a360inc, an employee-owned legal and financial services technology and outsourcing company, recently announced the additions of new CIO, Richard Leurig, and new CMO, Rich Owens. Prior to joining a360, Leurig was a SVP at CoreLogic, where he launched the Innovation Development Center and established a standardized product delivery platform for CoreLogic Data and Analytics solutions. Rich Owens comes to a360inc with over 20 years of marketing expertise after managing the strategic marketing initiatives for VRM Mortgage Services, prior to which he served as Director of Product Development and as a Director of Marketing at CoreLogic.

A recently released home price index shows that the average price of homes is on the rise. Will that trend continue into the future months, or will it falter? Read on to find out.

Recently, in a roundtable event on community blight in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a town plagued with hundreds of cases of community blight, Senators and experts met to discuss possible solutions. What steps can be taken to curb the disastrous effects of blight? Read on to see three video clips showcasing the highlights of the meeting.

Simplifile has extended its industry-leading e-recording network to include 21 additional recording jurisdictions across the southern United States. Settlement agents in these jurisdictions can now electronically submit documents directly to the county recording office via Simplifile’s secure e-recording service. Within minutes, county recorders can review, stamp, record, and return documents electronically through the Simplifile system.

FormFree recently announced that Guaranteed Rate, Inc. has selected AccountChek by FormFree for automated asset verification. In using AccountChek, loan officers at Guaranteed Rate will be able to offer their clients a faster, safer, and more accurate alternative to scanning and uploading asset statements.

Dodd-Frank could be in trouble if a quiet spending bill continues moving through the legislative process. See how this potential back-door legislation could come to fruition, and what effect it could have on the housing market.

Millennials are spending more than any other generation on their vices. With dwindling inventory and rising home prices, how will they get their foot in the homeownership door?

LRES recently named Jill Haro as VP of Corporate Administration. In this role, Haro will oversee compliance and corporate-wide strategic projects. Haro has more than 15 years of experience working within the mortgage services industry in operations, client relations, and corporate project management.

Nationwide Title Clearing announced recently that Greg McCoskey has been hired as the company's Lead General Counsel. McCoskey’s responsibilities will include working with the operations and management teams to provide counsel on corporate and litigation matters for NTC and to ensuring that NTC's customers remain insulated from statutory non-compliance risk for any operation outsourced to NTC.

Results are in from the Fed’s Stress test of 34 banks, and nearly all banks passed with flying colors, causing the market to take off after hours. One bank, however, will have to resubmit before the end of the year…