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Title insurance is a form of indemnity insurance predominantly found in the United States and Canada which insures against financial loss from defects in title to real property and from the invalidity or unenforceability of mortgage loans. Unlike some land registration systems in countries outside the United States, US states' recorders of deeds generally do not guarantee indefeasible title to those recorded titles. Title insurance will defend against a lawsuit attacking the title or reimburse the insured for the actual monetary loss incurred up to the dollar amount of insurance provided by the policy.
GE Capital is the financial services division of General Electric. Through its two divisions, GE Capital Aviation Services and GE Energy Financial Services.
Real estate economics is the application of economic techniques to real estate markets. It tries to describe, explain, and predict patterns of prices, supply, and demand. The closely related field of housing economics is narrower in scope, concentrating on residential real estate markets, while the research on real estate trends focuses on the business and structural changes affecting the industry. Both draw on partial equilibrium analysis, urban economics, spatial economics, basic and extensive research, surveys, and finance.
Bank of America Home Loans is the mortgage unit of Bank of America. In 2008, Bank of America purchased the failing Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion. In 2006, Countrywide financed 20% of all mortgages in the United States, at a value of about 3.5% of United States GDP, a proportion greater than any other single mortgage lender.
Ally Financial is a bank holding company organized in Delaware and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. The company provides financial services including car finance, online banking via a direct bank, corporate lending, vehicle insurance, mortgage loans, and an electronic trading platform to trade financial assets.
HSBC Finance Corporation is a financial services company and a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings. It is the sixth-largest issuer of MasterCard and Visa credit cards in the United States. HSBC Finance Corporation was formed from the legal entity that had been known as Household International—shortly after Household International settled for US$486 million in charges pertaining to predatory lending, after burning through $389 million in legal fees and expenses—and is now expanding its consumer finance model via the HSBC Group to Brazil, India, Argentina and elsewhere.
First American Financial Corporation is an American financial services company which provides title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries.
The W Holding Company was a financial holding corporation located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. On April 30, 2010, Westernbank, its wholly owned bank subsidiary, failed and its deposits and assets were seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and subsequently sold to Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.
The R & G Financial Corporation was a financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On April 30, 2010, its bank failed and its deposits and assets were seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Its deposits and assets were subsequently sold to Scotiabank. On May 14, R & G Financial Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Philadelphia was the world's first title insurance company.
Hilltop Holdings Inc. is a financial holding company based in Dallas, Texas. It offers financial products and banking services through four primary subsidiaries: PlainsCapital Bank, PrimeLending, and HilltopSecurities.
Stewart Information Services Corporation (SISCO) is a customer-driven, technology-enabled, and strategically competitive real estate information, title insurance and transaction management company. Wholly owned subsidiaries, Stewart Title Guaranty Co. and Stewart Title Company offer products and services in the U.S. and abroad through its direct retail operations, independent agencies in the Stewart Trusted Provider network, and other companies within the Stewart family. Stewart Title is headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States, and has approximately 6,350 employees.
Edina Realty Home Services, based in Edina, Minnesota, is a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and a wholly owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc. Edina Realty is the largest real estate company in Minnesota by sales volume and transaction sides. In 2016, the company conducted over 33,000 real estate transactions and $8.7 billion in sales volume.
CoreLogic, Inc. is an Irvine, CA-based corporation providing financial, property, and consumer information, analytics, and business intelligence. The company analyzes information assets and data to provide clients with analytics and customized data services. The company also develops proprietary research, and tracks current and historical trends in a number of categories, including consumer credit, capital markets, real estate, fraud, regulatory compliance, natural hazards, and disaster projections. The company reported full 2020 revenue of $1.6 billion. As of 2021, CoreLogic is a Fortune 1000 company.
IberiaBank Corporation, stylized as IBERIABANK, is an American financial holding company headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, and is the largest bank based in the state. Founded in 1887, it now has 325 combined locations, including 190 bank branches and three loan production offices in 12 states primarily throughout the South. The company has 16 wealth management locations in five states, and one Iberia Capital Partners office in New Orleans.
TitleVest Agency, LLC is a national title insurance agency headquartered in Manhattan in New York, NY. The company offers a wide range of property and title-related services and handles all transaction types, from large commercial transactions to residential purchases and mortgage refinances. In March 2015, TitleVest was acquired by First American Title Insurance Company, the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation.
Amrock, formerly known as Title Source, a subsidiary of Rock Ventures, is the United States' largest independent company offering title insurance, property valuations and closing services. In July 2012, it relocated its headquarters from Troy, Michigan, to the First National Building in the Detroit Financial District in Downtown Detroit. Amrock currently employs nearly 2,500 team members and maintains regional operating centers in Detroit, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Black Knight, Inc., formerly known as Black Knight Financial Services, is an American corporation that provides integrated technology, services, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries. On January 3, 2014, Fidelity National Financial acquired Lender Processing Services (LPS) and renamed it to Black Knight Financial Services. On October 2, 2017, upon the completion of a distribution by Fidelity National Financial of its equity interest in Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., the company rebranded as simply Black Knight.
In the United States, the Trustee Sale Guarantee (TSG) is the title guarantee that is issued at the beginning of a foreclosure. TSG helps the foreclosing trustee and beneficiary through the delivery of the information required in ensuring compliance with the statutes of foreclosure stipulated by the state.
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