by | Jul 30, 2010 | Closing, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Government Oversite, RESPA, Title Insurance
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Big Dog of oversight for the Real Estate Industries including mortgage bankers, appraisers, real estate agents and title companies, will soon be put into practice. Under the new law, Tim Geithner will set a “transfer...
by | Jul 29, 2010 | Abstracting/Searching, ALTA, Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Land Title Technical Stuff, Must Read and See, Taxes, Title Insurance
Good Catch ALTA! Another new lien has been introduced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency that could impact our title searches, abstracting, closing and title insurance policies. But what type of lien? We don’t know – perhaps a mortgage type lien, or...
by | Jul 23, 2010 | Fidelity National Title, Old Republic National Title, Title Insurance
Better than expected and much welcome news in the Financial area today for the Title Insurance industry. News reports show Old Republic Turns To Profit In Q2 More at RTTnews Reports also show National Financial, Inc. Beats Analyst Expectations; FNF More at...
by | Jul 21, 2010 | Closing, Education, Fraud, Government Oversite, Licensing, Title Insurance
Linda Tuttle-Olson, owner of Albert Lea Abstract Company was charged this week with 13 felony counts in a theft that has left at least a dozen victims out more than $1 million. Most of those victims had placed tens of thousands of dollars in escrow accounts overseen...
by | Jul 21, 2010 | Closing, Education, Fraud, Stewart title
Good, solid Title Underwriters continue to pay the price for poor agent handling during busy times. When the market was overwhelmed with business, many title underwriters signed as many title insurance agents as they could find, and the result was those agents were...
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