Iowa consumers and housing programs.
Iowa currently has a title guaranty system that provides title protection at a lower cost than title insurance would. There is a push to legalize title insurance in Iowa, but it would cost homeowners millions more each year and provide less protection of property titles and public records. Title insurance companies pay out very little in claims compared to the large premiums they collect each year, indicating it is an expensive option that benefits title insurers more than homeowners. Iowa's existing title guaranty system ensures accurate titles at a reasonable cost through the use of abstracts and attorney opinions.
iTitleTransfer Introduces Anti-Monopoly and Pro-Costumer Choice "Alternative to Title Insurance" for a Third of the Closing Cost, Authorized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, utilizing Real Estate Attorney Opinion Letters.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that result in costly title insurance policies. New technologies like blockchain, digitization of land records, and tokenization of real estate present alternatives that could replace the title insurance industry altogether by reducing costs and risks. The title insurance industry may try to adapt by developing their own blockchain initiatives or shifting their business model, but they face significant challenges due to their centralized infrastructure and a potential reduction in premiums forced by regulators in response to lower risks. Unless the title insurance industry transforms its business, it is likely to be marginalized and replaced by innovative new solutions.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that yield high profits. New technologies like blockchain could replace title insurance by securely recording land records. This would drive down costs and premiums, threatening the monopoly and profits of major title insurance companies. Regulators may force price reductions due to reduced risk from improved systems. The title industry risks becoming marginalized unless it adapts, but centralization and a focus on profits may prevent meaningful change.
The title insurance lobbyist and trade association, ALTA, has stated that 75 % of residential real estate properties have clean title, and therefor do not require title insurance. end-to-end iTitleTransfer transfers home ownership safely, reliably and a significant cost saving to consumers.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that result in costly title insurance policies. New technologies like blockchain, digitization of land records, and tokenization of real estate present alternatives that could replace the need for title insurance. This would significantly reduce revenues for the major title insurance companies that currently control over 85% of the market. The title industry may try to adapt by developing their own blockchain initiatives or shifting their business model, but they face a major conundrum as regulators are likely to force price reductions given the reduced risks of the new technologies. The status quo of the title insurance industry is at risk of being replaced by innovation.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that yield high profits. New technologies like blockchain could replace title insurance by securely recording land records. This would drive down costs and premiums, threatening the monopoly and profits of major title insurance companies. Regulators may force price reductions due to reduced risk from improved systems. The title industry may try to adapt by developing blockchain initiatives or shifting their business model, but faces a significant risk of being marginalized by disruption.
The paper provides a concrete and pragmatic view of the smart home opportunity for insurers: a deep-dive into key aspects of the smart home trend, the implications for the US home insurance market, and into customer preferences. The paper concludes with a list of “must-have” elements for an insurer in order to deliver the promise of a smart home value proposition.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's lobbyist, ALTA, is pressuring Congress and agencies to restrict the acceptance of AOLs. It accuses ALTA and industry representatives of misleading comparisons between AOLs and title insurance products in order to protect the monopoly's profits and market dominance.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through Congress and government agencies are anti-competitive and deny consumer choice. It warns that consumer advocates may pursue antitrust investigations into the monopoly's conduct.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through lobbying Congress denies consumer choice and competition. It concludes that lenders and consumers deserve alternatives to the high-cost title insurance monopoly.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through lobbying Congress are anti-competitive and deny consumer choice. It concludes by stating that lenders and consumers deserve choice in loan closing options.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through lobbying Congress are anti-competitive and deny consumer choice. It concludes by stating that lenders and consumers deserve choice in loan closing options.
The document discusses identity theft, including how to protect yourself from identity theft and what to do if you become a victim. Some key points:
- Identity theft is a growing problem, affecting over 12% of people in a 2002 survey.
- To protect yourself, shred documents with personal information before throwing them out, use a locked mailbox, and regularly check your credit reports.
- If you become a victim, promptly report the fraud to law enforcement and credit bureaus, place a fraud alert and security freeze on your credit reports, and file an identity theft affidavit.
- Useful resources for information and assistance with identity theft include the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Identity Theft Resource Center, and your state Attorney General
The document discusses identity theft and provides tips to protect personal information. It notes that identity theft affects millions of people each year. The document outlines steps to take if identity theft occurs, including filing a report with law enforcement and credit bureaus, and placing a fraud alert or security freeze on credit reports. Useful resources for information on identity theft are also presented, such as the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Identity Theft Resource Center, and AnnualCreditReport.com for free credit checks.
Get The Right Protection For Your Safety, Your Property And Your IdentityMarena Montagnaro
This document discusses important considerations for auto insurance and what information to share after a car accident. It recommends only providing your name, vehicle insurance information, and driver's license if necessary to the other driver. Sharing personal details like your address, phone number, or allowing your license to be photographed puts your privacy and identity at risk. The document also introduces an app called WreckCheck that helps guide users on what to do after an accident and ensures only necessary information is documented and shared.
The document discusses the title insurance industry and the potential for disruption. It notes that the title insurance industry is dominated by 5 companies that control 85% of the market and offer essentially the same product and pricing due to state regulations. This limits consumer choice. The industry also faces legal issues over kickbacks and relies on an outdated business model. The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption from new technologies, government programs, and innovative insurance alternatives that could make the product unnecessary for many and provide more options.
iTitleTransfer Introduces Anti-Monopoly and Pro-Costumer Choice "Alternative to Title Insurance" for a Third of the Closing Cost, Authorized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, utilizing Real Estate Attorney Opinion Letters.
ALTA is lobbying to protect the title insurance monopoly and eliminate alternatives like attorney opinion letters and iTitleTransfer's end-to-end loan closing platform. iTitleTransfer's platform provides search, examination, risk scoring, curative, escrow, GSE-compliant attorney opinion letters, eSigning, eNotary, eRecording and deed monitoring, saving consumers up to 65% of traditional closing costs. ALTA is demonstrating desperation to prevent competition from alternatives authorized by the GSEs and has recruited two Congressmen to influence federal agencies, but the GSEs remain steadfast in providing consumer choice beyond just the title insurance monopoly.
ALTA has doubled down on rhetoric and disinformation in an attempt to prevent competition in the title insurance industry and protect its monopoly. Providers of GSE-compliant attorney opinion letters (AOLs) offer a safe, reliable, and low-cost alternative to title insurance, saving consumers up to 65% of closing costs. However, ALTA has demonstrated desperation to eliminate this alternative, evidenced by false and misleading political statements designed to undermine AOLs. ALTA recruited two members of Congress to pressure federal agencies to remove the GSEs' authorization of AOLs, even though the GSEs are focused on introducing competition to benefit consumers in the multi-trillion dollar real estate market.
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Choice Hotels International is seeking to acquire Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, a deal that would create one of the largest budget hotel owners. The companies are each valued at around $6 billion but are not currently in serious talks. If no deal is reached, Choice could make an offer directly to Wyndham shareholders. Wyndham shares rose on the news while Choice shares dropped. Both companies focus on budget-conscious travelers. Choice says the deal would help its goal of expanding in upper-midscale and upscale segments. The hotel industry is recovering as travelers return, but it was battered early in the pandemic when travel halted globally.
Iowa currently has a title guaranty system instead of allowing title insurance. There is a push to legalize title insurance in Iowa, but title guaranty provides better consumer protection and value. Title insurance would cost Iowans millions more each year and provide less protection, as title problems are often ignored instead of corrected. Title insurance premiums also leave the state, while Iowa's title guaranty system keeps premiums in Iowa to fund affordable housing programs. Legalizing title insurance would harm Iowa consumers and housing programs.
Iowa currently has a title guaranty system that provides title protection at a lower cost than title insurance would. There is a push to legalize title insurance in Iowa, but it would cost homeowners millions more each year and provide less protection of property titles and public records. Title insurance companies pay out very little in claims compared to the large premiums they collect each year, indicating it is an expensive option that benefits title insurers more than homeowners. Iowa's existing title guaranty system ensures accurate titles at a reasonable cost through the use of abstracts and attorney opinions.
iTitleTransfer Introduces Anti-Monopoly and Pro-Costumer Choice "Alternative to Title Insurance" for a Third of the Closing Cost, Authorized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, utilizing Real Estate Attorney Opinion Letters.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that result in costly title insurance policies. New technologies like blockchain, digitization of land records, and tokenization of real estate present alternatives that could replace the title insurance industry altogether by reducing costs and risks. The title insurance industry may try to adapt by developing their own blockchain initiatives or shifting their business model, but they face significant challenges due to their centralized infrastructure and a potential reduction in premiums forced by regulators in response to lower risks. Unless the title insurance industry transforms its business, it is likely to be marginalized and replaced by innovative new solutions.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that yield high profits. New technologies like blockchain could replace title insurance by securely recording land records. This would drive down costs and premiums, threatening the monopoly and profits of major title insurance companies. Regulators may force price reductions due to reduced risk from improved systems. The title industry risks becoming marginalized unless it adapts, but centralization and a focus on profits may prevent meaningful change.
The title insurance lobbyist and trade association, ALTA, has stated that 75 % of residential real estate properties have clean title, and therefor do not require title insurance. end-to-end iTitleTransfer transfers home ownership safely, reliably and a significant cost saving to consumers.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that result in costly title insurance policies. New technologies like blockchain, digitization of land records, and tokenization of real estate present alternatives that could replace the need for title insurance. This would significantly reduce revenues for the major title insurance companies that currently control over 85% of the market. The title industry may try to adapt by developing their own blockchain initiatives or shifting their business model, but they face a major conundrum as regulators are likely to force price reductions given the reduced risks of the new technologies. The status quo of the title insurance industry is at risk of being replaced by innovation.
The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption due to its outdated, labor-intensive practices that yield high profits. New technologies like blockchain could replace title insurance by securely recording land records. This would drive down costs and premiums, threatening the monopoly and profits of major title insurance companies. Regulators may force price reductions due to reduced risk from improved systems. The title industry may try to adapt by developing blockchain initiatives or shifting their business model, but faces a significant risk of being marginalized by disruption.
The paper provides a concrete and pragmatic view of the smart home opportunity for insurers: a deep-dive into key aspects of the smart home trend, the implications for the US home insurance market, and into customer preferences. The paper concludes with a list of “must-have” elements for an insurer in order to deliver the promise of a smart home value proposition.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's lobbyist, ALTA, is pressuring Congress and agencies to restrict the acceptance of AOLs. It accuses ALTA and industry representatives of misleading comparisons between AOLs and title insurance products in order to protect the monopoly's profits and market dominance.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through Congress and government agencies are anti-competitive and deny consumer choice. It warns that consumer advocates may pursue antitrust investigations into the monopoly's conduct.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through lobbying Congress denies consumer choice and competition. It concludes that lenders and consumers deserve alternatives to the high-cost title insurance monopoly.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through lobbying Congress are anti-competitive and deny consumer choice. It concludes by stating that lenders and consumers deserve choice in loan closing options.
The document is an opinion piece criticizing the title insurance monopoly's lobbying efforts to eliminate consumer choice and competition from attorney opinion letters (AOLs). It notes that the title insurance industry, controlled by four conglomerates, generates $26 billion annually while paying out less than 3% in claims. The piece argues that AOLs provide a valid lower-cost alternative to title insurance and that the monopoly's efforts to ban AOLs through lobbying Congress are anti-competitive and deny consumer choice. It concludes by stating that lenders and consumers deserve choice in loan closing options.
The document discusses identity theft, including how to protect yourself from identity theft and what to do if you become a victim. Some key points:
- Identity theft is a growing problem, affecting over 12% of people in a 2002 survey.
- To protect yourself, shred documents with personal information before throwing them out, use a locked mailbox, and regularly check your credit reports.
- If you become a victim, promptly report the fraud to law enforcement and credit bureaus, place a fraud alert and security freeze on your credit reports, and file an identity theft affidavit.
- Useful resources for information and assistance with identity theft include the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Identity Theft Resource Center, and your state Attorney General
The document discusses identity theft and provides tips to protect personal information. It notes that identity theft affects millions of people each year. The document outlines steps to take if identity theft occurs, including filing a report with law enforcement and credit bureaus, and placing a fraud alert or security freeze on credit reports. Useful resources for information on identity theft are also presented, such as the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Identity Theft Resource Center, and AnnualCreditReport.com for free credit checks.
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This document discusses important considerations for auto insurance and what information to share after a car accident. It recommends only providing your name, vehicle insurance information, and driver's license if necessary to the other driver. Sharing personal details like your address, phone number, or allowing your license to be photographed puts your privacy and identity at risk. The document also introduces an app called WreckCheck that helps guide users on what to do after an accident and ensures only necessary information is documented and shared.
The document discusses the title insurance industry and the potential for disruption. It notes that the title insurance industry is dominated by 5 companies that control 85% of the market and offer essentially the same product and pricing due to state regulations. This limits consumer choice. The industry also faces legal issues over kickbacks and relies on an outdated business model. The title insurance industry is ripe for disruption from new technologies, government programs, and innovative insurance alternatives that could make the product unnecessary for many and provide more options.
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ALTA is lobbying to protect the title insurance monopoly and eliminate alternatives like attorney opinion letters and iTitleTransfer's end-to-end loan closing platform. iTitleTransfer's platform provides search, examination, risk scoring, curative, escrow, GSE-compliant attorney opinion letters, eSigning, eNotary, eRecording and deed monitoring, saving consumers up to 65% of traditional closing costs. ALTA is demonstrating desperation to prevent competition from alternatives authorized by the GSEs and has recruited two Congressmen to influence federal agencies, but the GSEs remain steadfast in providing consumer choice beyond just the title insurance monopoly.
ALTA has doubled down on rhetoric and disinformation in an attempt to prevent competition in the title insurance industry and protect its monopoly. Providers of GSE-compliant attorney opinion letters (AOLs) offer a safe, reliable, and low-cost alternative to title insurance, saving consumers up to 65% of closing costs. However, ALTA has demonstrated desperation to eliminate this alternative, evidenced by false and misleading political statements designed to undermine AOLs. ALTA recruited two members of Congress to pressure federal agencies to remove the GSEs' authorization of AOLs, even though the GSEs are focused on introducing competition to benefit consumers in the multi-trillion dollar real estate market.
iTitleTransfer has launched the nation's first low-cost "Loan Closing Platform" as an alternative to costly title insurance. The platform provides an end-to-end loan closing solution using an Attorney Opinion Letter in place of title insurance, saving borrowers over half the cost. Inquiries from title agents indicate the American Land Title Association is pressuring lenders and agents to avoid diversifying options and denying consumer choice. iTitleTransfer argues excessive title insurance costs pose a barrier to homeownership, and their platform provides a safe, reliable and low-cost closing process respecting diversity and inclusion.
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A company called Sprink urges Congress to investigate the American Land Title Association (ALTA) for potentially pressuring Congress members to influence federal housing agencies. Sprink promotes its own service called iTitleTransfer as providing a lower-cost alternative to traditional title insurance.
Sprink proposes a standardized automated online loan closing (AOL) platform to help lenders fulfill anticipated increases in loan origination volume. The platform aims to provide a low-cost alternative to title insurance as the nation's first government-sponsored enterprise (GSE)-compliant AOL solution for loan closing. The platform was founded by Theodore Sprink of www.iTitleTransfer.com.
iTitleTransfer offers an alternative to traditional title insurance that can save borrowers 65% on closing costs. It is the nation's first government-sponsored enterprise compliant automated online loan closing platform. The website www.iTitleTransfer.com provides information on this new title insurance alternative.
Real estate agents are seeking an attorney opinion letter as an alternative to title insurance for their customers that is safe, reliable and lower cost. They believe offering this option adds "consumer choice" to what they provide clients. The managing director of a company that provides these letters discussed this development.
iTitleTransfer has launched the nation's first low-cost "Loan Closing Platform" as an alternative to costly title insurance. The platform provides an end-to-end loan closing solution using an Attorney Opinion Letter in place of title insurance, saving borrowers over half the cost. Inquiries from title agents indicate the American Land Title Association is enforcing outdated monopolistic practices and pressuring federal agencies to eliminate alternatives that provide consumer choice. iTitleTransfer aims to make homeownership more accessible by offering a safe, reliable and low-cost closing platform that respects diversity and inclusion.
The American Loan Closing Association promotes membership to title agents, lenders, realtors and loan brokers by offering an ALCA rating which can help increase their market share. ALCA membership is based on advocating for title agencies and borrowers, providing education and experience, ensuring transactional insurance and transparency, using ALCA forms, and offering low-cost attorney-managed loan closings through their website.
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The document discusses a new loan closing platform called iTitleTransfer that provides an alternative to traditional title insurance for lenders and borrowers. It is the nation's first government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) compliant automated online (AOL) loan closing platform that allows for a low-cost closing process. The platform aims to offer a more affordable closing option compared to title insurance.
iTitleTransfer offers a loan closing platform that provides lenders, borrowers, sellers, and investors with GSE-compliant loan closings through an end-to-end process including document preparation, escrow, and eSigning. This platform gives loan brokers the ability to offer borrowers an alternative to overpriced title insurance through insured attorney opinion letters, reducing borrower loan closing costs. The platform handles the search, examination, curative services, and issues attorney opinion letters authorized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to provide consumer choice and savings on costly title insurance.
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The document introduces iTitleTransfer's loan closing platform, which provides lenders with an end-to-end closing alternative that uses insured attorney opinion letters instead of title insurance. This reduces borrower loan closing costs and gives consumers more choice. The platform conducts loan closing activities like search and examination, document preparation, and eNotary and eSign. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have authorized the attorney opinion letters, which serve as an alternative to costly title insurance. Lenders that outsource closings to iTitleTransfer can provide borrower savings.
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1. Inside America's Richest
Insurance Racket
Title insurance firms rake in $18 billion a year for a product that is outdated, largely unneeded--and
protected by law.
Parker Kennedy's roots run deep in the California company his family founded
112 years ago. Through four generations the clan (unrelated to the
Massachusetts political dynasty) has run what today is First American, the
largest title-insurance company in the nation. It collects $5.8 billion a year
selling this age-old mainstay of homeownership.
All that cash--for an outdated product that should have been all but wiped out
by digital technology.
Title companies appeared a century ago, helping to protect home buyers from
being swindled by crooks who sold properties they didn't own. A title
insurance policy protects the buyer in case the deed turns out to be defective
but the seller cannot be collared to refund the purchase price. It is far less
necessary in these days of computerized records, online searches and rare
instances of title fraud or hidden liens.
2. Yet First American and its two main rivals--number two Fidelity National (no
relation to Fidelity mutual funds) and third-ranked LandAmerica--are fat and
thriving in an $18-billion-a-year business that has quadrupled in ten years.
First American has doubled its prices in a decade, to an average charge of
$1,472 per home for a title search and insurance. Meanwhile, thanks to
computerized record-keeping, the cost of searching for a home's ownership
records online has fallen to as low as $25. Technology also has helped make
mistakes rarer; now only $74 of each policy goes to pay claims--that is, make
home buyers with defective deeds whole. That leaves a $1,373 spread for
overhead and for profit.
Fancy this: racetracks that keep 93% of your money and return only 5% in
winning tickets. They wouldn't last long, not unless they could somehow rig
the rules to both forbid price competition and make the purchase of race bets
mandatory. That's more or less what the title insurance industry has done to
American homeowners.
Kennedy attributes his profits to the long housing boom and the efforts his
company has made to deploy technology and move jobs offshore. "Nobody's
cutting a fat hog," he says.
But the title industry's halcyon days owe much to antiquated state laws that
thwart new competition, allow prices to soar despite declining costs and force
almost every home buyer to pay for insurance that most of them will never
need. In all but a handful of states, laws bar insurance giants in other fields,
such as AIG or State Farm, from offering title insurance and undercutting
incumbents' prices. It also is illegal for anyone to offer guarantees that provide
the same protection as title insurance.
3. Home buyers can't get mortgages without buying title insurance; nor can
banks themselves legally offer it as part of a loan. (Otherwise, the banks could
demand high-volume discounts.) A handful of states set prices title firms may
charge; others regulate prices and rubber-stamp the prices title firms request.
The industry has boomed on such you-gotta-have-it conditions--especially in
the refinancing craze of recent years. In 2000 some 2 million refinancings
went through; that grew to 7 million in 2005. A homeowner refinancing a
mortgage pays for new title insurance, despite the utter absence of any new
risk in the deed.
The title industry's perennial protectionism has had a predictable side effect:
corruption. Shielded by law from having to compete on price, insurers resort
to bribes and gifts to real estate agents and mortgage brokers for steering
business their way, deceptive front companies, phony "reinsurance" deals and
other creative chicanery.
Regulators in Washington State just revealed that First American spent
$120,000 a month courting real estate agents with season tickets to University
of Washington football games, tickets for Seattle Supersonics basketball
games, shopping sprees and other goodies. The state report says the firm was
"the worst offender" and committed more than a hundred violations a month
in the 18-month period studied. It adds: "First American offers a prime
example of how illegal inducements can help a company attain superior
market share."
Kennedy says that despite pressure to keep up with crooked competitors he
never approves such schemes: "All you can do is try to hire honest people."
4. Now some forces are working to rein in this rapacious industry. Officials in
dozens of counties are working to standardize homeownership for digital
access by the public. The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
is mulling ways to force more competition on the industry, though previous
efforts have failed utterly. Some politicians who have been stalwart allies of
the business now are reversing course. In California the chief regulator has
just called for a 23% price cut. This summer New York mandated a 15% cut in
rates.
Yet regulators in most states have blithely acquiesced as consumers bills have
risen. This, despite insurers' low risk of payouts and the tech-fueled decline in
costs. Sifting through property records to ensure that a title is clear of old
claims costs them all of $25 to $125 if the records are digitized.
The industry's high-tech muscle is flexed at First American's offices in Santa
Ana, Calif., a few miles from where Parker Kennedy's great-grandfather,
Charles Parker, started the company. A cavernous data center overflows with
details on property in counties encompassing 98% of the U.S. population.
Packed with supercomputers and suspended on massive pylons to keep them
running in an earthquake, the facility soon will hold data on virtually every
building in the country, Kennedy vows.
When Kennedy's great-grandfather started out in 1894 he would hire
stenographers to go to the county courthouse and copy ownership records by
hand into ledgers and then deliver that information to clients by horse and
buggy. People who didn't have the desire, time or knowledge to do it
themselves happily paid for these title surveys. In 1924 he guaranteed his
copies were accurate, turning his product into title insurance.
5. That process hadn't changed much by the time Parker Kennedy joined First
American in 1977. He had been working as a lawyer when his father, Donald,
chief executive at the time, persuaded him to join the family business. Parker
would trek to courthouses and assessor offices in southern California and
tediously page through musty volumes of property records; a single title
search could take all day.
Kennedy, now 58, rose to chief executive in 2003, though he began steering
the company into the digital age a decade ago. The tech overhaul has let him
close 48 of 50 offices in his home state of California in five years, replacing
people and paper with databases and offshore data entry clerks. The online
automation also has reduced errors. If the title searcher misses a contractor's
lien and the builder who should have paid cannot be made to pay, the
insurance steps in. It's a rarity.
"We get a little more automated every day," Kennedy says. "In the old days, if
you wanted to double your business you had to double your people. Now you
can double your business and increase your staff maybe 10%."
The tech push must continue, he says, because one day economic rationality
and digital reality will catch up to the title industry. Real estate ownership
records, always open to the public, are going online, alongside all sorts of
other data. Today anyone can instantly learn a property's square footage, its
sales price history, even view satellite photos, at virtually no cost. If records
are instantly accessible and accurate, the need for title insurance will fade
away. "Eventually insurance won't be an important component of the
product," he allows.
So Kennedy hopes to harness digital technology to create a new business.
Rather than broker one piece of information for an exorbitant cost, he hopes
6. to collect all manner of real estate skinny and sell it to banks, insurers, real
estate agents and direct marketers.
Title insurance accounts for 70% of First America's $8 billion in annual
revenue, with newer and unregulated services providing the rest. Kennedy
says that this unregulated part of the business will be as lucrative as the legally
armored one he now runs. "When I look out 5, 10, 20 years, I just see data
becoming a very powerful thing to own."
It wasn't until after the Great Depression that big insurers started eyeing title-
industry profits, and the title firms found a clever way to fight back--not by
lowering prices but with state laws that walled off the industry from outside
competition.
They invoked consumer protection: In the Depression many insurers had gone
bust, including a few that also offered title insurance. The title industry, and
7. many regulators, argued that insurers that also sold life or car insurance were
more likely to go broke and stick their customers with unpaid title claims.
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Most states responded by passing laws dictating that only dedicated title
insurers could sell home buyers title policies. Decades later many of the
banned multi-line insurers are far more financially secure than most title
insurers in the eyes of credit-rating agencies, but the states haven't done much
to raze the barriers. Private insurers have become so overpriced that Iowa, the
one state government to not only maintain property records but guarantee
their accuracy, can offer a vastly better deal. The typical Iowan pays the state
$110 for title insurance when buying a home, 92% less than the average First
American customer's bill.
Having insulated themselves from outside rivals, the title companies then won
state support to limit competition among themselves. A small number of
states passed laws fixing prices of title insurance. Other states enacted a
pastiche of rate regulations that let insurers set their own rates, routinely
granting them increases.
Spared from having to compete on price, title firms large and small vied for
customer referrals from real estate agents, mortgage brokers and builders by
bribing them, in violation of federal law. The insurance agents who woo the
8. customers are also compensated handsomely. Of the cash First American
collects for title searches and accompanying insurance, it hands 80% to its
own agents and to independents.
In the old days title agents looking to attract more business paid kickbacks
that were modest and in-kind--baseball tickets, spa trips, free meals, luxury
boxes at concerts (the type of favors that First American continues to hand
out, in violation of state and federal rules). But in recent years, as the gross
profit per customer topped $1,200 in many cases, title agents have devised
new ways to sluice larger sums to the partners that send business their way.
LandAmerica, the number three title company in the U.S., allegedly arranged
for sales agents, mortgage brokers and developers around the country to start
their own "reinsurance" companies. Then, every time one of them sent a
customer to LandAmerica, it would pay his newly formed shop to reinsure the
policy, a subtle and tidy little kickback. In one type of arrangement
LandAmerica paid them 35% of its revenue to assume half the risk; yet the
newly minted "reinsurers" were never asked to pay up in the rare instances
when a title search missed an old claim, Colorado state regulators say.
LandAmerica says the deals were legal, but it agreed to halt the practice last
year.
Rivals copied LandAmerica's premium-sharing scheme. First American
followed suit, though some state regulators say it is the least dirty of a bad
bunch. "They were the last company to engage in these practices, the first to
stop and the most cooperative," says Erin Toll, Colorado's former deputy
commissioner of insurance, who investigated the industry.
In Minnesota police stumbled upon another scam after a burglar alarm kept
ringing in one shell company's office building. No one was there to shut it off,
9. the cops eventually realized, because no one was ever there. Such fronts
typically are run by the large title companies but are co-owned by real estate
agents and mortgage brokers, who get a cut of the profits.
Elsewhere many title insurance fronts don't even bother to create a real office.
When investigators in Colorado recently sent out letters to the state's 500 title
agencies, more than a hundred came back stamped "no such address."
First American participated in such scams, too, though to a lesser degree. Last
year HUD accused the firm of creating nine sham outfits that were owned by
real estate brokers and lending agents but which did no work. The company
closed the fronts and paid a $680,000 fine.
But attempts at more fundamental reform have faltered. In 2002 a company
called Radian concocted a clever new product it dubbed "lien protection." The
firm targeted refinancings of homes that already had title insurance and aimed
the product not at home buyers but at their mortgage lenders, looking to cut
prices in half and still make a good profit.
But California's state insurance commissioner, John Garamendi, leaped to the
title industry's defense, banning lien protection in his state. Garamendi says
he had no choice: "I have no option but to enforce those laws even though I
think they are wrong and should be changed."
The leaders of Radian were stung, says the company's former general counsel,
Howard Yaruss. The old "monoline" law ostensibly had been designed to
protect consumers; yet Radian's product was to be sold to Bank of
America and its ilk.
In July Garamendi himself took on the title industry, proposing cuts in title
insurers' regulated prices of 23%. He says it will save California homeowners
10. $1 billion a year. A better solution would be to throw open the market to
products like the one Radian offered, he admits, but he doesn't see that as
likely. "The title insurance industry is very politically powerful. It has tens of
thousands of agents in California," he sighs.
In 2004 the title industry stared down another threat, this one in Washington,
D.C. HUD had pushed for rules that would allow lenders to package title
insurance with a mortgage, something federal law currently forbids. The title
industry, fearing the power of banks to negotiate lower title insurance rates,
was violently opposed to the rules and found a key ally in Senator Richard
Shelby, the Alabama Republican who is chairman of the Senate Banking,
Housing & Urban Affairs Committee--and who owns the Tuscaloosa Title Co.
(A Shelby spokesman says the senator's attitude toward HUD's proposals is
unrelated to his sideline business.) HUD is now considering other options for
reforming the industry.
Yet another movement for change comes from efforts by the nation's county
recorders to agree on a uniform way to store property records online, which
could severely curtail the need for title insurers. But even if they succeed, most
state legislatures would have to lift a thicket of creaky old laws that have
enriched the title industry for decades--and bilked home buyers out of billions
of dollars.
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