General Counsel Blog

08/11/2016

Speakers at Assembly 2017 and an Update on TRID

Also included: Do you think you’d be a great speaker at 2017 Fund Assembly?

07/29/2016

CFPB Update: FinCEN GTO now includes Palm Beach and Broward Counties

CFPB issues Notice of Proposed Rule Changes

07/25/2016

Industry Check-Up and Shoutout to Chuck Kovaleski

Issues with portals, fraud attempts, and CFPB proposed rule changes

07/05/2016

Preview of 2017 Legislation

A look at various items that will be presented in the next legislative session.

06/27/2016

ALTA Federal Conference Update

Find out what resources you can take advantage of, such as Title Action Network and your local RECs.

06/20/2016

Continued Change is a Certainty!

Best Practices is here to stay and lenders expect settlement agents to have adopted Best Practices and to have a manual prepared.

06/13/2016

Bank of America and Wells Fargo recently issued updated communications to settlement agents. You should read them – for both the technical comments (if you close loans for either of them) and for an appreciation of the details addressed. There is a lot of information in both of these communications.

05/12/2016

Fund Assembly Recap and the Challenges that Lie Ahead

The 52nd Assembly held last week was really something! There was so much energy between the presentations, the Expo and the networking. It was a wonderful experience to see old friends and make new ones. I look forward to reviewing the feedback from those that attended on what they liked, didn't like and their suggestions for improvement. We may never satisfy everyone, but we will always try to improve!