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July 25, 2008
Title Insurer Fidelity National's Net Sinks 92 Pct
Fidelity National Financial Inc., parent company to one of the country's biggest title insurers, blames the housing slump and mortgage crisis for pushing its second-quarter profit down 92 percent to 3 cents a share from 38 cents a share in the 2007 second quarter. Reuters Estimates reports that analysts had anticipated revenue of 13 cents per share. Fidelity National additionally reports a 25-percent drop in closed title orders to 307,500 for the April-through-June period, a 26-percent decrease in opened title orders to 462,600 and a 23-percent decline in title and escrow premiums and fees to $1.04 billion.
Posted by S. Germain at July 25, 2008 07:57 AM