Titanium Solutions, Inc., a company that provides mortgage servicing clients with a means and a network to contact homeowners, said Monday that Chief Executive Officer Todd Sibley was recently named a regional finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Utah.

Southfield, Michigan-based law firm Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. has changed its name to Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C., to reflect the appointment of Neil Sherman who is now a partner at the firm.

Houston, Texas-based Hughes, Watters, Askanase, LLP, has announced the firm’s receipt of the 2007-2008 Summit Award—an honor that classifies the firm as a business that has obtained the highest of ratings in the areas of bankruptcy and foreclosure within the Fidelity National Default Solutions Attorney Network.

Richmond, Virginia-based LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., said Monday that in an effort to unify the company, the real estate transaction services provider has decided to merge its Transnation Title Insurance Co.

Bellevue, Washington-based USA-Foreclosure.com, a free online service that lists foreclosure properties across the country, has watched its unique visitor traffic increase by 78-percent since the site’s launch in May of last year.

Insurance giant American International Group, Inc. is the latest company to face significant financial losses because of ties the company’s insurance units have in the subprime lending sector, according to a news report from Bloomberg news.

A new report from the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) reveals that home sales in the state experienced a positive 18.1-percent increase in May when compared to the same period a year ago, but home price declines persisted with the median price of a home now 35.

First American Corp. is facing a class action lawsuit that alleges the company violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by dispensing material misrepresentations to the market causing market prices to artificially inflate, according to a statement issued by Oklahoma City-based Federman & Sherwood, the law firm filing the suit.

With Federal Housing Administration) loans now the latest rage in returning underserved borrowers to safer loan products, Des Moines, Iowa-based iEmergent has released a new series of demographic mortgage forecasting reports, so lenders have access to analytics that will help them find potential borrowers in certain markets who are looking for safe and affordable loan products.

An anticipated final vote on a Senate Housing Bill that would provide an additional $300 billion for the support of more FHA-insured mortgage loans may not occur for several weeks, Bloomberg news quoted U.