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Why title insurance is essential to the U.S. system of property rights

Housing Wire

We transfer ownership by private contract between parties; no advance government approval is required. Once the parties have closed, it is only then that we place the transfer document (deed) in the government land records. To the contrary, they have a duty to accept any documents that are in a proper format.

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Navigating movement in the mortgage industry series: Due diligence in mergers and acquisitions

Housing Wire

The checklist covers such broad areas and topics as: organizational structure; litigation; compliance ; intellectual property; real property; financial and tax; labor and employment; material, vendor, and software contracts; insurance; and customers. All these documents must be reviewed. Patent & Trademark Office.

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Opinion: Title insurance is vital to protecting the American dream

Housing Wire

As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect what most Americans consider the biggest purchase of their lives. Why is a title search necessary for refinancing?

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Anywhere faces racketeering charges in Minnesota lawsuit

Housing Wire

The Campolis allege that the Bulls failed to deposit $100,000 in earnest money as agreed to in the contract, instead forging documentation falsely showing that the money had been deposited.

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The “Big Four” take on the upstarts in title insurance

Housing Wire

One of our big goals at Blueprint Title is to shrink the title insurance business from an $18 billion business to a $10 billion business,” Berneman, the company co-founder and CEO. “We share of the market controlled by small, independent title insurance companies. of the market, should be too concerned about the rise of the little guy.

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What is a real estate broker vs. an agent? We explain the key differences

Housing Wire

Last but not least, real estate agents prepare documents such as closing documents, purchase agreements, and leases while ensuring that the transaction is in compliance with local laws and their client’s terms are met. This course covers real estate law, contracts, finance and ethics. your state’s real estate license exam.

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MISMO searches for participants for closing initiative

Housing Wire

The Mortgage Industry Standard Maintenance Organization (MISMO) announced last week that the organization is looking for participants for an initiative focused on standardizing pre-closing title document data sets. This frequently results in delayed document review and general inefficiencies in pre-closing procedures.

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