March 2017 Newsblog
Hazards of the Escrow Desk A Novella Titled – “Do Lenders Really Know What They Are Doing?” There are days you just want to shoot …
February 2017 Newsblog
WELL, WELL, WELL, WELLS IS NOT WELL If there is nothing else to report, I can always bring up the next Wells Fargo regulatory fiasco. …
January 2017 Newsblog
HAZARDS OF RUNNING AN ESCROW DESK This month’s story is not one that affects us directly, nor were we put in a position that we …
December 2016 Newsblog
HAZARDS OF RUNNING AN ESCROW DESK Setting the scene: Refinance transaction, loan funded yesterday and ready to close today. Title Company: “I am sorry, we …
November 2016 Newsblog
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! HAZARDS OF RUNNING AN ESCROW DESK (Back by popular demand!) Setting the scene: Our Seller came from San Diego to Los Angeles …
October 2016 Newsblog
HAPPY ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY, TRID (Oct. 3)! DESPITE ALL, WE SURVIVED! (TRID – It is still “The Reason I Drink”) Ding! The first Clinton/Trump round …
September 2016 Newsblog
Is it UP? Is it DOWN? Maybe it is SIDEWAYS? Did July real estate sales go up? Or was it down? Confused? You Are Not …
August 2016 Newsblog
GO! GO! GO! POKEMON GO!: Now I know why people call a craze a “craze”. It’s because people are crazy! I found out about Pokemon …
July 2016 Newsblog
BREXIT! REGREXIT? This is the national equivalent of a “morning- after – what- the- heck- did- I -do -last -night?” scenario. A few hours of …
June 2016 Newsblog
New location for Viva Escrow! Inc. 136 W. Walnut Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016 All staff numbers remain the same. I didn’t think the day would …