First American Ranked Among the Best Workplaces for Diversity

First American Financial Corporation, a global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, has been recognized by Fortune and Great Place to Work as one of the 2019 Best Workplaces for Diversity for the fourth consecutive year. The ranking is based on anonymous survey responses representing more than 4.8 million employees at Great Place to Work-Certified organizations. “Earning this recognition for the fourth year

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Phoenix American Announces New Client Partnership

Phoenix American Financial Services has announced a new client partnership with LaSalle Investment Management to support their new 1031 platform of products. Phoenix will support LaSalle with its advanced proprietary transfer agent system STAR-XMS, which combines advanced technology, a focus on customer service and decades of experience with the operational requirements of real estate funds and 1031 exchange funds. The STAR-XMS transfer agent system is the result of Phoenix’s direct

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Home ASAP Adds 10 MLS’s to IDX Home Search

Home ASAP, a provider of real estate applications on Facebook, has added 10 new multiple listing service (MLS) approvals to its agent-centric IDX Home Search solution. This addition brings the total to 203 MLS- approved markets nationwide. Home ASAP now reaches more than 1.3 million agents serving up over 1.7 million active listings. Home ASAP’s coverage includes 94% of the nation’s active homes available for sale.

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Emerald Capital Funding is Now Pacific Equity & Loan

Emerald Capital Funding now operates as Pacific Equity & Loan after joining with Pacific Equity & Loan. The deal will allow them to provide more resources and investment opportunities to real estate investors in the Washington market. “The move comes amid a rapidly evolving mortgage industry in specifically the private money and hard money lending sector,” said Christopher Robison, ECF president and founder, in a press release.  “We need to

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