by | Aug 30, 2010 | Abstracting/Searching, Common Interest Communities, Education, Land Title Technical Stuff, Quality, Teaching Tools for Education, Title Insurance
Jeanne Johnson & Associates present: “Title Examination for Title Insurers” September 13-14, 2010 St. Paul, Minnesota $495. Exam Title from A-Z For More information click here: Title Exam Class Who Should Attend? The class is best suited for people with several...
by | Aug 27, 2010 | Closing, Common Interest Communities, Condominiums and Homeowner Associations, Education
By Kenneth R. Harney Saturday, August 21, 2010 A federal agency is moving to prohibit controversial “private transfer fees” on all mortgages funded by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But its proposed ban might extend to transfer fees routinely collected by...
by | Aug 18, 2010 | Education, Privacy and Public Records, Teaching Tools for Education
I’m feeling very old. I was talking to a class about privacy in dealing with personal information, and how land lines are secure where cell phones are not secure. One youngster raised his hand and politely asked “What is a land line?” The world continues to change,...
by | Aug 17, 2010 | Education, FNMA /Fannie Mae
To end the practice of developers charging a transfer fee each time a property changes hands, FHFA issued a proposed guidance [No.2010-N-11] on August 12, 2010, that would restrict FNMA, FHLMC and the FHLB’s from investing in properties with transfer fee...
by | Aug 12, 2010 | Abstracting/Searching, Chicago Title, Education, Quality, Title Insurance
A Client sues an abstractor after receiving an apparently erroneous Email over a question of priority as to a particular mortgage lien. Client alleges that, in reliance of abstractor’s one-word “yes” e-mail response to his inquiry about the loan, he...
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