The fight to standardize educational training for LOs

The raison d’etre is the same whether you work as a mortgage loan officer at a depository bank or an independent mortgage bank – originate a purchase mortgage or refinancing for a client. But the educational foundation and understanding of mortgage products, rules and regulations can differ dramatically between depository LOs

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Opinion: Regulation of title fee rates is already rigorous

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut the country down in 2020, title and settlement professionals were deemed essential and continued to help consumers purchase homes and refinance mortgages. Protecting homeowners is always at the center of the title insurance industry’s core values: to lead, deliver and protect. This includes being transparent

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