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This Week in the Title Underground (29-March-2026): HOA Laws by State, AI Driven Workflows, Railroads, & A Century-Deep Energy Search

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🕵️‍♂️Underworld Intel

Market Shifts

• 📰 Fannie Mae and MBA dial back home sales forecasts as market adjusts to Iran war

• 📰 Iran war crushes refinance demand in March

CRE

• 🎥 The State of Multifamily 2026: What Title Agents Should Expect

• 📄 Success Story: No Dead Ends, How Edna Grife Conquered a Century-Deep Energy Search

• 📰 Mixed Trends for Q4 Multifamily, Commercial Delinquencies

Other

• 📰 Doma Holdings, pioneer in AI-driven real estate title insurance, continues to grapple with profitability

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⚖️Legal

Regulatory updates, Claims, Lawsuits, & Enforcement

National

• 🎥 RESPA “Thing of Value” Definition Keeps Evolving

• 📰 HUD is receiving significant pushback for its proposed rule that would eliminate prorated housing assistance for families with mixed immigration statuses.

• 🎥 How is small business lending being affected by regulatory changes?

State

• 📰 Washington state fines mortgage lender $100K, bars it from industry for alleged compliance failures

• 🎙️ Act 50: New Rules for Intestate Deaths and Small Estates (PA)

• 🎥 New California Notary Law Changes? What AB 1597 Means

• 📰 Starting March 28, 2026, Ohio will pause electronic applications for Third Party Administrators applying within one year of their license expiration.If your license expired within the past year, you’ll need to apply directly through the Ohio Department of Insurance.After one year, you can apply electronically. If the license was voluntarily surrendered, you can reapply electronically at any time.

Claim Stories

• 🎥 When Escrow Funds Vanished, Lender’s Title Insurance Stepped In

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🤖PropTech, Cyber Security & Fraud

PropTech

• 🔒 Closinglock: Andy White turned Closinglock from a side hustle to a prominent company

• 📰 SoftPro expands FinCEN compliance tool by adding direct eFiling

Fraud Stories

• 📰 West Boca Raton Man Accused Of Stealing $4 Million From Employer’s Escrow Accounts

• 📰 11 Arrested on Charges They Used Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Obtain Loans - Submitted by Mark Nemetz

• 📰 Synthetic IDs, false docs play role in $6M home lending scam

Cyber Security

• 🎥 Real Estate Scams and a recent warning issued by the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) about scams targeting seniors.

• 📄 Ultimate beneficial owner (UBO): Fraud, fakes, and how to identify them

• 🎓 Cyber Security in Real Estate Transactions (MS) (CE) ($)

AI

• 📄 What Do Railroads, Real Estate and AI Have To Do With Economic Booms and Busts?

• 📄 InfoQuery Connector empowers Resware users to build advanced automations and AI-driven workflows using no-code and low-code tools

• 📄 Stewart Information Services Invests in Virtual Underwriter as AI Backbone, Yet Faces Execution Challenges Amid Rival Firms Competing for Early Lead

Blockchain

• 📰 FANNIE MAE to Accept Crypto-Backed Mortgages for First Time

• 📰 Alabama Builder Brings Home Sale Directly to Ethereum Blockchain

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