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2010 was a challenging year on all fronts for the settlement services industry, and nowhere was it more apparent than during the National Settlement Services and National Compliance Summits in Cleveland in June. 

Dozens of the industry's top experts and most respected names took the stage for two days of presentations, panel discussions and breakout sessions. They shared their unique and exclusive insight into the real estate, mortgage origination and settlement services industries with the hundreds in attendance.

This 28-page special report is the first time this exclusive content has been made available outside of the Summit. The report covers highlights from 10 of the Summits' top sessions and takes a look at:

• How volatility of low interest rates, time-sensitive government incentives, and a glut of foreclosed homes challenged agents to keep alert to the shifting demands in the marketplace, and to remain responsive to the ever-changing flow of business, a major topic of discussion at the event.
• How the introduction of the new GFE and HUD-1 occupied the attention of the industry for the first six months of the year, and the Dodd-Frank Act stepped in to draw attention its way in the last six months. Agents learned from their customers just what was needed to assure smooth transactions in such a volatile regulatory environment.
• Companies in the settlement services arena realigning their market base with the new reality. At the Summits, agents had an opportunity to learn from each other and from their customers as to where the business was headed and what the future would demand from them in terms of delivering a high-quality product that their customers and the secondary market could rely upon.