Notarize Blog

On a day when wind chills in Minnesota reached 55 degrees below zero and UPS was closed for safety reasons, Notarize, Redfin, Westcor, and TitleOne completed what we believe is the state’s first online closing. A California home buyer used a Virginia notary to close on their home less than a month after Minnesota’s remote online notarization law went into effect.

Real estate agents helped sell nearly six million homes in 2017, guiding buyers through one of life's most stressful moments. But as competition rises across the mortgage industry, agents are feeling the pressure to connect clients to a simpler, more seamless home buying experience.

It’s conference season in the real estate industry, bringing professionals from around the country to discuss how new technologies, public policies, and strategies will shape the mortgage landscape.

And no conference is bigger than the Mortgage Bankers Association annual convention, which will take place in Washington, D.C. from October 14-17. Thousands of industry leaders will head to the nation’s capital for what MBA calls its most “Monumental” conference yet.