AFX Research Integrates with ICE Mortgage Technology's Encompass Platform to Deliver Same-Day Title Updates
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AFX Research, a nationwide leader in tech-driven title abstracting, today announced a new integration leveraging the latest Encompass Partner Connect API framework from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for mortgage technology and available via the Marketplace in the ICE digital lending platform. This modern framework enables industry participants to integrate with ICE solutions and provide their services to loan originators and servicers through secure API-enabled technology. Now available in the ICE Marketplace, this integration enables U.S. lenders to access AFX Same-Day Title Update Reports directly through the Encompass ® platform.
By automating title update ordering and delivery within Encompass, AFX helps lenders streamline workflows, reduce manual tasks, and enhance decision-making with real-time title insights.
This seamless integration provides lenders with faster access to critical title updates, improving loan and draw processing efficiency, as well as risk mitigation. By automating title update ordering and delivery within Encompass, AFX helps lenders streamline workflows, reduce manual tasks, and enhance decision-making with real-time title insights. With an industry-leading 0.43 business day average turnaround, fixed-rate nationwide pricing, and seamless digital delivery, AFX enables lenders to manage risk, expedite draws, and close loans faster.
'Our integration with ICE Mortgage Technology's Encompass platform underscores our shared commitment to driving efficiency in the industry,' said David Mitchell, CEO at AFX Research. 'By embedding our Same-Day Title Update Reports within Encompass, we're helping lenders close loans and manage the draw process for construction and renovation loans more efficiently while ensuring greater transparency and accuracy in title due diligence.'
AFX's uninsured title updates provide essential due diligence for:
✔ Construction loans
✔ Renovation loans
✔ HELOCs
✔ Refinances
✔ Private loans
✔ Real estate purchases
✔ Foreclosure assessments
Each report verifies ownership and encumbrance details from the current owner forward, including current deed information, mortgages, tax status, liens, and judgments. Reports also include copies of open liens and judgments and are available in PDF, Word, Excel, and JSON formats.
Encompass Partner Connect enables the integration of key third-party products and services with ICE Mortgage Technology solutions. ICE does not own, control, nor endorse any specific industry participant or the product/service provided. Loan originators and servicers are responsible for vetting, selecting, and contracting with the providers of their choosing.
About AFX Research
AFX Research is a nationwide leader in tech-driven title abstracting, combining expert researchers with cutting-edge automation to deliver unmatched speed, accuracy, and efficiency in title report generation. Learn more at https://www.afxllc.com/.
Since 1995, AFX Research has conducted title research on over $1.3 trillion in property, pioneering automation-driven solutions that support top lenders and leading U.S.-based SaaS loan management platforms. Trusted by the SEC, IRS, and DOJ, AFX has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and top real estate publications. AFX has also consulted for key government agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Postal Service, and Small Business Administration.
Encompass Partner Connect enables the integration of key third-party products and services with ICE Mortgage Technology solutions. ICE does not own, control, nor endorse any specific industry participant or the product/service provided. Loan originators and servicers are responsible for vetting, selecting, and contracting with the providers of their choosing.
For more information, visit AFX Research on the ICE Marketplace.
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