Industry News

Click here to visit ALTA and stay informed with the title regulations.

Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Washington, D.c., ALTA is the national trade association and voice of title insurance agents, abstracters, and underwriters, ranging from small, one-county operations, to large national title insurers in the United States.

Click here to visit the CFPB website for up to date information, education, compliance, and regulation enforcement.

A U.S. government agency dedicated to making sure the consumer is treated fairly by banks, lenders, and other financial institutions.

Click here to stay informed with the latest news from FinCEN, including statutes and regulations on the Bank Secrecy Act, USA Patriot Ave, and more.

A bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Director of FinCEN is appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury and reports to the Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. FinCEN’s mission is to safeguard the financial system from illicit use and combat money laundering and promote national security through the collection, analysis, and dissemination of financial intelligence and strategic use of financial authorities.

Browse the MBA site for the latest education opportunities, news and press releases, and advocacy and policy related to the real estate industry.

As the leading advocate for the real estate finance industry, the MBA represents and serves its members through a comprehensive array of capabilities and tools that enable members to successfully deliver fair, sustainable and responsible real estate financing within ever-changing business environments.

Visit the MISMO site for information of how the mortgage industry is standardizing the lending process.

MISMO enables the real estate finance industry to innovate and prosper by collaborating to create essential standards and best practices that solve key business challenges.

They develop essential standards through key stakeholder collaboration to improve efficiency, reduce cost and improve the mortgage experience for all parties involved in a real estate transaction.

MISMO standards are helping to accelerate a fully digital mortgage process, end to end, and are playing a significant role in helping the industry scale digital solutions.

Browse this site to stay informed  with news, events, and advocacy updates from the National Association of Realtors.

America’s largest trade association, representing 1.5 million+ members, including NAR’s institutes, societies, and councils, involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Visit this site to stay informed of the lastest national notary requirements.

The leading authority on the American Notary office, the National Notary Association is committed to serving Notaries and their employers throughout the United States by imparting knowledge, building community, and promoting sound professional standards of practice for the benefit and protection of the public.

Click here to visit the RESPRO website.

The Real Estate Services Providers Council (RESPRO®) is a national non-profit trade association that unites cutting edge real estate broker-owners, real estate franchisors, mortgage lenders and brokers, title insurers and agents, homebuilders, home warranty companies, and other settlement service providers throughout North America.  Our common goal:  a business and regulatory environment that better enables all of our members to efficiently offer consumers the many benefits of one stop shopping for real estate services through affiliates, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.

Helping businesses manage a confusing and changing regulatory environment under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Dodd-Frank and state laws, and enable them to develop and operate successful and legally-compliant businesses, joint ventures, and marketing agreements.