Education and Training

Stewart Rate Calculator Training Center

Welcome to the Stewart Rate Calculator Training Center! Here you will find useful information to enhance your new or continued experience.

Here you can find important Announcements, a look at commonly asked questions in the Did You Know section and Self-Paced Learning resources that help make the transition to Stewart Rate Calculator easier.

Are you a Pricing Authority looking for information about how to manage your fees? If yes, click here to learn more.

Announcements

Great news! Two new releases of Stewart Rate Calculator are scheduled to deploy in September 2019. These releases include multiple enhancements which you can read below in detail.

Starting September 5th, you'll notice the following changes:

  • Recording Fees and Transfer Taxes: We’ve added some additional error checking behavior alerting users they have not completed important information needed for their property jurisdiction when creating estimates. 
  • All Quotes: When generating estimates, the extra page previously included on the PDF results page has been removed.
  • Washington & Kentucky Sales Tax: The sales tax amount on a refinance transaction now displays on the generated PDF results page.

Starting September 16th, you'll notice the following changes:

  • Title Insurance Premium Section: If a state has a reissue discount available for your transaction, we’ve added a message in the bar to quickly remind you of its availability. Clicking on the message will open the accordion just like the down arrows.
  • Refinance Transactions: You will notice when working a refinance transaction, we’ve removed the buyer’s and seller’s allocation columns making it easier to read; leaving only the totals for the endorsements, title service fees, recording fees and transfer taxes displayed.

Over the past several months, you may have been introduced to Stewart Now (both the mobile app and the website). You may be curious about what each calculator does and where they obtain their data. Each calculator uses the same single source of data, and this latest release of Stewart Rate Calculator will bring us one step closer to our end goal of aligning all rate calculators with the same response, no matter which calculator you use.

You'll find Stewart Rate Calculator's new Net Sheet features in the tools below:

  • Stewart’s Microsites: Your direct operations websites will be automatically updated. You’ll find the new tools at the same place - under Tools and Resources > Calculators > Seller Net Sheet (or Buyer Cost Sheet).

  • Stewart Rate Calculator: StewartRateCalculator.com.

  • Stewart Now Website: When you choose an Absolute Net Sheet from within the Stewart Now Website, you will now experience the new Buyer's/Seller's Net Sheet from Stewart Rate Calculator.

  • Stewart Now Mobile App: Be on the lookout for a new version coming soon.

You may be familiar with other Stewart calculators and are curious about what each calculator does and where they obtain their rate information. Some of these calculators will be enhanced while others will be retired. In the future, all calculators will use the same single source of data, and this latest release of Stewart Rate Calculator brings us one step closer to our end goal of aligning all rate calculators with the same response, no matter which you use.

You'll find Stewart Rate Calculator's new Net Sheet features in the tools below:

  • Stewart Rate Calculator: StewartRateCalculator.com.

  • Your Agency website: You may be impacted in one of two ways:

    • If you have placed a Stewart Rate Calculator link on your website, there’s nothing for you to do! The new calculator will update automatically. As a Stewart Trusted Provider™, we'll also personalize the results with your logo and the Stewart Trusted Provider logo.
    • If you have the older Net Sheet links on your site, we’ll contact you soon about updating the links.

  • Stewart’s Websites: When visiting www.Stewart.com, you have the ability to calculate title premium. Even though this tool doesn’t provide Net Sheet capabilities, it will also benefit from the recent enhancements.

Looking for Training?
For the latest in training and to become more familiar with these new features, please see the Stewart Rate Calculator Interactive Learning Guide in the Overview section of Self-Paced Learning.

Self-Paced Learning

For immediate training or a refresher on a specific topic, refer to the following training resources.

Learn more about each release by reading the Release Notes or Release Communications in the Releases section below.

The Stewart Rate Calculator is a tool that streamlines the quote process, making it quicker and easier for users to create and generate customer quotes.

Title Type Duration
[new] Stewart Rate Calculator
 Interactive Learning Guide
 Self-Paced
Using Stewart Rate Calculator Webinar 6:56

Read through Release Notes or Release Communications to learn about everything included in the release. Click the version you want to view or print.

Date Version Notes
August 16, 2019   Release Communication
May 15, 2019   Release Communication
March 21, 2018 2.4 Release Communication
December 19, 2017 2.3 Release Communication
December 19, 2017 2.3 Release Notes
November 15, 2017 2.2 Release Communication
October 11, 2017 2.1 Release Communication
September 20, 2017 2.0 Release Communication
June 21, 2017 1.0 Release Communication

Contact Us

For further assistance with Stewart Rate Calculator, please send an email to the Enterprise Pricing Solutions Team.