Innovation Center

Behind the scenes of a real estate transaction, title insurance underwriters are busy evaluating land title risks and making coverage decisions. Their tireless work helps deals close quickly and on time. What keeps underwriters so busy? Seasoned real estate experts know that real property transactions can be derailed by a variety of title issues. ...

As the residential real estate market adapts to stabilizing, but still high mortgage rates and the ongoing lack of housing supply, real estate agents, home buyers and sellers will face a highly competitive environment. Innovative technologies offer powerful advantages to help real estate agents, home buyers and sellers successfully navigate this ...

The pandemic served as a great accelerator for innovation in how companies deliver products and services to their customers, including how title and settlement companies support the real estate transaction closing process. One major example of innovation is remote online notarization, or RON, a fully digital process in which the signer’s identity ...

Earlier this year, First American unveiled a renovated building at its Santa Ana, California headquarters. The space has been a destination for collaboration on the corporate campus, leveraging innovative technologies while fostering the company’s people-first culture.

Mortgage technology is one of the most important components of the real estate transaction’s digital transformation. Since real estate professionals and title and settlement providers work closely with lenders to facilitate transactions, staying close to and investing in mortgage technology provides insight into how each may need to evolve to ...

The coronavirus pandemic has challenged businesses and organizations in the United States and around the world to adapt and innovate rapidly. Faced with the urgent need to protect employees, customers and the larger community, these creative solutions reveal a spirit of innovation and a willingness to overcome traditional limitations to provide ...