🐐Title Underground: FREE Fraud Prevention Kits from Closinglock; The 1% Remittance Tax; AgentBrief & More 13-July-2025
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
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📖 Book of the Week
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
🤖AI, Automations other Tech for Title Insurance
👀Cyber Security & Fraud
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
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🎉 Big News: Closinglock Sponsors Free Fraud Prevention Kit for 50 Lucky Agents!
We’ve got a gift for your inbox—and your business.
Closinglock has stepped up in a big way to support agents fighting wire fraud by making our Wire Fraud Prevention Consumer Education Easy Kit—now FREE for the first 50 agents to download it.
This done-for-you marketing toolkit is packed with ready-to-use templates, flyers, articles, and social posts (31 in all) to help you:
Deter scammers & Educate Referral Partners with public facing assets
Educate clients before the scammers reach them
Train your team without starting from scratch
Strengthen your brand with pro-level materials
Why is Closinglock sponsoring it? Because their mission is to protect closings—and the people in them. This kit does just that.
A message from Closinglock
At Closinglock, we protect real estate transactions by preventing fraud and securing the flow of funds to safeguard people's futures. We believe real estate fraud can be eliminated with the right tools and education. Every day, we see how devastating wire fraud can be—and how preventable it is when the right tools, training, and communication are in place.
That’s why we’re proud to sponsor this Wire Fraud Prevention Easy Kit—because keeping clients informed is just as critical as keeping systems secure. This kit was designed for title professionals like you: the frontline defenders of trust in the closing process.
Wire fraud is a threat to every deal—but with the right partners, it’s one we can fight together.
—The Closinglock Team
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📖 Book of the Week
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
Federal Agencies
📰Trump's 'big beautiful bill' slashes CFPB funding: What it means for you
📄Federal Class Action Filed Against HUD for Unconstitutional Withholding of Fair Housing Funds
📄New rules for Fannie, Freddie credit scoring are stumping lenders
📄New credit scoring model for mortgages could help more people buy homes
Policy Changes and Impacts on Real Estate
State Regulatory Changes
📰Alabama Supreme Court Narrows Grounds to Challenge Mortgage Foreclosure Sales
📰UCC-1 Filing Requirements Updated Under Pending Legislation (CA)
📄New California Law Threatens to Stall All Second Lien Foreclosures
🤖AI, Automations other Tech for Title Insurance
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