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By: Michael Thomas December 3, 2018 No Tags Uncategorized
Information Security on the Silver Screen
Being an information technology and security professional (some may say nerd or geek) I love to watch movies and shows that have a strong element of technology in them. Especially hacking. I love movies that include hackers and hacking and servers and mainframes and cyberattacks and on and on. No matter how bad and ridiculous they are and that’s pretty much every movie that includes it. Ridiculous? Every movie about hacking? Yes. Most mov...
By: Equity National Title November 1, 2018 No Tags Uncategorized
November: Spotlight on Innovators
We are living in a transformative time and to highlight that each month, we’ll introduce you to men and women who invented or created a new technology or business model that was revolutionary and that has shaped our current reality. Their stories start here, and continue by following the link. We hope you join us in being stimulated by these stories to take your own transformative or revolutionary approach to the home financing business! -James...
By: Equity National October 29, 2018 No Tags Uncategorized
My Lines: November 2018
Seeking and applying feedback has been at the center of our business for over 20 years. So it should come as no surprise that most of our service improvements or innovations are ‘customer-inspired’ and not created in a vacuum. Such is our newest innovation – the equity app. Months ago we asked mortgage bankers of all types, especially loan officers, and realtors, what they experienced as the main sources of friction in their transactions...
By: Equity National October 23, 2018 No Tags Uncategorized
Cybercrime. What to know & tips to prevent it
Cybercrime poses perhaps the single greatest risk to all participants in a real estate transaction. Over the past several years, cybercriminals have targeted the mortgage industry with increasingly sophisticated schemes designed to steal funds or gain access to NPPI data. Unfortunately, despite the widely publicized reports detailing exactly how these schemes work and the preventative measures individuals and organizations should impl...
By: Equity National Title January 25, 2018 No Tags Uncategorized
2018: The year of the Digital Mortgage Finally?
The digitization of businesses all over the world has been underway for some time now, and ever so slowly, it is beginning to seep into the mortgage industry but in 2018 I believe it will accelerate greatly, making 2018 the year of the Digital Mortgage. The front end of the lending process has largely gone digital already, with borrower loan application processes having been pushed to websites and interactions being more electronic than teleph...
By: Equity National January 16, 2018 Title. Closing A Closer Look
Paperless Closings: A Reality
We’re steadily moving towards a paperless world. Entertainment has already made the leap with kindles allowing the option to go digital with books, comics, newspapers, magazines, and more. Bills are offered through email only, cutting back on physical mail and the clutter that comes along with it. In most cases today, digital is provided as an alternative. Only in a few cases has it reached a mandatory status in the mainstream. But it’s only ...
By: Equity National December 12, 2017 Title. Closing A Closer Look
My Lines - December
We’re big on traditions here, and over our 28 year history, we’ve developed a few that I really like to celebrate! The first is our annual Christmas card. We create a theme and then ask our employees to have their children capture the theme in a drawing. We select two of the best designs and turn them into two different cards. And then our leadership team personally signs the cards before we send them out. It all combines to make for a mor...
By: Equity National Title October 31, 2017 No Tags Uncategorized
The e-closing hype: Is it full of sound and fury...
The ‘talk’ in the industry about e-closings often reminds me of a famous line from Shakespeare’s Macbeth: ‘full of sound and fury, signifying nothing!’ Progress toward the ‘holy grail’ goal of fully remote electronic closings seems to be measured in baby steps, and understandable given limitations at the state and recording office level. However, a giant leap forward is achievable when lenders embrace what they can achieve today and...
By: Equity National August 2, 2017 Title A Closer Look
My Lines - 28th Anniversary Edition
Last month – August 21st – marked Equity’s 28th anniversary. Three years ago, to celebrate our anniversary, we challenged ourselves to complete twenty-five acts of service. This continued for twenty-six and twenty-seven, with the acts ranging from volunteering at the Amos House, participating in First Book Campaign and The Walking Bus, and any other event that a staff member brings to our attention that fits the qualification. When tal...
By: Equity National August 2, 2017 Title A Closer Look
Does it make any difference at closing if your t...
When it comes to choosing a company to do business with, there are few options laid out in front of you. Almost all of them (excluding Multinational for simplicity’s sake) can fit under the header of either ‘Local’ or ‘National.’ And so the decision process starts there. But the questions do not. You start wondering what the difference is between the two. Aren’t they both providing the same service? Is there even any difference a...