The Future of Title & Escrow Blog

Traditionally, switching escrow relationships can be painful. To be honest, the relationship isn’t with the title company, it’s with the individual closer, who through their heroic efforts has managed to get your files closed on time, more often than not. They know...

We started with the knowledge and insight of a veteran title and escrow team, paired them with tech industry leaders, and gave them a clean slate – to build what title and escrow should be. What does that mean? What problems are we fixing? As a title and settlement...

Every transaction has a buyer and a seller.  The sale could be a new home, a tube of toothpaste, a smartphone, a digital movie rental, or your next take-out meal.  No matter how big or small the transaction is, who is ultimately in the driver's seat? It's the buyer. ...

Take the Dutch tulip mania of the early 17th century, add the viral qualities of social media, pitch it with seductive terms like cryptocurrency, and you’ve got the makings of the next bubble. I am not a Luddite. Regardless of being firmly in my middle-age, I consider...

Title insurance has tremendous value; however, it is often misunderstood by both real estate agents and consumers. During our pre-market interviews of real estate agents, this was frequently raised as a pain point. “Can’t you simply tell me if there are any matters...

Maybe I’ve been in the real estate industry too long. Scoffing at the business plan of yet another well-intentioned disrupter that’s going to reinvent life’s most important transaction. “Too much data asymmetry.” “You don’t control the buying decision.” “Insufficient...