Texas Housing Insight – January 2020 Summary
Here is the January 2020 Summary from Texas A&M Real Estate Center. January 2020 Summary Please note this review does not account for the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak but reflects the market through January 2020. Texas housing sales stabilized in January after reaching a record high the previous month. Steady employment growth and falling […]
Why Texas REALTORS® Should Pay Attention to the 2020 Census
The constitutionally mandated decennial census that the U.S. will undertake in 2020 will affect many aspects of your business and community. Data from the census is used to draw political district lines, determine how many congressional representatives states receive, and distribute billions of dollars in federal funds to states and local communities. An undercount of […]
What is Survey Deletion Coverage?
https://youtu.be/tNFOR4vsP2c Survey Deletion Coverage is often also referred to as “Survey Deletion”, “Survey Amendment”, and “Survey Coverage.” When survey deletion coverage is given in the title policy it offers Buyers protection for errors or omissions that may have been made by the surveyor and accepted by the title company by changing the language in the […]
Bridging the Settlement and Lender Divide in a Digital World
Republic Title’s Dennis Pospisil, Senior Vice President of Digital Settlement and Signing Services recently sat down with eOrignal to talk about bridging the lender and settlement divide in a digital world. Check out the conversation here: eOriginal: What barriers do you see standing in the way of a completely digital real estate experience? Teri: I […]
Texas Housing Insight
Here is the 2019 Annual Summary from Texas A&M Real Estate Center. 2019 Annual Summary Texas housing sales recovered from a 2018 slowdown as homes sold through the Multiple Listing Services (MLS) increased 3.8 percent in 2019. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to a three-year low, which, along with steady economic growth at both […]
Welcome to Texas
Texas Welcomed More Than a Half-Million New Residents in 2018 The 2020 Texas Relocation Report released today by Texas REALTORS® shows the state ranked second in the nation for relocation activity in 2018, with 563,945 new residents moving to the state. Texas eclipsed its 2017 total for new residents (524,511), and accounting for those moving […]
Voice from the Industry: Leading the Digital Charge in Settlement
Republic Title’s Dennis Pospisil, Senior Vice President of Digital Settlement and Signing Services recently sat down with eOrignal to talk about digital trends from a settlement industry perspective. Check out the full conversation here: eOriginal: Dennis, would you mind giving our readers an overview of your background? Dennis: I originally received a degree in Information and […]
Texas Housing Insight
Here is a great post from Texas A&M Real Estate Center regarding home sales for November. Texas housing sales stabilized in November after reaching a record high the previous month. Steady employment growth and low mortgage interest rates continued to support housing demand, as exemplified by rising mortgage applications and a downtick in the average […]
North Texas home sales set record in 2019
In December, 9,056 houses changed hands, the highest total on record for the final month of any year. North Texas’ housing market ended 2019 on a high note, and the jump in sales during the final month was enough to push the year’s home purchases to an all-time high. Last month’s preowned home sales were […]
The Promise of Digital Mortgage is a Reality
MBA Tech 2019: The Promise of Digital Mortgage is a Reality Posted on April 4, 2019 by Jessica Larkin Last week, the eOriginal team was out in force at MBA Tech 2019. We enjoyed seeing old friends, making new friends, discussing digital best practices and learning what is top of mind when it comes to […]
